JPH0429680Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Field of industrial application) This invention relates to a picture book for music instruction for young children.

(Prior art) A space is formed between the front cover and the back cover by cutting out some common parts of each sheet of paper that makes up the book, and an electronic musical instrument equipped with a keyboard etc. is arranged within this space. A picture book for music instruction is known, for example, from Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1983-96671.

Such a picture book displays a musical score on a predetermined page, and is configured so that an electronic musical instrument can be played with the page open. A part of each sheet of paper intended for young children has a pattern or the like displayed on it so that the sheet music and the keyboard can be associated in an interesting manner.

(Problems that the invention aims to solve) By the way, such picture books are usually closed during the sales process, and moreover, they are generally packaged in plastic bags or the like.

Therefore, in the case of such conventional picture books, since the musical instrument sounds cannot be generated unless the picture book is opened, the purchaser who is the consumer must listen to the musical instrument sounds before purchasing the picture book. This often results in the purchaser purchasing a picture book that produces musical instrument sounds that do not suit the taste of the purchaser.

Therefore, this invention was devised to solve this problem, and its purpose is to provide a picture book for music instruction that allows the user to easily listen to the sounds of musical instruments during the sales process.

(Means and effects for solving the problem) In order to solve the conventional problem, this invention cuts out a common part of each sheet of paper that makes up a book, or changes the dimensions of each sheet to its cover or back. In a picture book for music instruction, in which a space is formed between the front cover and the back cover, the dimensions of which are smaller than the dimensions of the front cover, and an electronic musical instrument is arranged to be located within this space, when the picture book is closed, the electronic musical instrument is disposed. A cutout or hole is provided in a part of the cover side of the picture book so that a part of the operating section of the electronic musical instrument can be seen from the cover side of the picture book so that the musical instrument can be operated.

With this configuration, for example, even if the book is closed and further wrapped in a plastic bag, the electronic musical instrument can be operated and played from above, and it is easy to listen to the sounds of the musical instrument when purchasing the book. can.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of this invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the picture book for music lessons in a closed state, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the picture book for music lessons in an open state.

In the figure, 1 indicates the front cover, 2 indicates the spine cover, 3 indicates the back cover, and 4 indicates each sheet.

These cover 1, spine 2, and back cover 3 are formed by folding and forming a sheet of cardboard, and each sheet 4 is bound on the back side of each cover 1, 2, and 3. Each leaf 4 has a shorter vertical dimension than the cover 1, as if a part of the common lower part has been removed, and there is a space between the front cover 1 and the back cover 3 when the book is closed. Form.

In this space, a long box-shaped electronic musical instrument 5 elongated in the horizontal direction is fixed to the inner surface of the back cover 3 with glue or Velcro tape.

However, this electronic musical instrument 5 is located at the bottom of the right page when the book is opened as shown in FIG.
A keyboard 7 . . . on which a symbol 13 . . . to be described later is displayed is provided on the upper surface side.

This electronic musical instrument 5 consists of a power supply, an oscillator, an RC composite network, a group of switches, etc. arranged in a plane, and is turned on by signals from each group of switches, and also plays notes of a predetermined scale. It is designed to occur.

A synthetic resin film with a piano keyboard 7 printed on its cover is placed on this planar circuit, and below each of the printed keyboards 7a are the switch groups corresponding to each keyboard 7a. It will be arranged.

This switch is, for example, a pressure-sensitive type or capacitance change detection type switch, which is closed by pressing each of the keys 7a with a finger or the like.

On the paper surfaces 4a and 4b of each sheet, when the book is opened, a musical score 8 and its lyrics 9 are provided above the right paper surface 4a, and below that is a display field for the scale indicated by each note 10 of the musical score 8. 11 are provided. This display column 11 shows the musical scale order of the musical score 8 from left to right, and each display section 11a...
... is the scale indicated by the one note by katakana 12... and the graphic symbol 13 which uses these as initials (for example, the scale G 12a is a picture of soft cream 13a, the scale Mi 12b is a picture of milk 13b...) are doing. Display section 1 for scales 10a and 10a that are a semitone higher
1b has a different coloring applied to that part.

These graphical symbols 11a... are each of the aforementioned keyboards 7.
It is easy to operate the keyboard 7a... which is also marked on the top surface of the display section 11, and which has the same symbol as that displayed on each display section 11a... from the left to the right of the display field 11. Music score 8 can be played.

In addition, the title 14 of the song indicated by the musical score 8, the lyrics 15, and a picture corresponding to the lyrics are displayed at appropriate places on the left paper surface 4b and the right paper surface 4a, so as to arouse the interest of young children. .

On the other hand, the cover 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a name column 16 of the picture book for music instruction, the names of songs 17 that can be learned with this picture book, and a cover picture 18, and a hole 19 is provided in a part of the lower part. A portion of the keyboard 7a can be seen through the hole 19.

According to such a picture book, even when the picture book is closed, the keyboard 7 can be operated through the hole 19, and the sound of the electronic musical instrument can be generated.

Although one embodiment of this invention has been described above, this invention is not limited to this embodiment, and, for example, the electronic musical instrument need not be limited to a piano-type one.

(Effect of the invention) As is clear from the above explanation, according to this invention, even if the book is closed or even wrapped in a plastic bag, the sound generated by the electronic musical instrument can be Therefore, the purchaser can easily purchase a picture book for music instruction that is equipped with an electronic musical instrument that emits tones that are more suitable for his or her hobby.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the picture book for music lessons in a closed state, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the picture book for music lessons in an open state. In the drawings, 1 is a cover, 2 is a spine, 3 is a back cover, 4 is a paper leaf, 5 is an electronic musical instrument, and 19 is a hole.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A space is created between the front and back covers by cutting out a common part of each sheet of paper that makes up the book, or by making the size of each sheet smaller than that of its front or back cover. In a picture book for music instruction, in which an electronic musical instrument is arranged to be located in this space, the electronic musical instrument can be operated from the cover side of the picture book so that the electronic musical instrument can be operated when the picture book is closed. A picture book for music instruction, characterized in that a cutout or hole is provided in a part of the cover side so that a part of the book can be viewed.