JP2001067074A - Electronic keyed instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce effect sounds without providing any operating button on an operation panel. SOLUTION: When a normal performance mode is selected, sounds pitched to the musical scale are produced in accordance with the arrangement of all the keyboard operants on a keyboard 2. When a sound effect mode is selected, the keyboard 2 is divided into a right-hand key zone for normal performance and a left-hand key zone for specifying the production of short-phrase effect sounds. When keys in the right-hand key zone are pressed, normal performance takes place. When keys in the left-hand key zone are pressed, effect sounds assigned to the keys are produced. A song switch is provided on an operation panel for choosing between the normal performance mode and the sound effect mode.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic keyboard instrument capable of producing a sound effect sound.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an electronic keyboard musical instrument, a normal performance of generating a pitch according to a musical scale can be performed in accordance with the arrangement of keyboard controls, but in addition to this, a key range is divided into two. There has been known an electronic keyboard instrument in which a normal performance is performed in a right key range operated by a right hand, and a chord is detected in a left key range operated by a left hand. When a key is operated in the left key range of the chord detection, a chord is detected based on the operated key, and the detected chord is emitted. Also, in order to produce sound effect sounds such as a vehicle running sound and an airplane flying sound in an electronic keyboard instrument, a plurality of operation buttons are provided on an operation panel corresponding to the sound effect sound.

[0003]

However, in the case of a conventional electronic keyboard instrument capable of producing a sound effect sound, there is a problem that the electronic keyboard instrument becomes large because the operation buttons are added to the operation panel. Was.
In addition, when a sound effect sound is generated during a performance, an operation button located at a position away from the keyboard is operated, so that the operation cannot be easily performed, which may hinder the performance operation. was there.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and it is not necessary to provide an operation button on an operation panel when sound effect sounds are generated, and the performance operation is not hindered. Not intended to provide electronic keyboard instruments.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the electronic keyboard instrument of the present invention has a normal performance mode in which pitches according to a scale can be produced according to the arrangement of all keyboard controls on the keyboard. The keyboard has a sound effect mode at least divided into a key range for performing a normal performance and a key range for designating the sound effect sound of a short phrase, wherein the normal performance mode or the sound effect mode is provided. Is provided.

In the electronic keyboard instrument of the present invention, the keyboard is divided into a key range for performing a normal performance and a key range for specifying a chord, and operating a keyboard operator in the key range for specifying a chord. Further, an accompaniment mode for performing an automatic accompaniment by designating a chord may be further provided, and setting means for setting the accompaniment mode may be provided. Further, in the electronic keyboard instrument of the present invention, when the automatic performance data is read, the normal performance mode or the sound effect mode suitable for the automatic performance data, or the normal performance mode, the sound effect mode, Any one of the accompaniment modes may be automatically set to set the key range of the keyboard.

According to the present invention, one key range of the divided keyboard can be assigned as an operator for designating a sound effect sound, so that it is necessary to provide an operation button for the sound effect sound on the operation panel. The electronic keyboard instrument can be made compact. In particular, when a beginner performs, a wide key range is not required as a key range to be operated, so that the entire keyboard can be used effectively. Also, since one key range of the divided keyboard is assigned as a control for designating the sound effect sound, when playing the sound effect sound during the performance, the key of the key range may be operated, There is no hindrance to the performance operation. Furthermore, by making the boundary of the key range divided and assigned the same in the sound effect mode and the accompaniment mode, operation errors during the performance can be minimized.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an external appearance of a configuration example according to an embodiment of an electronic keyboard instrument of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an electronic keyboard instrument 1 is provided at a base end of the keyboard 2 with a touch response including a plurality of white keys and black keys, which are performance operators provided in the electronic keyboard instrument 1. The key to be operated is illuminated with light, and the pitch name / keyboard guide lamp 3 is provided for displaying the pitch name.
The pitch name / keyboard guide lamp 3 incorporates a light source of a sufficient light quantity, and by illuminating the light source, only the key to be operated is illuminated and the pitch name is illuminated and displayed. A panel that displays a note on the staff notation to guide the key to be operated and a fingering display guide to guide the fingering of the key to be operated by highlighting the finger And a left speaker 5a and a right speaker 5b for playing a musical tone based on an operated key and a musical tone to be automatically played. Further, an operation panel 7 including a song switch for switching the performance mode to the normal performance mode or the sound effect mode, an accompaniment switch for turning on / off the accompaniment mode, and a plurality of setting buttons for setting an instruction to switch the performance guide is provided on the top of the panel. Is provided.

