Four-pedal bass keyboard
OwnerGregory Clifford Smithinventor
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Abstract
An electronic synthesizer instrument incorporating four bass pedals which can be played either with the heel or the toe of the foot, so as to allow the playing of all twelve notes in a chromatic octave with just the four pedals. The apparatus is an improvement upon existing bass pedal devices which enables easier playing of the bass parts for musicians simultaneously playing other instruments. The assignment of the pitch to the pedals is selectable, but two of the easiest-to-play embodiments are described in detail. The four pedals rock on a central pivot, each giving two distinct notes. Half pitches between notes addressed by adjacent pedals can be accessed by holding both adjacent pedals down.
Claims9
A four-pedal keyboard monophonic musical instrument incorporating an improved note layout, comprising:
- a. Four hinged adjacent pedals fixed together so that a user can play a one note by depressing one end of a pedal with his toe and the other end of the pedal with his heal;
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- b. Said pedals constructed such that a user can press two adjacent pedals at the same end at one time to play a different note than either of the two notes which are played when the pedals' ends are played separately.
A four-pedal keyboard monophonic musical instrument incorporating an improved note layout, comprising:
- a. Four hinged adjacent pedals fixed together so that a user can play a one note by depressing one end of a pedal with his toe and the other end of the pedal with his heel;
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- b. Said pedals constructed such that a user can press two adjacent pedals at the same end at one time to play a different note than either of the two notes which are played when the two pedals' ends are played separately;
- c. The notes played when pressing each pedal end is two chromatic steps higher than the note played when pressing the pedal to its left on the same pedal end;
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- d. The note played when a user presses two adjacent pedal ends is the note between the notes played when pressing either of said adjacent pedal ends;
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- e. The notes played by pressing the toe end of the pedals are five chromatic steps higher than those played when the heel end of the pedals are pressed.
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