CN1820303B - Keyboard instrument - Google Patents
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There is provided a low-cost keyboard instrument which a beginner can easily use. The keyboard instrument (10) includes a keyboard unit (4) having only keys (21) arranged with repletion of a sequence of intervals: whole tone, whole tone, half tone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone, and half tone. That is, the keys (21) are arranged without any black keys which may steer the beginner from the keyboard instrument (10). Thus, the beginner can easily start playing on the keyboard instrument (10) with a light heart while assuring the keys (21) required for performing a musical composition. Since the number of keys (21) to be prepared for manufacturing the keyboard instrument (10) is reduced, the cost can also be reduced.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of keyboard instrument with keyboard.
Background technology
So far, the keyboard of keyboard instrument constitutes by the arrangement that the order by white, black, white, black, white, white, black, white, black, white, black and white repeats white keys and black keys.The tone interval of the keyboard of each arrangement is with the semitone setting, and the tone interval of corresponding white key is configured to the arrangement of repetition whole tone, whole tone, semitone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone and semitone.Keyboard instrument such as the acoustic piano with string etc. is configured to when the contact keyboard, and mallet bump string is producing sound, and when finger broke away from keyboard, damper descended to prevent the string vibration and to stop thus vibrating.Electric keyboard instrument such as pianotron is configured to produce sound by utilizing the numerical data of sound from sound source.Thereby, the keyboard instrument that uses to senior player almost all people from the beginner is arranged in market.
Some electric keyboard instruments provide the automatic transposition device (function) of the tune transposition that is used for making one section music.For example, in patent documentation 1, disclose a kind of automatic transposition device, this transposition device has: the transposition information setting unit is used for being provided with the whole transposition information of keyboard instrument; With the transposition exclusive segment unit is set, is used for being provided with the part of not transposition.When the information such as the number of degrees of transposition is provided with when being provided with in the unit transposition of wishing at automatically transposition unit and transposition exclusive segment.In addition, electric keyboard instrument has and can for example remember and the automatic performance device of the data played by the player of resetting.
Patent documentation 1:JP-A No.09-319368 ([0012] section and Fig. 1)
Summary of the invention
The problem that solves
Yet, because in the keyboard instrument according to patent documentation 1, white keys and black keys are arranged with repetitive mode, so the beginner is difficult to lightheartedly utilize it.In addition, when beginner for example is that one section music transposition outside the C chord comes playback time to the C chord with its chord, for transposition must be provided with transposition information.Thereby, there is the beginner to use the problem of its difficulty.
In view of above situation, the present invention aims to provide a kind of can easily the use and more cheap keyboard instrument by the beginner.
The means that are used for dealing with problems
In order to realize above purpose, a kind of keyboard instrument comprises: keyboard portion, only constitute by keyboard, and wherein tone interval row is listed as being the arrangement of repetition whole tone, whole tone, semitone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone and semitone; And support section, it supports keyboard portion.
In the present invention, keyboard portion only is made of keyboard, and wherein the tone interval is aligned to the arrangement of repetition whole tone, whole tone, semitone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone and semitone.That is to say, do not arrange that the keyboard that can make the beginner become estranged keyboard instrument arranges keyboard (for example, Black thumbpads).Thus, when guaranteeing to play one section necessary keyboard of music, allow the beginner lightheartedly to handle keyboard instrument, and can easily play.Owing to can be reduced to the quantity of the keyboard of making the keyboard instrument preparation, so can realize lower cost.
Now, keyboard portion is the set of each keyboard.Support section for example has from the support component of following each keyboard of support or partly holds the housing of each keyboard.
According to the present invention, keyboard all is identical color.According to a kind of like this configuration, when all keyboards all constituted with White thumbpads, the beginner can equally handle keyboard instrument with handling percussion instrument, and because when making keyboard instrument, do not need to prepare the keyboard of different colours and shape, so can realize lower cost.
