JP5253031B2 - Tuner - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display method for a tuner that tunes the sound of a musical instrument.

As a tuner that tunes a stringed instrument with multiple strings, the pitch name of multiple strings is ordered by the pitch of the strings in order to display where the current tuned sound is in the scale and how far it is off the scale. There is a tuning device in which an arranged string sound display unit and a display unit showing a cent deviation are arranged. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1.)
JP 2006-184449 A

  In the above-described prior art, the string sound display unit only supports the guitar. Therefore, when tuning an instrument other than the guitar, tuning cannot be performed because the note name to be tuned does not match the note name on the string sound display unit. Also, there are various tuning methods such as open tuning and flat tuning for guitars, and even if the tuning method is changed for the same string, the note name of the string will change and it will not be possible to tune. Therefore, the present invention provides a tuning device having a display device that can be tuned in various tuning scenes regardless of a specific musical instrument or tuning method.

  To achieve the above object, the present invention stores a musical sound signal input unit for inputting a sound of an instrument, an instrument selection unit for selecting an instrument to be tuned, and tuning data for each instrument selected by the instrument selection unit. A tuning data storage unit, and a control unit that extracts the pitch of the musical instrument sound input from the musical tone signal input unit based on the information selected by the musical instrument selection unit, and calculates a pitch name and a cent deviation; A display section that outputs a pitch name calculated by the control section and a cent deviation, and the display section is arranged in order of pitch and displays a list of pitch names in the entire tuning range. And a cent deviation display section for displaying a cent deviation, and the wide-area pitch name display section is switched to display contents that can be tuned by the selected instrument according to the setting of the instrument selection section.

  Further, in the present invention, when the instrument selected by the instrument selection unit is a stringed instrument, the tuning data stored in the tuning data storage unit includes tuning mode information, and tuning is performed following the selection of the instrument by the instrument selection unit. The mode can be selected.

  In the invention, it is preferable that the wide-range pitch name display unit assigns and displays the instrument name selected by the tuning mode selection unit and the pitch name corresponding to the tuning mode to the string number.

  According to the present invention, the tuning data storage unit includes range information corresponding to the musical instrument, and the wide-range pitch name display unit displays the range of the range corresponding to the musical instrument selected by the musical instrument selection unit by changing the display form. It is characterized by.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, when the wide-range pitch name display section has a low resolution, the pitch range corresponding to the musical instrument selected by the musical instrument selection section is the octave at the center of the wide-range pitch name display section.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that an octave is automatically shifted up or down when the octave range displayed in the wide-range pitch name display section is exceeded.

  As described above, in the tuning device of the present invention, it is possible to perform tuning corresponding to various types of musical instruments and various performance scenes by enabling selection of musical instruments to be tuned and tuning modes. In addition, by arranging multiple octave pitch names based on the average temperament scale in a row, it is possible to grasp the distance to the target sound on a wider scale than before, and it is easy to tune even when beginners make various tunings. Is possible.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a tuner of the present invention. Signals are input to the control unit 3 from the musical tone signal input unit 1 for inputting the tuned signal and the musical instrument selection unit 2 for selecting the tuning instrument and tuning mode. The control unit 3 reads out the tuning data stored for each instrument based on the input instrument selection information and tuning mode information from the tuning data storage unit 4, extracts the pitch of the signal input from the tone signal input unit 1, and extracts the pitch of the signal input from the tone signal input unit 1. Based on the data read from the storage unit, the pitch name / string name and cent deviation of the extracted pitch are calculated. The tone name / string name, cent deviation, selected instrument and tuning mode processed by the control unit 3 are output to the display unit 5 and displayed. The display unit 5 includes a pitch name display unit 51 that displays pitch name / string name data and a cent deviation display unit 52 that displays cent deviation.

