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Musical instrument with digitally controlled virtual frets

  • US 7,939,742 B2
  • Filed: 02/19/2009
  • Issued: 05/10/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An instrument that comprises:

  • a sensor that;

    determines a performer'"'"'s gesture in the absence of physical contact between the sensor and the performer andconverts the intent into an electrical signal, anddigital logic that is operatively coupled to the sensor and that receives the electrical signal from the sensor and transforms the electrical signal into an audio signal that can be audibly presented to a listener;

    where the digital logic biases the audio signal toward notes of a musical scale;

    where a degree of the bias is selected by the performer.

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