JP4793731B2 - Pitch name indicator for keyboard instruments - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a note name display for a keyboard instrument that displays a note name of a white key of the keyboard instrument.

  When playing keyboard instruments such as pianos and organs, beginners sometimes had difficulty learning the keyboard positions before playing because they did not know which keyboard each note name corresponds to. On the other hand, from the viewpoint of easily recognizing which note corresponds to which note name, a method of attaching a sticker on which a note name is displayed on the keyboard has been tried (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). . However, in these embodiments, when removing the seal, there is a disadvantage that the keyboard remains dirty due to the adhesive of the seal.

In addition, a liquid crystal display device that displays a figure similar to the keyboard is installed near the keyboard, and the keyboard to be pressed is turned on by lighting the corresponding keyboard (graphic similar to the keyboard) in the liquid crystal display device in accordance with the performance. A method of making it easy to recognize has been tried (see, for example, Patent Document 3). However, in this aspect, a large-scale device including a liquid crystal display device is required, and there is a disadvantage that complicated work is involved in installation and removal.
JP-A-8-248874 JP 2004-361905 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-152867

  An object of the present invention is to provide a pitch name display for a keyboard instrument that can be easily installed and fixed and can be easily removed without soiling the keyboard.

The above object can be achieved by the following present invention.
That note name display device for a keyboard instrument of the present invention includes at least a white key, and the black keys, used keyboard instrument having a front wall having a gap between the black key, one of the white a white key cover portion arranged so as to cover the surface of the key, the pitch name display unit note name is displayed, a fixed portion fixed is inserted into the gap of the black keys and the front wall, the possess The plurality of white key covering portions are connected to the fixing portion, and the plurality of white key covering portions are not directly connected to each other, and the angle of the portion where the white key covering portion and the fixing portion are connected is free. In other words, when the white key is depressed, the white key covering portion moves following the depressed white key .

The operation of the note name display for the keyboard instrument of the present invention will be described.
The pitch name indicator for a keyboard musical instrument of the present invention has a fixing portion that can be inserted into a gap existing between the black key and the front wall, whereby the fixing portion is inserted into the gap. Thus, the pitch name display can be easily installed on the keyboard surface, and can be fixed well to the extent that the pitch name display is not easily displaced from the keyboard surface during performance. In addition, it can be easily removed when the pitch name indicator is removed from the keyboard surface, and it is not necessary to adhere and fix the pitch name indicator to the keyboard using an adhesive or the like. be able to.
The pitch name display for a keyboard instrument according to the present invention has a pitch name display section for displaying a pitch name corresponding to the location of the keyboard to be installed, and is installed on the keyboard surface as described above. Thus, the player can easily recognize which keyboard each note name corresponds to.

Here, the term “front” used in the claims and the specification of the present application means that the key pressing surface (the surface on which the performer presses the key) side of the keyboard is aligned in parallel with the “upward direction”. The direction perpendicular to the parallel line of the black key is the “lateral (left and right) direction” and the side of the black key that is surrounded by the white key in the direction indicated by the parallel line is the “front side” In addition, it means a direction opposite to the front direction.
However, the present invention does not require that the keyboard musical instrument is actually arranged with the “upward direction” directly above and the “lateral direction” directly beside, for example, from the front direction toward the front side. The keyboard instrument may be arranged such that the keyboard is slanted so that the height becomes lower (that is, the upper direction does not face upward). Also, it is not necessary for the performer to be positioned in the front direction.

  As described above, according to the note name display for a keyboard musical instrument of the present invention, it can be easily installed and fixed on a keyboard musical instrument, and can be easily removed without soiling the keyboard. There is an effect.

-First embodiment-
First, a note name display for a keyboard instrument according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 (A) shows the surface of a white key corresponding to the pitch name “do, les, mi” in the pitch name display for a keyboard instrument according to the first embodiment, which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the pitch name display tool installed in. The pitch name display 1A shown in FIG. 1A has three white key covering portions 3A arranged on the fixed portion 2A so as to cover the surface of the white key corresponding to the pitch name “do, les, mi”. Are connected so as to form an angle of 90 °, and each of the white key covering portions 3A has a pitch name display portion 4A on which “do, les, mi” is displayed.
FIG. 1B is a white corresponding to the pitch name “Fa, So, La, Shi” of the pitch name display for the keyboard instrument according to the first embodiment which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the pitch name display tool installed in the surface of a key. A pitch name display 1B shown in FIG. 1B has four white key covers arranged on the fixed portion 2B so as to cover the surface of the white key corresponding to the pitch name “Fa, Saw, La, Si”. The parts 3B are connected so as to form an angle of 90 °, and have a pitch name display part 4B displayed as “Fa, So, La, Shi” at each tip of the white key covering part 3B. .