[0009] A normal performance mode or a sound effect mode is set by a song switch provided on the operation panel 7, and the accompaniment mode is turned on / off by an accompaniment switch.
Since it is turned off, it is possible to set the accompaniment mode as the normal performance mode or the accompaniment mode as the sound effect mode. The normal performance mode in the performance mode is a mode in which when the keyboard 2 is depressed, a normal performance of generating a musical tone having a pitch according to the scale according to the arrangement of the keyboard operators of the keyboard 2 is performed. In this case, the left key range plays obligato. In the sound effect mode, the key range of the keyboard 2 is divided, the right key range becomes a key range for performing a normal performance, and the left key range becomes a key range for designating the sound effect sound of a short phrase. Then, when the keyboard operator in the left key range for designating the sound effect sound is operated, the sound effect sound specified by the operated keyboard operator is generated.

Further, in the accompaniment mode, the accompaniment pattern is automatically accompanied, and the key range of the keyboard 2 is divided.
The right key area is a key area for performing a normal performance, and the left key area is a key area for specifying a chord in an accompaniment pattern. That is,
A chord is detected in the left key range where the chord is designated, and automatic accompaniment is performed based on the detected chord. In the accompaniment mode and the sound effect mode, when a keyboard operator in the right key range for performing a normal performance is operated, a musical tone having a pitch according to the scale is generated according to the arrangement of the keyboard operators on the keyboard 2. If you are in sound effect mode and accompaniment mode,
The left key range is further divided into two, and one is a key range for specifying a sound effect sound, and the other is a key range for specifying a chord. Furthermore, the boundary between the left key range and the right key range when only the sound effect mode is set, and the boundary between the left key range and the right key range when the only accompaniment mode is set, are the same.
It is also possible to prevent erroneous operation during performance.

Next, an electronic keyboard instrument 1 of the present invention shown in FIG.
FIG. 2 shows an example of a hardware configuration according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 2, a keyboard 2 is a keyboard with a touch response shown in FIG. 1 provided with keyboard operators consisting of a black key and a white key, and a note name / keyboard guide lamp 3 displays a key to be operated and its note name. It is a note name / keyboard guide lamp shown in FIG. 1, and a display 4 is a display shown in FIG. 1 for displaying a note display guide, a fingering display guide, and various settings. The musical performance speakers 5 are a left speaker and a right speaker shown in FIG. 1 for musical performance. An operation panel 7 shown in FIG. 1 includes a song switch for setting a normal performance mode or a sound effect mode, and various setting buttons including an accompaniment switch for turning on / off an accompaniment mode. Reference numeral 11 denotes a central processing unit (CP) for controlling the operation of each part of the electronic keyboard instrument.
U), and includes a timer that indicates the elapsed time during operation and generates a timer interrupt at a specific interval. Reference numeral 12 denotes a RAM (Random Access Memory) in which a storage area for performance data and various data and a work area for the CPU 11 are set.
Reference numeral 13 denotes a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which programs such as a performance guide program and a tone generation program executed by the CPU 11 and various data such as sound effect data and performance data are stored.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a note display guide unit for displaying a note display guide on the display 4, and reference numeral 15 denotes a fingering display guide unit for displaying a fingering display guide on the display 4. Reference numeral 16 denotes an automatic performance device or an external electronic musical instrument having an automatic performance function, and is connected via an interface 17. The interface 17 may be a MIDI interface and the external electronic musical instrument 16 may be a MIDI-compatible device. Furthermore, the external electronic musical instrument 16 may be used as a teacher musical instrument, and performance data of a key to be operated next may be fetched from the external electronic musical instrument 16 via the interface 17. Reference numeral 18 denotes a tone generator which receives tone control data generated by the CPU 11 executing the tone generating program and stores the tone control data in a tone generator register, and generates a tone based on the tone control data.
This is a sound system that amplifies an analog tone signal converted into an analog signal output from the speaker and generates a tone from a musical tone playing speaker 5.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a storage device such as a hard disk or a removable disk, which stores a performance guide program executed by the CPU 11, a program such as a tone generation program, various application programs, and various data such as automatic performance data. When executed, the program and data are loaded into the RAM 12. A bus 22 transfers information between blocks. The hardware configuration described above has many configurations common to personal computers and workstations. A personal computer or workstation is provided with a tone generation program including a performance guide program, and also serves as a display unit.
By connecting a keyboard including a keyboard such as a keyboard, the electronic keyboard instrument according to the present invention can be provided.

