Selective pitch emulator for electrical stringed instruments
AssigneeBerggram Development Oy
InventorJussi Bergman
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Abstract
Presented is a method for controlling an electronic stringed instrument. Embodiments of electrical stringed instruments according to the present invention can be actual stringed instruments or virtual representations of stringed instruments. The methods provide a way in which to teach and play electronic stringed instruments which allow a novice musician to focus on a small portion of playing of a stringed instrument while maintaining overall musicality and ability to play the instrument.
Claims13
A method for controlling an electronic stringed instrument comprising the steps of;
- selecting a chord, said chord defining a discrete pitch for each of a plurality of strings of the electronic stringed instrument,
- assigning the discrete pitch to fewer than all of the plurality of strings, wherein any manipulation of the strings having a pitch assigned thereto will result in said discrete pitch, and
- enabling the resultant pitch of at least one unassigned string to vary based on any manipulation of the strings.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer executable instructions for causing an electronic device to emulate sound from an electronic stringed instrument comprising the steps of;
- selecting a chord, said chord defining a discrete pitch for each of a plurality of strings of the electronic stringed instrument,
- assigning the discrete pitch to fewer than all of the plurality of strings, wherein any manipulation of the strings having a pitch assigned thereto will result in said discrete pitch, and
- enabling the resultant pitch of at least one unassigned string to vary based on any manipulation of the strings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.