Selective pitch emulator for electrical stringed instruments
AssigneeBerggram Development Oy
InventorJussi Bergman
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Abstract
Presented is a method for controlling an electronic stringed instrument. Embodiments of electrical stringed instruments according to the present invention can be actual stringed instruments or virtual representations of stringed instruments. The methods provide a way in which to teach and play electronic stringed instruments which allow a novice musician to focus on a small portion of playing of a stringed instrument while maintaining overall musicality and ability to play the instrument.
Claims16
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer executable instructions for causing the processor of a computing device to help a user learn a song, said song having associated chord data, on an electronic stringed instrument comprising the computer implemented steps of:
- assigning discrete pitches for fewer than all of a plurality of strings of an electronic stringed instrument, said discrete pitches being based on a chord from the chord data of the song and said discrete pitches being assigned for a length of time based on the chord data of the song,
- assigning new discrete pitches for the fewer than all of the plurality of strings of the electronic stringed instruments, said new discrete pitches being based on a subsequent chord from the chord data of the song and said new discrete pitches being assigned after the length of time of the earlier assigned discrete pitches expires, and
- wherein manipulation of strings of the electronic stringed instrument having a discrete pitch assigned results in the discrete pitch being emulated.
An electronic method of instructing a user on how to play an electronic stringed instrument, said method comprising the computer implemented steps of:
- assigning discrete pitches for fewer than all of a plurality of strings of an electronic stringed instrument, said discrete pitches being based on a chord from the chord data of the song and said discrete pitches being assigned for a length of time based on the chord data of the song,
- assigning new discrete pitches for the fewer than all of the plurality of strings of the electronic stringed instruments, said new discrete pitches being based on a subsequent chord from the chord data of the song and said new discrete pitches being assigned after the length of time of the earlier assigned discrete pitches expires, and
- wherein manipulation of strings of the electronic stringed instrument having a discrete pitch assigned results in the discrete pitch being emulated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.