Electronic musical instrument generating chord data in response to repeated operation of pads

An electronic musical instrument comprising:

• a plurality of pads, each capable of being manually operated by a player of the electronic musical instrument;
• pad operation detection means for detecting operation of each of the plurality of pads;
• measurement means for measuring a time interval between two pad operations of the plurality of pads in response to detection of pad operation by the pad operation detection means;
• chord data generation means for generating specified chord data corresponding to a pad of the plurality of pads whose operation has been detected by the pad operation detection means when a time interval measured by the measurement means is within a specified time;
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• accompaniment playing means for performing accompaniment playing corresponding to the chord data generated by the chord data generation means;
• said chord data generation means generating chord data consisting of previously determined chord type data and root data when a time interval measured by the measurement means exceeds said specified time, the root data corresponding to a pad of the plurality of pads which is first operated.

An electronic musical instrument comprising:

• a plurality of pads, each capable of being manually operated by a player of the electronic musical instrument;
• pad operation detection means for detecting operation of each of the plurality of pads;
• measurement means for measuring a time interval between two pad operations of the plurality of pads in response to detection of pad operation by the pad operation detection means;
• chord data generation means for generating specified chord data corresponding to a pad of the plurality of pads whose operation has been detected by the pad operation detection means when a time interval measured by the measurement means is within a specified time;
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• accompaniment playing means for performing accompaniment playing corresponding to the chord data generated by the chord data generation means;
• said chord data generation means generating root data based on the first pad operation and type data based on the second pad operation.

An electronic musical instrument comprising:

• a plurality of pads, each capable of being manually operated by a player of the electronic musical instrument;
• pad operation detection means for detecting operation of each of the plurality of pads;
• measurement means for measuring a time interval between two pad operations of the plurality of pads in response to detection of pad operation by the pad operation detection means;
• chord data generation means for generating specified chord data corresponding to a pad of the plurality of pads whose operation has been detected by the pad operation detection means when a time interval measured by the measurement means is within a specified time;
• accompaniment playing means for performing accompaniment playing corresponding to the chord data generated by the chord data generation means;
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• memory means for previously storing chord data corresponding to each pad, the chord data being read out in response to detection of pad operation by the pad operation detection means.

An electronic percussion musical instrument comprising:

• a plurality of pads, each capable of being manually operated by a player of the electronic percussion musical instrument;
• pad operation detection means for detecting operation of each of the plurality of pads;
• percussion designating means for selecting a function to be assigned to each of the plurality of pads from tone color, scale tone, or accompaniment percussion set names;
• measurement means for measuring a time interval between two operations of the same pad of the plurality of pads in response to detection of pad operation by the pad operation detection means;
• chord data generation means for generating specified chord data corresponding to a pad of the plurality of pads whose operation has been detected by the pad operation detection means when a time interval measured by the measurement means is within a specified time, the chord data being assigned to the pad and including root data and type data;
• musical tone output means for outputting a musical tone of a tone color or a scale tone corresponding to a pad of the plurality of pads which has been operated at the selection of the tone color or scale tone percussion set name by the percussion designating means;
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• accompaniment playing means for performing accompaniment playing corresponding to chord data when the chord data is generated at the selection of the accompaniment percussion set name by the percussion designating means.