According to the present invention, keyboard instrument also comprises: first memory storage is used for storing the acoustic information of one section music; Setting device, being used for being provided with is the first tune information about the transposition target information of one section music; Second memory storage is used for storing the first tune information that is provided with by setting device; Judgment means is used for judging the second tune information based on the acoustic information by one section music of first memory device stores that this second tune information is the tune of one section music; And the transposition device is used for based on the second tune information of being judged by judgment means, and the sound transposition by one section music of first memory device stores is become and the corresponding sound of the first tune information.Now, the acoustic information of one section music comprises the information of the sound that for example uses in one section music; And the frequency of sound use.According to a kind of like this configuration, when the user of keyboard instrument was provided with the tune information of transposition target of one section music, the transposition automatically of the tune of one section music was to the tune that is provided with.Thereby because the user needn't be provided with the number of degrees such as the tune transposition that makes one section music, the beginner uses and becomes easy especially.In addition, become and to hear that transposition plays with identical tune in the tune of setting.At this moment, preferably, prepare the music score of transposition in advance.Thus, the performance under the tune of transposition becomes easier.
According to the present invention, keyboard instrument also comprises: first memory storage is used for storing the acoustic information of one section music and is used to store the first tune information of the tune that is one section music; Setting device, being used for being provided with is the second tune information about the transposition target information of one section music; Second memory storage is used for storing the second tune information that is provided with by setting device; The transposition device is used for based on the second tune information by second memory device stores, and the sound transposition by one section music of first memory device stores is become and the corresponding sound of the second tune information.According to a kind of like this configuration, owing to stored the tune information of one section music in advance, so needn't judge the tune of one section music.Thereby, and wherein judging that from the acoustic information of one section music the situation of the tune of one section music compares, can carry out accurately and transposition rapidly.
According to the present invention, keyboard instrument also comprises: play support plate, it is disposed on the keyboard, can arrange slip in the plane of keyboard therein.
According to the present invention, keyboard instrument also comprises: play support plate, it is arranged to turn, and maybe can break away from from keyboard thereby can be attached on the keyboard.
When configuration like this, for example, play support plate and can during playing, slide or rotate, to be stacked on the corresponding keyboard and to be used for thus playing.Thereby, can more easily play.In addition, when play finishing, play support plate and slided again or rotate for example only arranging White thumbpads, and can use the space that on keyboard, forms effectively thus.
According to the present invention, play support plate and have Black thumbpads, colored keyboard, scale keyboard or numeric keypad.Black thumbpads, scale keyboard and numeric keypad are respectively by Black thumbpads mark, sound title and figure notation for example are being arranged to slidably or the keyboard that obtains on the rotating transparent sheet.Colored keyboard be for example slidably with rotating translucent sheet and painted, thereby when translucent sheet slide or rotation when being stacked on the corresponding keyboard, corresponding keyboard can manifest different colors.Thus, according to player's hobby, can utilize and play support plate; Thereby, can more easily play.
According to the present invention, keyboard instrument also comprises: can be placed on the automatic playing unit on the support section, wherein the automatic playing unit have the information that is used for one section music memory storage, be arranged to can be from it each a plurality of key contacts devices of side's contact keyboard; And, based on the controller of each key contacts device of information Control of one section music.When configuration like this, can contact corresponding keyboard from the top by using the correspondent button contact portion.Thereby, can produce the delicate sound of picture when the sound that the player is actual when knocking keyboard.At this moment, by the amount of exercise and the speed of control correspondent button contact portion, it is dynamic to produce more delicate sound.By can be attached to it on the support section that is placed on keyboard instrument or be outstanding aspect the versatility from the automatic playing part of its disengaging.In keyboard instrument, needn't arrange the automatic playing part.Thereby, can realize lower cost.
According to the present invention, keyboard instrument also comprises: vibratile string, and it is arranged to corresponding with each of keyboard; Mallet is with the collaborative string that knocks of a keyboard that contacts; Pedal gear is used for for each string mallet being moved sound half.Thus, the beginner can play with keyboard individually, and for example, general player can play with pedal, to export the sound that moves half sound.
According to the present invention, keyboard instrument also comprises the damper pedal, be used for keeping with the mallet bump after the string vibration, wherein pedal gear comprises: first pedal, it is disposed in more bass side than damper pedal in the orientation of keyboard, and can make low half sound of sound of keyboard; With second pedal, it is disposed in more treble side than damper pedal in the orientation of keyboard, and can make high half sound of sound of keyboard.Thus, when the upper keyboard of seeing from the player is that more treble side and the keyboard left side seen from the player are more during bass side, for example player's left leg can be used for making low half sound of sound of the keyboard of contact, and right leg can be used for making high half sound of sound of the keyboard of contact.Thereby, can make pedal operation become possibility, and can easily realize performance by means of first and second pedals for player's nature.