  Here, the installation method to the keyboard instrument of the pitch name display tools 1A and 1B which concern on 1st Embodiment is demonstrated. The pitch name display tools 1A and 1B according to the first embodiment have a front wall 8 together with a white key 6 and a black key 7 as shown in FIG. 2, and there is a gap between the black key 7 and the front wall 8. It is used for keyboard instruments having 9 (usually about 1 to 5 mm wide). Like the pitch name display tool 1A shown on the right back side in FIG. 3, the pitch name display tool 1A is lowered from the upward direction of the white key 6 and the black key 7 in the direction of arrow E, as shown in the side view of FIG. The fixing portion 2A is inserted into the gap 9 between the black key 7 and the front wall 8. At the same time, as shown in the plan view of FIG. 5, the white key covering portion 3A covers the surface of the predetermined white key 6, and the black key 7 is sandwiched between the two white key covering portions 3A (for example, “ (#) Is placed so that the black key 7 is sandwiched by the white key covering part 3A having the note name display part 4A on which "do" and "re" are displayed), the pitch names shown on the left front side in FIG. Like the display 1A, the pitch name display 1A can be installed on the keyboard instrument.

  The pitch name display 1A is removed from the keyboard instrument by lifting the pitch name display 1A in the direction opposite to the arrow E so that the fixing portion 2A inserted into the gap 9 can be easily pulled out of the gap 9. Can be removed.

In the description of the installation method and the removal method, words such as “lower” and “lift” are used, which represent a relative relationship between the keyboard instrument and the pitch name display 1A. That is, as described above, the keyboard instrument according to the present invention does not necessarily have to be arranged with the upward direction facing directly upward. Therefore, the “down” direction does not have to be directly downward, and the “lifting” direction is also directly upward. Need not be.
Moreover, the installation method and removal method of the pitch name display tool 1B shown in the center of FIG. 3 can be performed in the same manner as described above.

The pitch name indicators 1A and 1B for a keyboard instrument according to the first embodiment have fixing portions 2A and 2B that can be inserted into a gap 9 existing between the black key 7 and the front wall 8. Therefore, as shown in the above installation method, the pitch name indicators 1A and 1B can be easily placed on the keyboard surface, and the pitch name indicators 1A and 1B are easily displaced from the keyboard surface during performance. It can be fixed satisfactorily to such an extent that it does not occur. Further, when removing the pitch name indicators 1A and 1B from the keyboard surface, they can be easily removed as shown in the above removal method, and there is no need to bond and fix the pitch name indicator to the keyboard using an adhesive or the like. Therefore, it can be removed without polluting the keyboard.
The pitch name display tools 1A and 1B for a keyboard musical instrument according to the first embodiment have pitch name display portions 4A and 4B on which pitch names corresponding to the places of the keyboard to be installed are displayed. Thus, by installing on the keyboard surface, the player can easily recognize which keyboard each note name corresponds to.

Also, note name display device 1A and 1B according to the first embodiment, is that fluctuates freely angle of the connecting portion of the fixing portion 2A (or 2B) and the white key covering portion 3A (or 3B). When the white key 6 is pressed, the white key covering portion 3A (or 3B) moves following the white key 6 when the angle of the connecting portion is freely changed. It is possible to prevent sound from being generated by collision with 3A (or 3B). Further, when the angle of the connecting portion can be varied up to 180 ° or 0 °, it is preferable from the viewpoint of excellent storage properties when not in use.

  1A and 1B, the length of the white key covering portions 3A and 3B is set longer than that of the black key 7, and the fixed portions 2A (or 2B) and 2 are displayed. The black key 7 is surrounded by two white key covering portions 3A (or 3B). Since the pitch name display 1A (or 1B) surrounds the black key 7, the pitch name display 1A (or 1B) can be fixed on the keyboard better.

  1A and 1B show an example in which three and four white key covering portions 3A and 3B are connected to the fixing portions 2A and 2B, but the pitch names according to the first embodiment are shown. The display tool is not limited to this, and it may have any number of white key covers. However, it is more preferable to have two white key covering portions corresponding to two white keys having at least one black key between them, from the viewpoint of being able to be better fixed on the keyboard.

