PERFORMANCE APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
First Claim
1. A performance apparatus to be used with a musical-tone generating device for generating a musical tone, the performance apparatus comprising:
- a holding member extending in a longitudinal direction to be held by a player;
an acceleration sensor provided in the holding member, for obtaining an acceleration-sensor value; and
controlling means for giving the musical-tone generating device an instruction of generating a sound, whereinthe controlling means comprises sound-generation timing detecting means for giving an instruction to the musical-tone generating device to generate a musical tone at a sound-generation timing represented by a time when the acceleration-sensor value obtained by the acceleration sensor has decreased to a value less than a second threshold value after increasing to a value larger than a first threshold value, wherein the second threshold value is less than the first threshold value.
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Abstract
A performance apparatus 11 extends in a longitudinal direction to be held by a player, and is provided with an acceleration sensor 23. CPU 21 of the performance apparatus 11 gives a sound source unit 31 of a musical instrument unit 19 an instruction (note-on event) to generate a musical tone. CPU 21 generates a note-on event indicating a sound-generation timing represented by a time when an acceleration-sensor value of the acceleration sensor 23 exceeds a first predetermined value and thereafter has decreased to a value less than a second threshold value β, which is less than a first threshold value α, and gives the musical instrument unit 19 the generated note-on event to generate a musical tone.
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14 Claims
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1. A performance apparatus to be used with a musical-tone generating device for generating a musical tone, the performance apparatus comprising:
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a holding member extending in a longitudinal direction to be held by a player; an acceleration sensor provided in the holding member, for obtaining an acceleration-sensor value; and controlling means for giving the musical-tone generating device an instruction of generating a sound, wherein the controlling means comprises sound-generation timing detecting means for giving an instruction to the musical-tone generating device to generate a musical tone at a sound-generation timing represented by a time when the acceleration-sensor value obtained by the acceleration sensor has decreased to a value less than a second threshold value after increasing to a value larger than a first threshold value, wherein the second threshold value is less than the first threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
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a musical instrument unit; and
a performance apparatus, wherein the musical instrument unit comprises;musical-tone generating device for generating musical tones, wherein the performance apparatus comprises; a holding member extending in a longitudinal direction to be held by a player; an acceleration sensor provided in the holding member, for obtaining an acceleration-sensor value; and controlling means for giving an instruction of generating a sound to the musical-tone generating device, wherein the controlling means comprises sound-generation timing detecting means for giving an instruction to the musical-tone generating device to generate a musical tone at a sound-generation timing represented by a time when the acceleration-sensor value obtained by the acceleration sensor has decreased to a value less than a second threshold value after increasing to a value larger than a first threshold value, wherein the second threshold value is less than the first threshold value, and wherein both the musical instrument unit and the performance apparatus comprise communication means, respectively.
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