Claims
- 1. An improved sound bar electronic musical instrument comprising:
- a frame;
- a group of sound bars located side by side on said frame for generation of musical tones, an imaginary straight line passing through all of said sound bars;
- a member;
- means for coupling said member to said frame in the vicinity of said sound bars in a manner permitting said member to be repositioned by a performer at a desired location, substantially along said imaginary line;
- a sensor coupled to said member for generation of electric signals in response to vibration of said member when said member is battered; and
- a sound generator unit electrically connected to said sensor and processing said electric signals for generation of a musical tone corresponding to vibration of said battered member.
- 2. An improved sound bar musical instrument as claimed in claim 1 in which said member is located between two adjacent said bars.
- 3. An improved sound bar musical instrument as claimed in claim 1 in which said sound generator unit includes:
- a comparator whose inputs are connected to said sensor and a reference voltage, respectively; a pitch detecting circuit whose input is connected to said sensor; an oscillator; a gate circuit whose inputs are connected to an output of said comparator and said oscillator, respectively; a counter whose inputs are connected to an output of said comparator and an output of said gate circuit, respectively; a read only memory connected to an output of said counter; and a musical tone generating circuit whose inputs are connected to said pitch detecting circuit and said read only memory, respectively.
- 4. An improved sound bar musical instrument is claimed in claim 1 in which said member is a tuning fork.
- 5. An improved sound bar musical instrument as claimed in claim 1 in which said sound generator unit includes: a pick up circuit whose input is connected to said sensor; a coding circuit connected to said pick up circuit; a note allocation circuit connected to said coding circuit; and a musical tone generating circuit connected to said note allocation circuit.
- 6. An improved sound bar musical instrument as claimed in claim 1 in which said sound generator unit includes: a rectifier circuit whose input is connected to said sensor; a peak hold circuit connected to said rectifier circuit; a first comparator whose inputs are connected to said peak hold circuit and a first threshold voltage, respectively; a lamp voltage generating circuit whose inputs are connected to said peak hold circuit and said first comparator, respectively; a second comparator whose inputs are connected to said lamp voltage generating circuit and a second threshold voltage, respectively; and a musical tone generating circuit whose inputs are connected to said first and second comparators, respectively.
- 7. An improved sound bar musical instrument as claimed in claim 1 in which said sound generator unit includes:
- a sound bar information generating circuit; a note information generating circuit; a counter whose inputs are connected to both said sound bar information generating circuit and a clock pulse generator; a code generating circuit connected to said counter; and a musical tone generating circuit connected to said note information generating circuit and said code generating circuit.
- 8. An improved sound bar musical instrument as claimed in claim 1 in which said member is a response switch which includes:
- an insulating substrate; a pair of separate conductive patterns printed on said substrate, one of said conductive patterns being connected to a powder source, the other of said conductive patterns being connected to said sound generating unit; a flexible sounder spaced above said substrate in an arrangement such that it flexes towards said substrate and concurrently contacts said conductive patterns when it is battered.
- 9. An improved sound bar electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said coupling means couples said member to said frame via a frictional coupling.
- 10. A musical instrument arrangement, comprising:
- a first group of sound bars located side-by-side in a common plane; a first imaginary line extending through all of said sound bars of said first group;
- a second group of sound bars located side by side in said plane; a second imaginary line extending through all of said sound bars of said second group; said second imaginary line extending parallel to but spaced from said first imaginary line such that said first and second groups of sound bars are spaced from each other in a direction perpendicular to said imaginary lines;
- a member arranged in said plane in a space between two adjacent sound bars of said second group;
- said sound bars of said first and second groups generating musical tones when struck and said sound bars of said first and second groups not being connected to electronic sound reproducing equipment; and
- electronic means coupled to said member for generating an electrically generated acoustical sound in response to vibrations of said member when said member is struck.
Priority Claims (4)
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61-149917 |
Jun 1986 |
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61-209261 |
Sep 1986 |
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61-209262 |
Sep 1986 |
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61-209263 |
Sep 1986 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of Application Ser. No. 07/065,585, filed on June 23, 1987 and now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (9)
Continuations (1)
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