Tone generating style notification control for wind instrument having mouthpiece section

A musical instrument comprising:

• a body section;
• a mouthpiece section operable with a mouth of a human player,
• an operation section operable with at least one finger of the human player;
• a tone generation mechanism which generates a tone on the basis of a combination of operation performed on the mouthpiece section with a mouth of the human player and operation performed on said operation section with the finger of the human player;
• and
• a tone generating style notification control apparatus comprising:
• a detector which detects a physical amount caused by operation performed on the mouthpiece section with the mouth of the human player;
• a storage section which stores therein information defining relationship between various values or ranges of the physical amount and tone pitches;
• an identification section which, by referencing said storage section, identifies a tone pitch corresponding to the physical amount detected via said detector;
• and
• a notification section which notifies the human player of an expected tone generating style on the basis of the tone pitch identified by said identification section, the expected tone generating style being a style of a tone expected to be generated by the musical instrument in response to the operation performed on the mouthpiece section with the mouth of the human player,
• wherein the mouthpiece section is displaceable relative to the body section, and
• wherein the physical amount detected by said detector is an operational position of the mouthpiece section responsive to displacement of the mouthpiece section relative to the body section.

A computer-implemented method for of notifying a tone generating style for a musical instrument having a mouthpiece section and a body section, the mouthpiece section being operable with a mouth of a human player, said method comprising:

• a step of receiving, from a detector which detects a physical amount caused by operation performed on the mouthpiece section with the mouth of the human player, information indicative of the physical amount detected by the detector;
• an identification step of identifying a tone pitch corresponding to the detected physical amount by referencing a storage section storing therein information defining relationship between the physical amount and a tone pitch;
• and
• a step of notifying the human player of an expected tone generating style on the basis of the tone pitch identified by said identification step, the expected tone generating style being a style of a tone expected to be generated by the musical instrument in response to the operation performed on the mouthpiece section with the mouth of the human player,
• wherein the mouthpiece section is displaceable relative to the body section, and
• wherein the physical amount detected by the detector is an operational position of the mouthpiece section responsive to displacement of the mouthpiece section relative to the body section.

A tone generating style notification control apparatus for a musical instrument having a mouthpiece section, the mouthpiece section being operable with a mouth of a human player, said tone generating style notification control apparatus comprising:

• a detector which detects a physical amount caused by operation performed on the mouthpiece section with the mouth of the human player;
• a first storage section which stores therein a tone pitch table defining relationship between various ranges of the physical amount and tone pitches;
• a second storage section which stores therein a gain table defining, as gain information, values corresponding to deviations of the physical amount from a predetermined reference point, for each tone pitch and within the range of the physical amount corresponding to the tone pitch;
• an identification section which, with regard to the physical amount detected by said detector, identifies a tone pitch by referencing the tone pitch table and identifies gain information by referencing the gain table;
• and
• a notification section which notifies the human player of the tone pitch and the gain information identified by said identification section,
• wherein said notification section notifies a combination of the tone pitch and the gain information by a combination of a vibrating frequency and vibrating level of mechanical vibration.

A musical instrument comprising:

• a mouthpiece section;
• an operation section operable with a finger of a human player;
• a tone generation mechanism which generates a tone on the basis of a combination of operation performed on the mouthpiece section with a mouth of the human player and operation performed on said operation section with the finger of the human player;
• and
• a tone generating style notification control apparatus comprising:
• a detector which detects a physical amount caused by operation performed on the mouthpiece section with the mouth of the human player;
• a first storage section which stores therein a tone pitch table defining relationship between various ranges of the physical amount and tone pitches;
• a second storage section which stores therein a gain table defining, as gain information, values corresponding to deviations of the physical amount from a predetermined reference point, for each tone pitch and within the range of the physical amount corresponding to the tone pitch;
• an identification section which, with regard to the physical amount detected by said detector, identifies a tone pitch by referencing the tone pitch table and identifies gain information by referencing the gain table;
• and
• a notification section which notifies the human player of the tone pitch and the gain information identified by said identification section,
• wherein said notification section notifies a combination of the tone pitch and the gain information by a combination of a vibrating frequency and vibrating level of mechanical vibration.

A computer-implemented method of notifying a tone generating style for a musical instrument having a mouthpiece section, the mouthpiece section being operable with a mouth of a human player, said method comprising:

• a step of receiving, from a detector which detects a physical amount caused by operation performed on the mouthpiece section with the mouth of the human player, information indicative of the physical amount detected by the detector;
• a pitch identification step of identifying a tone pitch corresponding to the detected physical amount by referencing a tone pitch table, stored in a first storage section, defining relationship between the physical amount and a tone pitch;
• a gain identification step of, for each tone pitch and within the range of the physical amount corresponding to the tone pitch, identifying gain information from a gain table, stored in a second storage section, values corresponding to deviations of the physical amount from a predetermined reference point;
• and
• a notifying step of notifying the human player of the tone pitch and the gain information identified by said pitch identification step and said gain identification coction step,
• wherein said notification step notifies a combination of the tone pitch and the gain information by a combination of a vibrating frequency and vibrating level of mechanical vibration.