Motoichi Tamura

Tone controller in electronic instrument adapted for strings tone

A tone controller includes: a string counterpart member; a bow; a friction sound detector for detecting a friction sound generated by rubbing together the bow and the string counterpart member; and a signal processor for generating a tone control signal representing a bow pressure and a bow speed from an output of the friction sound detector.

Fingering information analyzer, electronic musical instrument including fingering information analysis and method therefore

In a fingering information analyzer, tone pitch information indicative of each tone pitch of a series of musical notes supplied from a flexible disc or a performance information memory is analyzed to produce fingering information indicative of a performance finger for each of the musical notes. The fingering information is mixed with the tone pitch information and memorized in a fingering memory. When the fingering information is reproduced, a performance finger for each of the musical notes is determined in accordance with a changing direction or variation width of the tone pitch information continual in time series and a changing condition of white and black keys based on the tone pitch information. The tone pitch information and fingering information memorized in the fingering memory is read out in accordance with progression of a musical tune and adapted for performance of the keys on a keyboard and for indication of the performance finger.