According to the present invention, mallet can utilize on the direction that the corresponding therein string of first pedal arranges to move and to utilize on the direction that the corresponding therein string of second pedal arranges to treble side more to bass side more and move.Thereby, with wherein on the direction that corresponding string is arranged mobile mallet can be used in and be used for mallet is moved in the pedal gear of half sound for example so that the lower existing mobile pedal kindred organization of sound, cause realizing lower cost.
According to the present invention, mallet can utilize first pedal to rotate and utilize second pedal to rotate to treble side more around this axis to bass side more around the vertical substantially axis of the direction of arranging with corresponding string wherein.Thereby, utilize two legs, can make high or low half sound of sound of contact.
Effect of the present invention
As mentioned above, according to the present invention, can be by constituting the keyboard portion that keyboard only be arranged, the keyboard instrument that the tone interval row arrangement that is listed as being repetition whole tone, whole tone, semitone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone and semitone provides the beginner to be easy to use and expense is cheap wherein.
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Fig. 1 is the block scheme that illustrates according to a kind of electric keyboard instrument of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the front view that illustrates according to the keyboard instrument of first embodiment;
Fig. 3 is the partial plan that is illustrated in the keyboard instrument shown in Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the process flow diagram of automatic playing program;
Fig. 5 is the front view that is illustrated in the keyboard instrument shown in Fig. 2;
Fig. 6 is the block scheme that illustrates according to the automatic performance device of the keyboard instrument of second embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 7 is the side view of modification of performance support plate that the keyboard instrument of first and second embodiments according to the present invention is shown;
Fig. 8 is the front view that illustrates according to the pedal gear of the keyboard instrument of third embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 9 is the side view of inside that is illustrated in the keyboard unit of the keyboard instrument shown in Fig. 8;
Figure 10 is the amplification view of the inside of keyboard unit when mallet knocks string;
Figure 11 is the amplification view before near second pedal the mallet that uses in keyboard instrument;
Figure 12 is the amplification view when near second pedal the mallet that uses in keyboard instrument;
Figure 13 is used for explaining because near the figure of the operation of the use of second pedal the mallet in keyboard instrument;
Figure 14 is the amplification view that illustrates according to the pedal gear of a kind of keyboard instrument of four embodiment of the invention.
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Subsequently, describe according to the embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1,2 and 3 is calcspar, front view and the partial plans that illustrate according to a kind of electric keyboard instrument of first embodiment of the invention.
Sound source circuit 7 is connected to loudspeaker 9 by D/A (digital-to-analog) converter and the amplifier 8 shown in omitting in the drawings.Keyboard instrument 10 comprises and is used for the keyboard portion 4 of sound import.Keyboard portion 4 has a plurality of being used to refer to and produces or a plurality of keyboards 21 (Fig. 2) of the timings of sound-inhibiting etc.Keyboard portion 4 is connected to CPU 1 etc. by keyboard portion interface circuit 5, and the on/off of these keyboard portion interface circuit 5 scanning corresponding keyboards 21 is to survey the operation to keyboard 21.
CPU 1 grade by internal interface be connected to can be provided be the transposition target tune panel 11 is set.For example, import so that the tune of one section music that keyboard instrument 10 resets to be set, use panel 11 is set when user's operation keyboard musical instrument 10.Panel 11 is set provides for example unshowned in the drawings action button, and when user's operating operation button, CPU1 is provided with the transposition target.CPU 1 grade is connected to automatic transposition program storage 6 by internal interface, stores automatic transposition program at storer 6 places.
