FI106993B - Electronic percussion instrument - Google Patents

Description

106993

ELECTRONIC percussion player

The present invention relates to an electronic percussion device according to claim 1.

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The Persian Tune is an acoustic string instrument that divides the notes into three octaves so that the three octaves of the same note can be played in parallel. When you go up from the bottom, the pitch of the sound increases, for example, by nine of the 10 languages, reaching a slightly higher octave scale. Strings are struck with a light wooden mezrab. The parallel octave arrangement brings the three octaves very close to each other for the caller.

An electronic percussion instrument having a chromatic scale corresponding to the piano is disclosed, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 4,892,023.

The disadvantage of known non-chromatic instruments is that it is almost impossible to change the scale while playing. As a matter of fact, in the case of seat-type instruments (whether mechanical or electronic) with no chromatic • ·. scale, is that changing the scale is slow ♦ · · * '• · · and requires some degree of expertise. This causes difficulties for people who want to enjoy playing and do not spend their time tuning the instrument. On the other hand, using chromatic instruments is more difficult to learn than non-chromatic instruments. This is because the pitch scale is not *; * · * complete and thus requires skill from the player. However, the * ·; · * 30 chromatic scale is more versatile and more complete than the non-chromatic. The invention overcomes the limitations of the non-chromatic instrument by means of the register buttons and brings the versatility of the chromatic instrument. The keypad 2 106993 according to the invention fits into a smaller space than the corresponding electronic instrument with a chromatic scale.

However, when playing a tune, for example, there is often a need to lower the pitch of the individual languages, for example by 1/4 pitch, and then restore the pitch in the middle of the song. It is an object of the present invention to provide a completely new type of electronic percussion instrument with a scale, in which the musical instrument or its keystrokes can simply be interchanged (transposed) during or between the presentation of a song. In the solution of the invention, the call buttons are arranged in three parallel rows, the buttons of each row always being octave away from the buttons of the adjacent row, according to the appended claims.

With the solution of the invention, it is possible to implement, for example, an electronic tuner, hereinafter referred to as zeltur, to distinguish this new type of electronic 1 "20 player from an acoustic tuner. • · · * · 1 1 25, for example, when playing Persian folk music. The solution of the invention also makes it possible to change the · · · pitch scale (e.g., Persian music has 7 different *, scale).

The invention will now be described in more detail by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: * I I «« «• ·«

Figure 1 shows a keypad of a zeltur according to the invention.

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Figure 2 shows a mezrab.

Figure 3 shows a zeltur of the invention coupled to a synth-5 synthesizer and amplifier.

Figure 4 shows a block diagram of a zeltur according to the invention.

Figure 5 shows a button connected to a piezo switch.

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Figure 1 shows a zeltur 1 according to the invention having three octave buttons 10-18, 20-28, 30-38 arranged in three parallel rows, each of which means the buttons are octave away from the adjacent row of buttons 15, and in each row the buttons form a scale starting from the key si and then continuing as the major scale do, re, mi, fa, so, la, si, do in each octave that appears after the number after each key. Zeltur is played with the mezrabs 2 shown in Fig. 2, having • ♦ · * 20 fingers for the fingers 3 and the end bent for the buttons 4.

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• ·. On the right side of the Zeltur keypad, according to the invention, there are control buttons R1 - RIO arranged in a separate line ♦ · · • · · 25 next to the actual call buttons 10 - 39. The purpose of the register ... buttons R1 to RIO is to control the pitch control of the call buttons, for example, as follows: · * ··· '30 Use R1 - R7 to select different scale ranges (eg 7 different scale ranges in Persian music). R8-: The switch can be used to change the scale of these scales (the scale of the scale can be transposed; eg C major becomes 4 106993 D major). The register switch R9 can also be programmed so that when playing a single note, zeltur repeats multiple notes (e.g., it simultaneously repeats a note at the end of a tune, quint, or octave).

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Figure 3 illustrates an apparatus in which the zeltur 1 of the invention, with the keypad of Figure 1 and an electronic unit beneath it, is connected from the midi-out interface to the midi-in-si-10 control input of a midi-controlled synthesizer. The synthesizer 5 is then connected to a loudspeaker amplifier device 6.

Figure 4 further illustrates the operation of the apparatus of Figure 3 in block diagram form. Here, the call button 40 formed by the call buttons 15 controls the signal through the register button keypad 41 to the midi interface 42 and further to the midi card 43 in the synthesizer 5. From there, the signal is directed to the actual synthesizer 5 and further to the amplifier apparatus 6.

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Fig. 5 further shows a square cross-section of a button arrangement suitable for the button arrangement according to the invention.

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a bar-shaped, bar-shaped button 50, underneath a · · · circular piezo-switch 51, which converts the stroke into an • · · · · · · · · · electronic signal to be delivered to the electronic unit. The button 50 is smaller than the area of the piezo-switch 51 51 · · · by pressing the piezo-switch 51 only at its center. area. Such a button 50 is well suited as a zeltur button.

It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the various embodiments of the invention are not limited to the above example, but may vary within the scope of the following claims. Thus, the solution of the invention can also be used for the electronic realization of other graduated percussion instruments, such as the Xylophone, Vibrafon, or sound-like instruments used in other cultures. The registry buttons can also be implemented with a foot. Further, the player of the invention can combine midi hardware and even amplifier hardware into the same housing into one unit.

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Claims (5)

1. Electronic striking instrument (1) provided with a scale of play push buttons (10-18,20-28,30-38), which are locked with one or more striking parts (2), and an electronics unit provided with identification means (51) that sense the stroke when you play game push buttons, which can be connected to an amplifier and speaker device (6) via a control device (5), 10. which instrument has control push buttons (R1-R3) to change the instrument's scale so that the pitch of several or all play push buttons are changed simultaneously, of which control push buttons are at least a part arranged in connection with play push buttons so that control of control push buttons arranged in connection with play push buttons is done by saying control push buttons in the same way as play push buttons, characterized in that the play push buttons are arranged in parallel in three, which push buttons in each row are always at an octave distance from push buttons in a row next to it. • 2. Percussion instrument according to claim 1, characterized in that a portion of control push buttons are arranged as pedals. The percussion instrument according to claim 1, characterized in that there is at least one auxiliary control pushbutton (R4) in the instrument to change the pitch of individual play pushbuttons. 30 4. Percussion instrument according to claim 1, characterized in that there is in the instrument at least one auxiliary control pushbutton *: "♦ (R6, R7), by which one presses a pushbutton to reach an interval chord. 5. A percussion instrument according to claim 1, characterized in that the push button (50) is essentially a rectangle and is beam-like, that there is a circular piezo coupling (51) below it which converts a blow into an electrical signal which is directed to the electronics unit. and that the push button (50) to the area that strikes the piezo clutch (51) is smaller than the area of the piezo clutch (51) so that it presses the piezo clutch (51) only in its center region. • · · • · · ♦ · · • • • »• • • • • • I • · · I» t M »1 4» »·« • · · ♦ ♦ • • f • · · • · • · » • »