In the electronic keyboard musical instrument according to the present invention having the hardware configuration shown in FIG.
The automatic performance data loaded into the RAM 12 from the storage device 21 or the external electronic musical instrument 16 is read in advance, and the note display guide section 14 generates note display guide data, displays the note display guide on the display 4, and displays the fingering. Similarly, the display guide unit 15 generates fingering display guide data and displays the fingering display guide on the display 4. Further, based on the transmitted note name / keyboard guide data, the note name / keyboard guide lamp 3 emits the note name / keyboard guide lamp 3 shown in FIG. Driven, note name /
Guide the keyboard. The user can arbitrarily set ON / OFF of the execution of the guide by performing the guide setting.

The operation panel 7 has a normal performance mode in which pitches according to the scale can be produced in accordance with the arrangement of the performance operators of the keyboard 2, or a key range of the keyboard 2 which includes a right key range for performing a normal performance. , The sound effect sound of a short phrase is divided into a left key range that specifies sound generation, and when a keyboard control in the left key range that specifies sound generation sound is operated, it is specified by the operated keyboard control. A song switch for setting a sound effect mode for producing a sound effect sound, a key range of the keyboard 2 divided into a right key range for performing a normal performance and a left key range for specifying a chord, and the left key range for specifying a chord. An accompaniment switch is provided for detecting a chord designated by a keyboard operator in the above and for turning on / off an accompaniment mode for performing automatic accompaniment based on the detected chord. When the user operates the keyboard 2 based on the above-described performance guide when the song switch is set to the normal performance mode and the normal performance mode is set, key-on (key-off) data and sound are generated based on the operated keyboard operator. Tone control parameters such as high information and tone color parameters are obtained, and tone control data is generated based on these data. The tone control data is sent to the sound source 18 and a tone signal is generated based on the tone control data. The musical sound signal is emitted from the musical performance speaker 5 via the sound system 19.

When the sound switch is set to the sound effect mode by operating the song switch, when the performance operator in the right key range for performing the normal performance is operated, the normal operation based on the pressed key is performed in the same manner as in the normal performance mode. A musical tone of a performance is produced, but when a performance operator in the left key range for designating a sound effect sound is operated, a sound effect sound assigned to the operated performance operator is produced. In this case, the operated performance operator is detected, and sound effect data corresponding to the sound effect sound assigned to the detected performance operator is stored in the RAM 12 or RO.
M13 is read out and sent to the sound source 18, and a sound effect signal is generated based on the sound effect data.

The sound effect signal is emitted as a sound effect sound from the musical performance speaker 5 through the sound system 19. As the sound effects sound, the car of the road noise and the airplane flying sound, or, "Hello" short phrases and conversations sound of such as "Welcome", "One, two, three" and "It, Ya" such as It can be a shout. As described above, the sound effect sound is composed of a short phrase, but the phrase may be looped to be repeatedly generated. In the right key range, the timbre of a musical tone to be generated can be changed. Further, since the keyboard 2 is provided with a touch response, the volume of the sound effect sound can be controlled according to the strength of the key depression. That is, by strongly pressing any key in the left key range, the volume of the sound effect sound assigned to the key can be increased, and by weakly pressing the key, the volume of the sound effect sound can be increased. Can be reduced. This makes it possible to add a sound effect sound at a desired volume to the automatically played musical tone. Further, by first strongly pressing the key and then weakly pressing the same key, a reverberation effect (pseudo reverb) can be obtained.

Further, when the accompaniment mode is set, an accompaniment pattern composed of a chord sound, a bass sound and a percussion sound is automatically performed based on the style set on the operation panel 7. At this time, when the performance operator in the right key range for performing the normal performance in accordance with the automatic accompaniment is operated, the normal performance sound is also emitted similarly to the normal performance mode. When a keyboard operator in the left key range for specifying a chord is operated, a chord name and a root note are detected from the operated one or more keyboard operators, and a chord based on the detected chord name and the root note is detected. The sound will be played. Further, when the keyboard operator in the left key range is operated again during the automatic accompaniment, the chord is changed based on the detected chord. Further, the style is set by a setting button on the operation panel. When performing an automatic performance, the style suitable for the automatic performance data may be automatically set when the automatic performance data is read. In the right key range, the timbre of a musical tone to be generated can be changed.

Although not described in detail, the electronic keyboard instrument according to the present invention has a note display guide for displaying notes on a staff notation, and a fingering display guide for displaying fingering by highlighting the displayed fingers. The keyboard 2 is provided at the base end of the keyboard 2 and illuminates a key to be operated with light, and has three kinds of guides, namely, a note name / keyboard guide for emitting and displaying the note name.