Automatic transposition program, tune by distinguishing one section music importing from the outside of keyboard instrument 10 and based on the acoustic information of storage among RAM 3 the sound transposition of the tune of distinguishing to by the sound that the tune that panel 11 is provided with is set, be used for making the tune transposition.As for one section music importing from the outside of keyboard instrument 10, can consider one section music when for example the user knocks keyboard 21, being imported.Subsequently, this is called as initial setting up.Yet when the user was the beginner, the beginner was difficult to import one section specific music.Thereby in this case, the user ignores the bat of this section music etc. and only need knock keyboard and once import a sound.In this case, the user can import when seeing music score.As music score at this moment, only need prepare the music score that can in according to the keyboard instrument 10 of present embodiment, use in advance.
As shown in Fig. 2 and 3, keyboard instrument 10 comprises keyboard portion 4 and can support the support section 17 of keyboard portion 4.Keyboard portion 4 only is made of the keyboard of arranging on directions X 21, thereby interval can repeat the arrangement of whole tone, whole tone, semitone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone and semitone.Each keyboard 21 all is set to identical color, and is for example white, and do not have Black thumbpads.Although show the example that all keyboards wherein are set to same color, can be differently painted with for example [do] corresponding keyboard 21 with other keyboard, perhaps the color of the keyboard of each octave can differ from one another.In addition, be set at the position of the central do of keyboard portion 4, it is keynote by the tune that the transposition target that panel 11 is provided with is set that this keyboard 21 is used to produce the optimum seeking site of keyboard 21.This position can indicate mark or make it luminous, thereby looks like obvious.
On the top surface of support section 17, on the distally of the Y direction of seeing from corresponding keyboard 21 sides, be furnished with housing parts 18, wherein accommodate and be used for supporting the performance support plate 15 played.Play support plate 15 and be disposed on the corresponding keyboard 21, can arrange therein in the plane of corresponding keyboard 21 and slide in the Y direction from initial set up position S.Play support plate 15, when on the Y direction, sliding, can move to the space on corresponding keyboard 21, to be stacked on the keyboard 21.Playing support plate 15 is wherein to be marked with for example plate of the sound title such as [do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do] on transparent sheet.For example, replace the sound title, can use the transparent sheet that is marked with Black thumbpads mark or numeral on it respectively, the painted translucent sheet that perhaps can use when slip and can see with different colours when being stacked on the corresponding keyboard 21.In addition, can change the color of corresponding keyboard 21 itself similarly.
Secondly, explain the operation of keyboard instrument 10 with reference to the accompanying drawings.Be described in that initial setting up has been finished and the tune information of transposition target from the step of panel 11 after having set in advance and be stored in the RAM 3 is set.The beginner is the transposition Target Setting [c major] for example played easily preferably.
As shown in Figure 4, in step 10, CPU 1 utilizes the acoustic information of one section music of storage in RAM 3 and the frequency that sound uses according to automatic transposition program, distinguishes the tune of one section music of input.For example,, the interval of selected corresponding sound is calculated, and interval is judged as big accent tune to it when being whole tone, whole tone, semitone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone and semitone when selecting the acoustic informations of input by the frequency descending order by 8.On the other hand, when the interval between the corresponding sound in similar selection is whole tone, semitone, whole tone, whole tone, semitone, whole tone and whole tone, it is judged as the ditty tune.
In step 11, sound minimum in the pitch of 8 acoustic informations is judged as keynote.Thus, the tune of one section music for example is judged as [the big accent of E].
In step 12, the sound of the tune of one section music being judged in step 10 and step 11 moves at the sound that the tune that panel 11 places are provided with is set so that transposition.For example, when being [c major] by the tune that the transposition target that panel 11 is provided with is set, and the tune of one section music being judged in step 10 and step 11 then is provided with and moves and four corresponding amounts of semitone when being [the big accent of E].
As mentioned above, according to present embodiment, keyboard instrument 10 comprises the keyboard portion 4 that only is made of keyboard 21, and this keyboard 21 is aligned to the arrangement that interval can repeat whole tone, whole tone, semitone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone and semitone.In other words, need not arrange the Black thumbpads that makes the beginner become estranged keyboard instrument 10, arrange corresponding keyboard 21.Thus, when guarantee playing the essential corresponding keyboard 21 of one section music, can make the beginner lightheartedly handle keyboard instrument 10 and can easily play.Owing to can be reduced to the quantity of the keyboard 21 of making keyboard instrument 10 preparations, so can realize lower cost.