  Also, in FIG. 3, two pitch name indicators 1A installed on the surface of the white key corresponding to the pitch name “do, les, mi” and the pitch name “fa, so, la, shi” are displayed. Although a mode in which one pitch name indicator 1B installed on the surface of the corresponding white key is installed on the keyboard has been shown, the present invention is not limited to this, and any number may be installed as necessary.

  The pitch name indicators 1A and 1B according to the first embodiment are preferably formed of a synthetic resin such as polyvinyl chloride. Further, the back surfaces of the white key covering portions 3A and 3B (white key 6). The surface on the side in contact with the surface can be made of a soundproof and scratchproof material (for example, felt or the like) from the viewpoint of preventing the generation of sound due to contact and preventing the generation of scratches on the surface of the white key.

  The white key covering portions 3A and 3B are preferably similar in color to the white key color (usually white) from the viewpoint of design. Moreover, it is more preferable that the pitch names are displayed in different colors on the pitch name display sections 4A and 4B from the viewpoint of further improving the identification of the pitch names.

-Second Embodiment-
Next, a pitch name display for a keyboard instrument according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 6 is a note name display for a keyboard instrument according to the second embodiment, which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is installed on the surface of a white key corresponding to “do, les, mi” of the note name. It is a perspective view which shows the pitch name display tool and the pitch name display tool installed on the surface of the white key corresponding to "Fa, so, la, shi" of the pitch name. Note that the pitch name indicators 11A and 11B according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 6 are the same as those described above except that the lengths of the white key covering portions 13A and 13B are shorter than the length of the black key 7. It is the structure similar to the pitch name display tools 1A and 1B which concern on embodiment, and the installation method, the removal method, a preferable aspect, and its effect are also the same. In the following, description that overlaps with the first embodiment will be omitted.

  The pitch name indicators 11A and 11B according to the second embodiment are set such that the lengths of the white key covering portions 13A and 13B are shorter than the black key 7 and the exposed area of the white key 6 is increased. As shown in FIG. 6, when the length of the white key covering portions 13A and 13B is shorter than the black key 7, the area of the white key 6 that can be directly touched by the performer is increased. In this case, it is possible to satisfactorily prevent the pitch name display tools 11A and 11B from interfering with the performance.

  (A) is the perspective view which shows the pitch name display set | placed on the surface of the white key applicable to the pitch name "do, les, mi" among the pitch name display tools for keyboard musical instruments which concern on 1st Embodiment. (B) is a note name installed on the surface of a white key corresponding to the note name “Fa, So, La, Shi” among the note name indicators for the keyboard instrument according to the first embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows a display tool.   It is a top view from the upper direction which shows the keyboard instrument which has a white key, a black key, and a front wall, and has a clearance gap between a black key and a front wall.   It is a perspective view which shows the keyboard instrument which installed the pitch name display tool for keyboard instruments which concerns on 1st Embodiment.   It is sectional drawing from the horizontal direction which shows the keyboard instrument which installed the pitch name display tool for keyboard instruments which concerns on 1st Embodiment.   It is a top view from the upper direction which shows the keyboard instrument which installed the pitch name display tool for keyboard instruments which concerns on 1st Embodiment.   It is a perspective view which shows the keyboard musical instrument which installed the pitch name display tool for the keyboard musical instrument which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1A, 1B, 11A, 11B Pitch name display for keyboard instrument 2A, 2B, 12A, 12B Fixed part 3A, 3B, 13A, 13B White key cover part 4A, 4B, 14A, 14B Pitch name display part 6 White key 7 Black key 8 Front wall 9 Clearance

Claims (1)

Used for a keyboard instrument having at least a white key, a black key, and a front wall having a gap between the black key,
A white key covering portion arranged to cover the surface of one of the white keys;
A note name display section for displaying note names;
Have a, a fixed portion fixed is inserted into the gap of the black keys and the front wall,
The plurality of white key covering portions are connected to the fixed portion and the plurality of white key covering portions are not directly connected to each other,
The angle of the portion where the white key covering portion and the fixing portion are connected is freely changed, and when the white key is pressed, the white key covering portion follows the pressed white key. Pitch name display for keyboard instruments, characterized by movement .

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