AU2001100071A4

AU2001100071A4 - Song/music accompanist

Info

Publication number: AU2001100071A4
Application number: AU2001100071A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Victor Pagunsan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2001-06-13
Filing date: 2001-06-13
Publication date: 2001-06-28
Anticipated expiration: 2009-06-13

Description

AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE

SPECIFICATION

INNOVATION

PATENT

SONG MUSIC ACCOMPANIST The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me.

SONG MUSIC ACCOMPANIST This invention relates to a musical instrument that enables even one who has no knowledge of music, or cannot read a note of music, or has never played any musical instrument to play this invention as an accompaniment to songs or instrumental melody line effortlessly and immediately.

Playing musical instruments as an accompaniment to songs or tunes is not easy. Currently, when people want to play a musical instrument as an accompaniment to songs or an instrumental melody line, they have to familiarise themselves with the musical instrument used. Furthermore they have to learn, among other things, which fingers to use and the keys/strings to play to produce each musical chord sound. Then, they have to practice hard to make changing from one chord to another smoother and easier.

Many people who sing or hum a tune don't have the time or patience to learn how to play a musical instrument. And they may also not like to use funds to hire a music tutor or to attend music classes to satisfy their desire to play the musical instrument.

These problems are overcome by the present invention which is a song/ music accompanist musical instrument having a separate key corresponding to each musical chord sound.

This Song/ Music Accompanist has a key for each chord sound. Just by pressing a key, a chord sound is produced without the need of first learning the finger positions to maintain, or the keys to press, or the group of notes to play together to produce a harmonious musical chord sound.

When a key on the Song/ Music Accompanist is pressed, a musical chord sound is produced either by having a harmonious blend of individual musical sound sources, or by a "packaged" chord sound for each musical chord.

The "keys" on this Song/ Music Accompanist may be replaced with buttons, switches or other devices. The main things to remember are that each key, button, switch or other device must produce a distinct musical chord sound when the key, button, switch or other device is pressed, and that each musical chord sound is produced by just pressing only one key, button, switch or other device on the Song/ Music Accompanist.

The accompanying drawings show some examples of the invention.

Fig. I shows a type of Song/ Music Accompanist using buttons to produce musical chord sounds. The combination of the heading at the top of a column and the heading at the leftmost part of a row crisscrossing a button indicates the musical chord sound that is produced by pressing that button The leftmost button at the topmost row for instance is crisscrossed by the heading at the top of the column and the heading "Major" at the leftmost part of the row, indicating that the "A Major" musical chord sound is produced when this button is pressed.

In the third row from the top, the fourth button from the right is crisscrossed by the heading at the top of the column and the heading "Minor" at the leftmost part of the row, indicating that the "F Minor" musical chord sound is produced when this button is pressed.

Fig. 2 shows part of the keyboard of a type of Song/ Music Accompanist that uses keys to produce musical chord sounds. Here, the keys are arranged in one row so that the different variations for are grouped together, then etc.

Fig. 3 shows part of the keyboard of another type of Song/ Music Accompanist that also uses keys arranged in one row. This time, however, the keys are arranged so that all "Major" keys are grouped together, "Dominant 7 keys are grouped together, etc.

The keys, buttons,, switches or other devices on the Song/ Music Accompanist may be arranged in some other ways, or combined with other devices, to take into consideration, and provide for, the needs and desires of the users of the musical instrument,

Claims

1. A Song/ Music Accompanist that has a key, button, switch or other device corresponding to each distinct musical chord sound.

2. A Song/ Music Accompanist that produces the desired musical chord sound just by pressing only one key, button, switch or other device corresponding to the desired musical chord sound.

3. A Song/ Music Accompanist in claims 1 and 2 wherein the musical chord sound produced by pressing a key, button, switch or other device thereon comes from a harmonious blending of individual musical sound sources.

4. A Song/ Music Accompanist in claims 1 and 2 wherein the musical chord sound produced by pressing a key, button, switch or other device thereon comes from a "packaged" musical chord sound for each musical chord.