In this embodiment, the color of corresponding keyboard 21 all is identical.When configuration like this, the beginner can handle keyboard instrument 10 with handling percussion instrument the samely, and owing to there is no need to prepare the keyboard 21 of different colours and shape into making keyboard instrument 10, so can realize lower cost.In this embodiment, for example understand electric keyboard instrument 10.Yet quantity, and the quantity of string that under the situation such as the keyboard instrument of acoustic piano etc., can reduce the quantity of keyboard, knock the mallet of string when the contact keyboard can realize lower cost.
In this embodiment, storage is by being provided with tune information that panel 11 is provided with etc., and the transposition program is carried out automatic transposition automatically.Thus, the user need not be provided for the information of the number of degrees of transposition, just can easily carry out transposition.Thereby the player in the performance of one section music hearing transposition, can play with identical tune.At this moment, preferably prepare the music score of transposition in advance.Thus, owing to the player can play when seeing pre-prepd music score, so can more easily play.
In this embodiment, play support plate 15 and be arranged on the corresponding keyboard 21, can arrange therein in the plane of corresponding keyboard 21 and on the Y direction, slide.Thereby, during playing, play support plate 15 and can slide and be stacked on the corresponding keyboard 21, and play support plate 15 thus and can be used for performance.Thereby, can more easily play.In addition, when playing end,, play support plate 15 and can slide into the cover once more by effectively utilizing the space on corresponding keyboard 21.That is to say,, play support plate 15 so can easily slide owing to there is not Black thumbpads.
Fig. 5 illustrates the front view of keyboard instrument shown in figure 2, and Fig. 6 is the block scheme that the automatic performance device of keyboard instrument is shown.
As shown in Figure 5, according to the keyboard instrument 30 of this embodiment provide can one section music of automatic playing automatic performance device 50.This automatic performance device 50 is by arranging on the top surface that is placed on support section 17.Automatic performance device 50 comprises the housing 51 and a plurality of key contacts parts 52 that are arranged to contact from the top corresponding keyboard 21 respectively on the top surface that is placed on support section 17.In order to make automatic performance device 50 can stably be supported on the top surface of support section 17, preferably, housing 51 than lower surface on, thereby arrange that synthetic resin members prevents that automatic performance device 50 from moving, and arranges that perhaps recessed portion is on the top surface of support section 17.
In housing 51, as shown in Figure 6, have: CPU 57, are used for controlling whole automatic performance device 50; RAM 53, become the perform region of CPU 57; ROM 54, wherein the information of storing control program, PCM data and music segments; And, interface circuit 56, it moves up and down key contacts part 52 according to the instruction from CPU 57.Correspondent button contact portion 52 is made by for example magnetic material, forms cylinder form, and is twined by coil.It constitutes like this, thus the voltage on being applied to coil during by CPU 57 control, and correspondent button contact portion 52 moves up and down, to press corresponding keyboard 21 from the top.Thereby, just as the player knocks keyboard 21 practically, can produce delicate sound.At this moment, when the amount of movement of CPU 57 control correspondent button contact portions 52 and translational speed, can produce the stress of more delicate sound.Because automatic performance device 50 can be enclosed or pull down by being arranged on the support section 17, so outstanding aspect versatility.Because there is no need an automatic performance device 50 is arranged in the keyboard instrument 30, so needn't transform keyboard instrument by the professional.Thereby, can realize lower cost.
Fig. 8 is the front view that illustrates according to the pedal gear of the keyboard instrument of third embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 9 is the side view that keyboard unit inside is shown.Figure 11 is the planimetric map that partly is illustrated in the keyboard unit shown in Fig. 9.In the 3rd embodiment, in description, simplified or from describe, ignored and parts and functionally similar parts and function, and focused on that difference provides description according to the keyboard instrument 10 of first embodiment.