  FIG. 2 is a display example of chromatic display. There is a keyboard-type wide-range pitch name display section 6 that displays a list of pitch names in the entire tuning range, a pitch name / octave display section 7 that displays the pitch name and octave as characters, and a cent deviation display section 8. Fig. 2 shows a display example when tuning the D note of octave 3, 0 cents. The note name and octave are displayed as "D3" in the note name / octave display section 7, and the keyboard-type wide-range note name display. Part 6 displays the position of D3. The cent deviation is displayed on the cent deviation display portion 8 corresponding to “0 cent”.

  FIG. 3 shows another display example of the chromatic display. There is a block-type wide-range pitch name display section 9 for displaying pitch names in the entire tuning range, a pitch name / octave display section 7 and a cent deviation display section 8 for displaying pitch names and octaves as characters. The block type wide pitch name display 9 is changed in size so that the octave boundary and the pitch name of # ♭ are easy to understand, and the octave is displayed at the top. Fig. 3 shows a display example when tuning the D note of octave 3, 0 cents. The pitch name and octave are displayed as "D3" in the pitch name / octave display section 7, and the block type wide pitch name display. Part 9 displays the position of D3. The cent deviation is displayed on the cent deviation display portion 8 corresponding to “0 cent”.

  2 and 3 display a list of note names in the entire tuning range, so that the position of the tone to be tuned can be easily recognized.

  FIG. 4 is a display example when the regular tuning is selected on the guitar. A musical instrument display unit 10 that displays the type of the selected musical instrument, a tuning mode display unit 12 that displays the selected tuning mode, and a string name display that displays the string name and pitch name of the input musical tone signal There is a part 11 and a string name display part 13 arranged so that the pitch of the first to sixth strings can be understood, and a cent deviation display part 8 for displaying a cent deviation. The string name display unit 13 is displayed so that the string number of 6 strings, the pitch name, and the octave can be understood, and is also displayed when the input tuned sound is between the strings. FIG. 4 shows an example of display when a 5-string A sound and a -15-cent tuned sound are input during regular tuning of the guitar. The instrument display unit 10 displays “GUITAR”, the tuning mode unit 12 displays “REGULAR”, the pitch name display unit 11 in character format displays the string number / pitch name “5A”, and the string name display unit 13. Indicates the position of “5 / A2”, and the cent deviation display segment 8 displays the position corresponding to the position of −15 cents.

  FIG. 5 shows a display example when the open D tuning of the guitar is selected. The string number of the string name display unit 13 is the same as that of the guitar regular tuning, but the string name is changed in accordance with the open D tuning. FIG. 5 is a display example when a 3-string F # sound and a 0-cent tuned sound are input in the open D tuning of the guitar. The musical instrument display unit 10 displays “GUITAR”, the tuning mode unit 12 “OPEN D”, the character name display unit 11 displays the string number / pitch name “3F #”, and the string name display unit 13. Indicates the position of “3 / F # 3”, and the cent deviation display unit 8 displays the position corresponding to the position of 0 cent.

  FIG. 6 shows a display example when the regular tuning of the base is selected. The string number and the pitch name of the string name display unit 13 are changed according to the 6 string bass regular tuning. FIG. 6 shows a display example when a 1-string G sound and a +5 cent tuned sound are input in the regular tuning of the bass. The instrument display unit 10 displays “BASS”, the tuning mode display unit 12 displays “REGULAR”, the pitch name display unit 11 in character format displays the string number / pitch name “1G”, and the string name display unit 13 indicates the position of “1 / G2”, and the cent deviation display unit 8 displays the position corresponding to the position of +5 cents.

  FIG. 7 is a correspondence table between musical instruments and sound ranges. It is stored in the tuning data storage unit 4 and read out based on the selected instrument and tuning mode information. The instruments for which tuning mode can be selected are checked in the tuning mode column of the correspondence table, so that the tuning mode can be further selected after selecting the instrument.

  FIG. 8 is an example of a correspondence table of tuning modes of musical instruments that can be selected for tuning modes and pitch names of strings.

