Mixed meter metronome
OwnerPeter Rothbartinventor
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Abstract
A microprocessor-controlled metronome in which the type (strong or weak), pattern (order and number of strong and weak) and frequency of beats are determined by data stored in a memory manually programmable by means of a keyboard or the like and capable of storing information to produce metronome beats of different types, patterns and relative frequencies combined in various sequences to produce metronome passages consisting of one or more of those sequences, the memory being capable of storing a plurality of such passages and to produce beats corresponding thereto on command.
Claims13
A metronome comprising means for producing beat indications and means for actuating said indication producing means, said actuating means comprising a programmable memory the program of which represents a sequence of beats and the relative frequency of said beats, keyboard means operatively connected to said memory for programming it, and control means for operatively connecting said memory to said indication producing means to cause the latter to produce beats in accordance with said memory program.
A metronome comprising means for producing beat indictions and means for actuating said indication producing means, said actuating means comprising a programmable memory the program of which represents a sequence of beats, keyboard means operatively connected to said memory for programming it, and control means for operatively connecting said memory to said indication producing means to cause the latter to produce beats in accordance with said memory program, in which a given program comprises sequential sets of beat indication orders and individual relative frequency orders for each of said sets.
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