Next, the operation of the electronic keyboard instrument 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the main process, which is started when the power of the electronic keyboard instrument 1 is turned on or reset, and when the main process is started, the performance mode is set to the last time in the initial setting process of step S1. The normal performance mode or the sound effect mode is set. Further, initialization processing such as setting of an initial screen displayed on the display 4 and resetting of various buffers and flags set in the RAM 12 is performed. Next, in step S2, a panel setting process for setting a later-described performance mode and an accompaniment mode is performed. When the panel setting process is completed, step S
At 3, a guide signal generation and execution process for executing a note display guide, a fingering display guide, and a note name / keyboard guide for generating a guide signal and displaying the guide signal are performed. Upon completion of the guide signal generation and execution processing, a user performance input processing, which will be described later, is performed in step S4 to detect a user performance and generate a corresponding tone signal. When the user performance input processing is completed, step S5
, A tone output process is performed to generate a tone based on the performance input of the user, and to generate and generate a tone based on the automatic performance data to process the progress of the automatic performance. The above-described panel setting processing (step S2) to musical sound output processing (step S5) are repeatedly performed.

Next, the panel setting process executed in step S2 of the main process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the panel setting process, the mode setting and the automatic performance setting are performed by operating the operation panel 7 having a plurality of buttons shown in FIG. When the panel setting process is started, it is determined in step S11 whether a panel operation element such as a switch or a button on the operation panel 7 is operated and there is an input. Here, if it is determined that there is a panel operator input, the process branches to step S12 to determine whether or not an operator related to automatic performance has been operated.
If it is determined that the operator related to the automatic performance has been operated, it is determined in step S13 whether or not the instruction of the operated operator is a reproduction instruction. If it is determined that the instruction is a reproduction instruction, the process branches to step S14. Thus, an automatic performance execution process is performed.
If it is determined in step S13 that the instruction is not a reproduction instruction, it is determined in step S15 whether or not the instruction of the operated operator is a stop instruction. Is performed. Further, if it is determined in step S15 that the instruction is not a stop instruction, it is determined whether or not the instruction of the operator operated in step S17 is an instruction to change the automatic performance data (tune), and the change of the automatic performance data (tune) is performed. If it is determined to be an instruction, step S1
In step S19, a change setting process is performed for the music to be automatically played, and then a guide setting process is performed based on the changed automatic performance data in step S19. The guide setting process is performed because the guide signal is generated based on the automatic performance data, so that when the music is changed, the guide signal needs to be generated again.

If it is determined in step S12 that the operator related to the automatic performance has not been operated, the process proceeds to step S1.
4, when the processes of steps S16 and S19 are completed, and when it is determined in step S17 that the instruction is not an instruction to change the automatic performance data (tune), the panel operation performed in step S11 is performed in step S21. It is determined whether the child is an accompaniment switch for setting the accompaniment mode. If it is determined that the accompaniment switch has been operated, it is determined in step S22 whether or not the accompaniment mode is on. If it is determined that the accompaniment mode is on, the accompaniment mode is turned off in step S23. Is performed, and if it is determined that the accompaniment mode is not on, a process of turning on the accompaniment mode is performed in step S24. As described above, the accompaniment switch is a switch that reverses the on / off state of the accompaniment mode each time the accompaniment switch is pressed. If it is determined in step S21 that the operated panel operator is not an accompaniment switch, the flow branches to step S25 to determine whether the operated panel operator is a song switch for setting a performance mode. Is done. And
If it is determined that the song switch has been operated, it is determined in step S26 whether the performance mode is the normal performance mode. If the performance mode is determined to be the normal performance mode, the normal performance mode is switched in step S27. A process for changing to the sound effect mode is performed. If it is determined that the performance mode is not the normal performance mode, a process for changing the sound effect mode to the normal performance mode is performed in step S28. As described above, each time the song switch is pressed, the performance mode is switched to the other performance mode.

