Electronic stringed instrument, musical sound generation method and storage medium
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsTetsuichi Nakae, Tatsuya Dejima
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Abstract
A CPU 41 determines whether or not the detected level of string picking strength exceeds a predetermined first level, and in a case of determining that the predetermined first level is exceeded, determines whether or not a condition is satisfied that the number of the frets 23 in contact with the string 22 detected as a picked string is a predetermined number or more (10 or more) while the frets in contact therewith as above are located within a predetermined area from the bridge 16 (the fret number 18 or higher). In a case where it is determined that the condition is satisfied, the CPU 41 instructs the connected sound source 45 to generate a predefined slap sound.
Claims21
An electronic stringed instrument, comprising:
- a plurality of strings stretched above a fingerboard unit provided with a plurality of frets;
- a state detection unit that detects a state between each of the plurality of frets and each of the plurality of strings;
- a string picking detection unit that detects picking of any of the plurality of strings while detecting strength of detected string picking;
- a level determination unit that determines whether or not the level of string picking strength detected by the string picking detection unit exceeds a predetermined first level;
- a condition determination unit that determines, when the level determination unit determines that the predetermined first level is exceeded, whether or not a condition is satisfied that there are a plurality of frets simultaneously in contact with the string detected as a picked string by the string picking detection unit through the state detection unit;
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- a slap sound generation instruction unit that instructs, when the condition determination unit determines that the condition is satisfied, a sound source to generate a predefined slap sound.
A musical sound generation method used in an electronic stringed instrument, the electronic stringed instrument including:
- a plurality of strings stretched above a fingerboard unit provided with a plurality of frets;
- a state detection unit that detects a state between each of the plurality of frets and each of the plurality of strings;
- and a string picking detection unit that detects that any of the plurality of strings is picked while detecting the strength of detected string picking, the method comprising:
- determining whether or not the level of string picking strength detected by the string picking detection unit exceeds a predetermined first level;
- determining by the state detection unit, in a case where the predetermined first level is exceeded, whether or not a condition is satisfied that there are a plurality of frets simultaneously in contact with the string detected as a picked string by the string picking detection unit through the state detection unit;
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- instructing, in a case where the condition is satisfied, a sound source to generate a predefined slap sound.
A non-transitory storage medium storing a program configured to cause a computer used in an electronic stringed instrument, the electronic stringed instrument including:
- a plurality of strings stretched above a fingerboard unit provided with a plurality of frets;
- a state detection unit that detects a state between each of the plurality of frets and each of the plurality of strings;
- and a string picking detection unit that detects picking of any of the plurality of strings while detecting strength of detected string picking, to execute:
- a level determination step of determining whether or not the level of string picking strength detected by the string picking detection unit exceeds a predetermined first level;
- a condition determination step of determining, in a case where it is determined in the level determination step that the predetermined first level is exceeded, whether or not a condition is satisfied that there are a plurality of frets simultaneously in contact with the string detected as a picked string by the string picking detection unit through the state detection unit;
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- a slap sound generation instruction step of instructing, in a case where it is determined in the condition determination step that the condition is satisfied, a sound source to generate a predefined slap sound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.