As shown in Figure 9, keyboard unit 80 provides: keyboard portion 180; Support component 81 supports keyboard portion 180; String striking mechanism 82; And, damper mechanism 90.String striking mechanism 82 and damper mechanism 90 are configured to known configurations, and arrange these for each of keyboard 85.String striking mechanism 82 comprises: oval tabular mallet 82a (82b, 82c) is used for producing sound by dialling with keyboard 85 corresponding strings 91,92 and 93 (94 to 96,97 to 99); Support bar 82e is used for supporting these mallets 82a etc.; Pivotable member 82f, the end of the support bar 82e that is used for pivoting, thus when the player contacted keyboard, mallet 82a etc. can rise; And rod unit 82g is used for when the contact keyboard, with the mallet 82a side of keyboard 85 collaborative rising support bar 82e.Rod unit 82g be configured to as described in later on the motion co-operating of keyboard 85.
Secondly, with the operation of describing when contacting keyboard 85 and trampling damper pedal 71.
As shown in Figure 10, when contact keyboard 85, when end 85a rose, the end of rod unit 82g rose, and the other end of support bar 82e rises.The rising of rod unit 82g is by the basal surface restriction of pivotable member 82f.With support bar 82e integrally, mallet 82a rises to knock string, after this mallet 82a descends to break away from string 91.The end 85a that rises when keyboard is touched rotates rotatable parts 90c, and damper 90a is boosted with tinsel 90b, thereby damper 90a and string 91 are broken away from.Thus, in contact keyboard 85, string 91 keeps vibration.When the player discharged keyboard 85, end 85a descended, and rotatable parts 90c descends.Collaborative with the decline of rotatable parts 90c, damper 90a integrally descends to contact with string 91 with tinsel 90b.On the other hand, when damper pedal 71 is trampled, boost bar 74 and rise, and rotate and rising with all keyboard 85 corresponding all rotatable parts 90c.With the rising of rotatable parts 90c side by side, damper 90a and tinsel 90b integrally rise, to break away from string 91.When the player discharges damper pedal 71, boost declines such as bar 74 declines and rotatable parts 90c.Collaborative with the decline of rotatable parts 90c etc., damper 90a integrally descends to contact with string 91 with tinsel 90b.That is to say, when damper pedal 71 is trampled, even do not contact therein under the state of keyboard, the state that string 91 and damper 90a maintenance are isolated from each other, and the sound that once produced is echoed.
Secondly, with the operation of describing when using second pedal 73.Figure 12 is the amplification view when near second pedal 73 the mallet 82a that uses in keyboard instrument 100.
As shown in Figure 11, when not using second pedal 73, for example three strings 91,92 and 93 is arranged in the tight top of mallet 82a, and three strings 94,95 and 96 is arranged in the tight top of mallet 82b, and three strings 97,98 and 99 is arranged in the tight top of mallet 82c.At this moment, for example when the player contacted with the corresponding keyboard 85 of mallet 82a and tramples second pedal 73, as shown in Figure 12, with respect to corresponding string, corresponding mallet moved half sound to high pitch (to right E).That is to say that mallet 82a knocks string 94,95 and 96.As shown in Figure 13, when the player contacts keyboard 86 and tramples first pedal 72, can produce the sound of keyboard 87 (being generally Black thumbpads), in fact keyboard 87 does not have to arrange but is used for producing the sound that hangs down half sound than keyboard 86.When the player contacts keyboard 85 and tramples second pedal 73, can produce the sound of keyboard 87.Thereby, can produce the sound that moves half sound from the sound of the keyboard arranged with whole step.
As mentioned above, provide pedal gear 70 according to the keyboard instrument 100 of present embodiment, pedal gear 70 moves sound to mallet 82a half to bass side or treble side with respect to string 91.Thereby the beginner can only not use pedal 71,72 and 73 to play with keyboard 85, and for example middle rank or more senior player can play by with leg sound being moved up or down half sound.
In this embodiment, when trampling first pedal 72, mallet 82a etc. arranges therein on the direction of string 91 grades and can move to bass side by tinsel 75, and when trampling second pedal 73, and mallet 82a etc. arranges therein on the direction of string 91 grades and can move to treble side by tinsel 77.Thereby, owing in pedal gear 70, can use the similar mechanism of a kind of and known mobile pedal, so can realize lower cost, thereby making mallet move in the orientation of corresponding string, this known mobile pedal make the pitch of sound for example lower.
Figure 14 is the amplification view that illustrates according to the pedal gear of a kind of keyboard instrument of four embodiment of the invention.