If it is determined in step S25 that the operated panel operator is not a song switch,
The process branches to step S29 to determine whether or not the operated panel operator is a key range setting operator. And
If it is determined that the key is a key range setting operation, the process waits in step S30 until a keyboard input serving as a reference position for setting a key range is input. Then, when a keyboard input is detected, a key range (right key range) on the right side of the keyboard position input in step S31 is set to a key range for performing a normal performance, and a keyboard is displayed to display the keyboard position. The note name / keyboard guide lamp 3 corresponding to the position is turned on. In this case, it is preferable to change to a lighting mode such as changing a lighting color or blinking so as to be distinguished from lighting at the time of performing a note name / keyboard guide. Further, if it is determined in step S29 that the operated panel operator is not a key range setting operator, the flow branches to step S32 to determine whether the operated panel operator is another setting operator. It is determined whether or not. If the operator is an operator for other setting, other setting processing is performed in step S33. In the other setting processing, setting of a guide function such as a note name / keyboard guide and setting of a tone color and an effect of a musical tone to be generated are performed.

In step S11, the operation panel 7
If it is determined that no input has been made, the panel setting process ends and returns to the main process. Step S2
When the processing in steps S3 and S24 is completed, when the processing in steps S27 and S28 is completed, when the processing in step S31 is completed, and when the processing in step S33 is completed, the panel setting processing is completed and the main processing is completed. Is returned to

Next, the user performance input processing executed in step S4 of the main processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the user performance input process, a tone signal and a sound effect sound are generated and stopped based on data input by operating the keyboard 2 by the user. When the user performance input process is started, it is determined in step S40 whether any key on the keyboard 2 has been pressed and a key-on signal has been generated. If it is determined that the key-on signal has been generated, the process proceeds to step S41 to determine whether or not the current performance mode is set to the sound effect mode and the keyboard operator in the left key range is operated. Is done. Here, if it is determined that the sound effect mode has been set and the keyboard operator in the left key range has been operated, step S43 is performed.
And outputs a signal corresponding to the sound effect assigned to the operated keyboard operator to the sound source 18. As a result, a sound effect sound is generated by the sound source 18 and emitted.

If the processing in step S43 is completed, or if it is determined in step S41 that the sound effect mode has been set and that the keyboard operator in the left key range has not been operated, the process proceeds to step S41. Proceeding to S42, it is determined whether the accompaniment mode has been set and the keyboard operator in the left key range has been operated. If it is determined that the accompaniment mode has been set and that the keyboard operator in the left key range has been operated, the process branches to step S45, where the keyboard operator specified in the left key range has been designated. Code is detected. Next, an accompaniment signal corresponding to the detected chord is sent to the sound source 18, and the sound source 18 generates an accompaniment sound and causes it to be automatically accompanied. Further, when the processing in step S46 is completed, or when it is determined in step S42 that the accompaniment mode has been set and the keyboard operator in the left range has not been operated, the normal performance When the key is turned on in the mode, or when the key in the right key range is turned on in the sound effect mode or the accompaniment mode, the tone signal corresponding to the depressed keyboard operator is generated in step S44.
The tone signal generated by the sound source 18 is generated.

If it is determined in step S40 that none of the keyboard controls of the keyboard 2 has been turned on, the process branches to step S47 to determine whether any of the keyboard controls of the keyboard 2 has been turned off. Is determined. here,
If it is determined that any one of the keyboard operators on the keyboard 2 has been turned off, the sound corresponding to the keyboard operator whose key has been turned off is muted in step S48. Further, if it is determined that none of the keyboard controls of the keyboard 2 has been turned off, the user performance input processing ends and the process returns to the main processing. In addition, when the processing of step S44 and the processing of step S48 are completed, and in step S47
If the key-off is not detected in step, the user performance input process ends and the process returns to the main process.

In the above-described electronic keyboard musical instrument according to the present invention, in the sound effect mode and the accompaniment mode, the division point at which the keyboard 2 is divided into the left key area and the right key area is based on the standard keyboard position. But
Depending on the selected song data, the sound effect function may be extended. In such a case,
The division point is changed according to the extension to display the changed position, and the number of sound effect sounds and the content of the sound effect sound are changed according to the extension. At this time, the sound effect data stored in the storage device in the electronic keyboard instrument is read and added, or the sound effect data attached to the automatic performance data and the separately prepared extension data are read from a floppy disk and set. It is also possible. Further, when the user changes the position of the division point, the sound effect sound is automatically set according to the changed number of keys in the left key range assigned in the sound effect mode. The user may be able to set the type and position of the sound effect sound assigned to each key in the left key range.

