On-the-fly note generation and a musical instrument

A method of generating notes on an electronic instrument, the instrument having a plurality of input controllers, the method comprising:

• providing note-on data for turning on a note representative of a remaining scale note which is defined in accordance with chord notes and scale notes, wherein the note-on data for turning on the note is provided in response to a selection of an input controller, and wherein the note is generated using stored data and in response to the selection of the input controller;
• storing additional data subsequent to providing the note-on data for turning on the note;
• providing note-off data for turning off the note in response to a deselection of the input controller subsequent to storing the additional data;
• and
• providing note-on data for turning on an additional note representative of a remaining scale note which is defined in accordance with chord notes and scale notes, wherein the note-on data for turning on the additional note is provided in response to an additional selection of the input controller, and wherein the additional note is different than the note and is generated using the stored additional data and in response to the additional selection of the input controller.

A method of generating notes on an electronic instrument, the instrument having a plurality of input controllers, the method comprising:

• providing note-on data for turning on a note representative of a non-scale note which is defined in accordance with either scale notes, or chord notes and scale notes, wherein the note-on data for turning on the note is provided in response to a selection of an input controller, and wherein the note is generated using stored data and in response to the selection of the input controller;
• storing additional data subsequent to providing the note-on data for turning on the note;
• providing note-off data for turning off the, note in response to a deselection of the input controller subsequent to storing the additional data;
• and
• providing note-on data for turning on an additional note representative of a non-scale note which is defined in accordance with either scale notes, or chord notes and scale notes, wherein the note-on data for turning on the additional note is provided in response to an additional selection of the input controller, and wherein the additional note is different than the note and is generated using the stored additional data and in response to the additional selection of the input controller.

A method of providing note group setups on an electronic instrument, the instrument having a plurality of input controllers, the method comprising:

• storing a plurality of settings for each of a plurality of input controllers as a bank, wherein each of the plurality of settings represents settings denoting at least a chord type, a scale root, and a scale type, and wherein the settings are used for generating and storing data for generating notes based on the data;
• loading the bank either in response to a user selection of one or more input controllers, according to manual input from a user interface, or in response to user-selectable input means corresponding to the instrument;
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• initiating a plurality of events in a given performance each of which is representative of at least a chord change or scale change, wherein each of the plurality of events is initiated in response to either a user selection of one or more input controllers or retrieval of stored data.