Electronic Keyboard with Selectable Diatonic and Jazz Scales
OwnerAllyn Shellinventor
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Abstract
This patent is about special scale configurations for electronic keyboards and controls to select them. Currently keyboards are tuned to a well-tempered chromatic scale. This patent presents several alternate scales which can also be selected by the musician. These selectable scales include the current well-tempered chromatic scale, major and minor diatonic scales, major and minor semi-diatonic scales, jazz scales and user specified scales. This patent extends to an electronic component that permits scale selection and produces the pitches for the notes played on a keyboard. This patent also extends to reed instruments such as the melodica and the accordion when capability to select alternate scales is added.
Claims20
An electronic component comprising a means for selecting a type of scale from a plurality of types of musical scales comprising one or more of the following scale types a well-tempered chromatic scale, a diatonic major scale, a diatonic minor scale, a semi-diatonic major scale, a semi-diatonic minor scale, a jazz scale or a plurality of user defined scales.
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