Furthermore, in the mode setting of the electronic keyboard instrument of the present invention, if the automatic performance data selected and read includes sound effect setting instruction data when performing the automatic performance, When the effect mode is automatically set and the sound effect setting instruction data is not included, the normal performance mode may be automatically set. Further, when performing the automatic performance, if the automatic performance data selected and read out includes the automatic accompaniment setting instruction data, the automatic performance may be automatically set to the accompaniment mode. Note that the identifier of the type of music (genre) is assigned to the MID which is the automatic performance data.
It may be added to the meta-event of the I data and automatically set to any of the normal performance mode, the sound effect mode, and the accompaniment mode by making a determination based on the identifier. Alternatively, the entire range of the automatic performance data may be detected, and if there is a sufficient range not to be used, the sound effect may be automatically set to the keyboard corresponding to the range.

Further, the types of sound effect sounds are
The sound effect sound set in the song data may be automatically set and used for performance, or the user may switch the sound effect sound setting to perform the performance. In addition, the identifier of the type of music (genre) may be added to the meta-event of the MIDI data, and the sound effect sound may be automatically switched by determining this identifier. For example, if the identifier indicates that the song is a nursery rhyme, the sound effect sound of a river or thunder, the sound of an animal, or the like is switched to the sound effect sound of a car or airplane instead of the sound effect sound of a car or airplane.

In the above description, the electronic keyboard instrument according to the present invention includes a note display guide for displaying notes on a staff, a fingering display guide for displaying fingering by highlighting the displayed fingers, It is provided at the base end of the keyboard 2,
The key to be operated is illuminated with light, and the pitch name / keyboard guide for displaying the pitch name is provided. In addition to these guides, the pitch name of the key to be operated is provided. May be provided with four types of voice guides, such as a voice guide for pronouncing the sound by voice or generating a musical tone having the pitch of the pitch name. In this case, in the voice guide, the pitch name of the key to be operated may be pronounced by voice at the pitch of the key name to be operated, and further, the voice of the voice guide may be automatically silenced as an attenuation system voice. Accordingly, the sound of the voice guide may not be in the way when listening to the performance sound performed by the user according to the guide.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, one key range of a divided keyboard can be assigned as an operator for designating a sound effect sound. Therefore, an operation button for a sound effect sound is provided on the operation panel. The necessity can be eliminated, and the electronic keyboard instrument can be made compact. In particular, when a beginner performs, a wide key range is not required as a key range to be operated, so that the entire keyboard can be used effectively. Also, since one key range of the divided keyboard is assigned as a control for designating the sound effect sound, when playing the sound effect sound during the performance, the key of the key range may be operated,
There is no hindrance to the performance operation. Furthermore, by making the boundary of the key range divided and assigned the same in the sound effect mode and the accompaniment mode, operation errors during the performance can be minimized. Furthermore, since sound effects are assigned to the keyboard, the volume of the sound effect sound is changed for each sounding instruction by the touch response function provided on the keyboard, and the sound effect sound is imitated by repeatedly hitting. It is possible to create a reverberant sound effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external appearance of a configuration example according to an embodiment of an electronic keyboard instrument of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of hardware of the electronic keyboard instrument according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a main process of the electronic keyboard instrument according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flowchart of panel setting processing of the electronic keyboard instrument according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a user performance input process of the electronic keyboard instrument according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic keyboard instrument, 2 keyboards, 3 note names / keyboard guide lamps, 4 displays, 5 music performance speakers, 5a left speaker, 5b right speaker, 7 operation panel, 11
CPU, 12 RAM, 13 ROM, 14 note display guide section, 15 fingering display guide section, 16 external electronic musical instrument, 17 interface, 18 sound source, 19
Sound system, 21 storage, 22 bus

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A normal performance mode in which pitches according to a scale can be produced in accordance with an arrangement of all keyboard operators on a keyboard; a key range in which the keyboard performs a normal performance; and a sound effect sound of a short phrase. And a sound effect mode that is divided at least into a key range for designating sound generation, and a setting unit that sets the normal performance mode or the sound effect mode. 2. When the automatic performance data is read out, the normal performance mode or the sound effect mode suitable for the automatic performance data is automatically set, and the key range of the keyboard is set. The electronic keyboard instrument according to claim 1, wherein 3. A key range in which the keyboard performs a normal performance,
An accompaniment mode which is divided into a key range for specifying a chord, and which performs an automatic accompaniment by specifying a chord by operating a keyboard operator in the key range for specifying the chord; and setting means for setting the accompaniment mode. The electronic keyboard instrument according to claim 1, further comprising: 4. When the automatic performance data is read, any one of the normal performance mode, the sound effect mode, and the accompaniment mode suitable for the automatic performance data is automatically set, and the key of the keyboard is set. The electronic keyboard instrument according to claim 3, wherein a range is set.