Electronic musical instrument
First Claim
1. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
- a fingerboard;
a plurality of pitch determination operating elements provided on said fingerboard, for determining a pitch;
a plurality of sounding timing determination operating elements each having an operated end, provided at a location other than said fingerboard, for determining sounding timing;
a musical tone generating device that generates musical tones according to operations of said pitch determination operating elements and said plurality of sounding timing determination operating elements; and
at least one mute fingerboard that comes into contact with a part of a player'"'"'s body to mute musical tones being sounded by said musical tone generating device and corresponding to operations of respective ones of said plurality of sounding timing determination operating elements; and
wherein said mute fingerboard is disposed and exposed in a vicinity of the operated end of said plurality of sounding timing determination operating elements.
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Abstract
There is provided an electronic musical instrument which is capable of muting by a simple operation. A plurality of fret operating elements are provided on a fingerboard, for determining the pitch. Six stringed operating elements for determining sounding timing are provided on a string input section of the body of the electronic musical instrument. A tone generator and a sound system generate musical tones according to operations of the fret operating elements and the stringed operating elements. A mute fingerboard larger in transverse size than the transverse region over which the six stringed operating elements are arranged is disposed on an operating element holder protecting section engaged with latches of the operating elements. The mute fingerboard is located in the vicinity of operated ends of the stringed operating elements within the range where the stringed operating elements can be operated, and is exposed on a surface of the body.
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6 Claims
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1. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
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a fingerboard;
a plurality of pitch determination operating elements provided on said fingerboard, for determining a pitch;
a plurality of sounding timing determination operating elements each having an operated end, provided at a location other than said fingerboard, for determining sounding timing;
a musical tone generating device that generates musical tones according to operations of said pitch determination operating elements and said plurality of sounding timing determination operating elements; and
at least one mute fingerboard that comes into contact with a part of a player'"'"'s body to mute musical tones being sounded by said musical tone generating device and corresponding to operations of respective ones of said plurality of sounding timing determination operating elements; and
wherein said mute fingerboard is disposed and exposed in a vicinity of the operated end of said plurality of sounding timing determination operating elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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