In this embodiment, mallet 82b is arranged to around the pivot center 101 vertical with the direction of arranging string 91 grades therein to bass side and rotatable half sound of treble side.The end portion of mallet 82b is connected on the end of tinsel 105, and the other end of tinsel 105 is connected on first pedal 72.In addition, the end portion of mallet 82b is connected on the end of tinsel 106, and the other end of tinsel 106 is connected on second pedal 73.Illustrate in passing, constitute other mallet similarly.
In this embodiment, when the player trampled first pedal 72, the mallet 82b rotation axis 101 that rotates was rotated sound half to bass side, and when the player tramples second pedal 73, and the mallet 82b rotation axis 101 that rotates is rotated sound half to treble side.Even when constituting like this, similarly,, can make high or low half sound of sound of contact by using first and second pedals 72 and 73.
Can carry out various modifications to the present invention, the present invention is not restricted to above-mentioned embodiment.
For example, keyboard instrument can comprise: ROM, wherein store the acoustic information of music segments and its tune in advance, and its in the accompanying drawings middle omission is shown; And the transposition program only has the step 12 according to the automatic transposition program of first embodiment automatically.Automatically at this moment the transposition program is used for tune information based on the music segments of storing the sound of the acoustic information transposition of the music segments of storing to the tune that is provided with in panel 11 is set in ROM in ROM.According to a kind of like this configuration, different because the tune information of music segments is stored among the ROM in advance with first embodiment, needn't judge the tune of music segments.Thereby, owing to can prevent because the judgement of the tune of one section music inaccurate and can not correctly carry out transposition, so can carry out accurately and transposition rapidly.
In the first embodiment, for example understand an example, wherein use the automatic transposition program of the frequency of the sound that in music segments, uses and its use to be used for transposition.Yet the transposition program is not limited thereto.For example, by noticing keynote usually in the beginning of one section music or the fact of end, can be from judging keynote in the beginning of one section music or the sound of end.In addition, be similar to this embodiment, judge the tune of one section music, and judge whether correctly, can use at the beginning of one section music or the sound of end for what judge tune.
In the first embodiment, show an example, wherein in step 10, judge whether one section music is to transfer tune greatly, and in step 11, judge keynote.Yet, after judging keynote, can judge whether one section music is to transfer tune greatly.
In the first embodiment, for example understand an example, wherein when initial setting up, the user imports the information of one section music by the keyboard that knocks in keyboard portion 4 to play one section music.Yet input media is not limited thereto.For example, as shown in fig. 1, outside keyboard instrument 10, can import the microphone 12 of information or the abridged CD-ROM drive being shown partly connecting by sampler from figure of one section music, this sampler part converts sound to numerical data, and from for the middle omission that illustrates the figure of keyboard instrument 10., carry out after this judging and transposition based on the acoustic information tune similarly from the sound of microphone 12 inputs or the sound of unshowned CD (CD)-ROM driver input by sampling, can obtain similar advantage.
In the first embodiment, illustrate an example, wherein in same RAM 3, be stored in the tune information of the transposition target that the setting of panel 11 places is set and the acoustic information of one section music.Yet, can in different RAM, be stored in the tune information that panel 11 places are provided with and the acoustic information of one section music are set.
In second embodiment, illustrate the automatic performance device 50 of the ROM54 of information with the music segments of storing.Yet, need not utilize music segments information the music segments information distribution to ROM 54 by outside input storage in RAM 3, can carry out automatic playing.When realizing like this, also can reduce the cost of automatic performance device.
In second embodiment, show each key contacts part 52 electromagnetic types ground example of motion up and down.Yet, key contacts part 52 can owing to such as drive owing to the cylinder of for example air pressure, hydraulic pressure or oil pressure or linear motor driving mechanism move up and down.Also, can produce delicate sound similarly by realizing like this.
In above embodiment, show example with automatic transposition program.Yet panel 11 is set can be provided manual transposition part is set.When realization like this, the user of keyboard instrument can calculate the number of degrees of transposition so that manually transposition, and the player can play with same tune when hearing one section music of transposition.
In above embodiment, for example understand the performance support plate of slidably arranging 15.Yet, be not limited in this respect, for example such as shown in Figure 7, under the situation of acoustic piano 40 grades, can use and play support plate 26, be arranged to rotate disengaging corresponding keyboard 21 coaxially thereby play support plate 26 with the rotational axis x of lid 45.Thus, owing to when rotate playing support plate 26 when being stacked on the corresponding keyboard 21, can utilize the performance support plate, the permission beginner easily plays.
In above embodiment, the example that has automatic transposition program and play support plate 15 by means of keyboard instrument 10,30 wherein shows the present invention.Yet, can constitute these and not have automatic transposition program and play support plate 15.
In above embodiment, show the example that the present invention is applied to electric keyboard instrument.Yet much less, the present invention can be applied to the acoustic keyboard musical instrument.
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6 automatic transposition program storages
10,30,100 keyboard instruments
11 are provided with panel
15,26 play support plate
17 support sections
21,85,86 keyboards
50 automatic performance devices
52 key contacts parts
54 ROM
71 damper pedals
72 first pedals
73 second pedals
82a, 82b, 82c mallet
Claims (11)
1. keyboard instrument comprises:
Keyboard portion, it only is made of keyboard, and wherein the tone interval is aligned to the arrangement of repetition whole tone, whole tone, semitone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone and semitone;
Support section, it supports described keyboard portion;
Vibratile string, it is arranged to corresponding with each of keyboard;
Mallet is with the collaborative string that knocks of a keyboard that contacts;
Pedal gear is used for for each string mallet being moved sound half.
2. keyboard instrument according to claim 1, wherein keyboard all is identical color.
3. keyboard instrument according to claim 1 also comprises:
First memory storage is used for storing the acoustic information of one section music;
Setting device, being used for being provided with is the first tune information about the information of the transposition target of one section music;
Second memory storage is used for storing the first tune information that is provided with by described setting device;
Judgment means is used for based on the acoustic information by one section music of described first memory device stores, and judgement is the second tune information of the tune of one section music; And
The transposition device is used for the second tune information judged based on by described judgment means, and the sound transposition by one section music of described first memory device stores is become and the corresponding sound of the first tune information.
4. keyboard instrument according to claim 1 also comprises:
First memory storage is used for storing the acoustic information of one section music and is the first tune information of the tune of one section music;
Setting device, being used for being provided with is the second tune information about the information of the transposition target of one section music;
Second memory storage is used for storing the second tune information that is provided with by described setting device;
The transposition device is used for based on the second tune information by described second memory device stores, and the sound transposition by this section music of described first memory device stores is become and the corresponding sound of the second tune information.
5. keyboard instrument according to claim 1 also comprises:
Play support plate, it is disposed on the keyboard, can arrange slip in the plane of keyboard therein.
6. keyboard instrument according to claim 1 also comprises:
Play support plate, it is arranged to turn, and maybe can break away from from it thereby can be attached on the keyboard.
7. keyboard instrument according to claim 5 is wherein played support plate and is had Black thumbpads, colored keyboard, scale keyboard or numeric keypad.
8. keyboard instrument according to claim 1 also comprises:
The automatic playing unit, it can be placed on the support section:
Wherein this automatic playing unit has:
The memory storage that is used for one section music information;
Be arranged to can be from it each a plurality of key contacts devices of side's contact keyboard; And
Controller is controlled each key contacts device based on one section music information.
9. keyboard instrument according to claim 1 also comprises:
The damper pedal, be used for keeping with the mallet bump after the string vibration;
Wherein pedal gear comprises:
First pedal, it is arranged in more bass side than described damper pedal on the direction of the arrangement of keyboard, and can make low half sound of sound of keyboard; And
Second pedal, it is arranged in more treble side than described damper pedal on the direction of the arrangement of keyboard, and can make high half sound of sound of keyboard.
10. keyboard instrument according to claim 9,
Wherein this mallet can utilize on the direction that the corresponding therein string of described first pedal arranges to move and to utilize on the direction that the corresponding therein string of described second pedal arranges to treble side more to bass side more and move.
11. keyboard instrument according to claim 9,
Wherein this mallet can utilize described first pedal to rotate and utilize described second pedal to rotate to treble side more around described axis to bass side more around the vertical substantially axis of the direction of arranging with corresponding string wherein.
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