  The string name display unit 13 of FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 displays the string number / pitch name based on the correspondence table of FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart for tuning with the tuning device of the present invention. First, an instrument to be tuned is selected (S901). Next, the instrument for which tuning mode can be selected selects the tuning mode (S902). Then, a musical tone signal is input by playing a musical instrument (S903). The pitch of the input tone signal is extracted (S904). A pitch name and a cent deviation are calculated from the obtained pitch (S905). Instrument-specific tuning data is acquired from the selected instrument (S906), and a string number, a range, etc. are acquired from the selected tuning mode, the acquired instrument-specific tuning data, and the obtained pitch name (S907). The obtained cent deviation and the acquired string number / pitch name are displayed (S908).

  FIG. 10 shows a display example when manual guitar tuning is selected in the chromatic note name display. A musical instrument display unit 10 for displaying the type of musical instrument, a string number / pitch name display unit 11 for displaying the selected string number / pitch name, and a pitch range of the selected string are displayed. There is a block-type wide-range pitch name display 14 to which セ ン ト is added and a cent deviation display 8. This is a display example when the sound of G2 is input when “5 string (5A)” is selected on the guitar, and the pitch name “octave” (A2) of “5 string (5A)” and the pitch name block outside the tuning range. Change the display form.

  The block-type wide-range pitch name display 14 to which the pitch name range is added reads out the data shown in FIG. 12, and changes the display form of the pitch name block outside the tuning pitch name range and the pitch name block within the tuning range, thereby changing the tuning tone. Help them not be tuned out of the name range. The target note name to be tuned is also displayed in a different display form, so that the positional relationship between the currently tuned note name and the target note name can be understood. As a result, when tuning a stringed instrument, it is possible to prevent the string from being cut by winding the string too much.

  FIG. 11 shows a display example when a flute is selected. There are a musical instrument display unit 10, a pitch name display unit 11, a keyboard-type wide-range pitch name display unit 15 and a cent deviation display unit 15 for displaying the types of musical instruments. FIG. 11 is a display example when a pitch name C, octave 4, and +8 cents are input by a flute. “FLUTE” is displayed on the musical instrument display unit 10 and the tuned tone input to the pitch name display unit 11 is displayed. The pitch name / octave “C4” is displayed, the position of “C4” is displayed on the keyboard-type wide-range pitch name display section 15, and the display corresponding to the position of +8 cents is displayed on the cent deviation display section 8. The keyboard-type wide-range pitch name display unit 15 changes the display form outside the pitch range of the flute based on the range correspondence table of FIG.

  FIG. 12 is an example of a correspondence table showing ranges of musical instruments or strings to be tuned and ranges to be tuned. The tuning data storage unit 4 stores the pitch name of each open string of the guitar and the pitch name that becomes the plus / minus limit of each open string. FIG. 12 shows an example in the case of a guitar, but data of many instruments can be stored.

  FIG. 13 is an example of chromatic display in the case of low resolution display in which the entire tuning range cannot be displayed as a list. There is a musical instrument display unit 10 for displaying a selected musical instrument, a pitch name display unit 16 for displaying pitch names for three octaves, and an octave guide 17 for displaying the octave of the pitch name display unit 16. The note name display unit 16 has a different shape so that the center octave and the upper and lower octaves can be easily distinguished. FIG. 13 shows a display example when the trumpet is selected and the pitch name B ♭, octave 4, and −4 cents are input. The instrument display section 10 displays “TRUMPET”, the pitch name display section 16 displays the position “B ♭”, the octave guide 17 displays “3”, “4”, “5”, and the cent display section 8 is a display corresponding to -4 cents. The octave guide 17 determines a center octave corresponding to the range of the selected musical instrument. In this state, when a musical tone higher than the center +1 octave is input and the display range is exceeded by raising the scale of the tuned tone, the entire octave guide display is shifted by +1. On the contrary, when the musical tone lower than the -1 octave of the center is input by lowering the scale of the tuned tone and the display range is exceeded, the octave guide display is shifted by -1. By displaying a list of pitch names for the center and one octave above and below, the distance to the target scale can be ascertained and tuning becomes easy.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a tuner of one embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of a chromatic display of one example of the present invention. It is an example of a chromatic display of one example of the present invention. It is an example of a display of the guitar regular tuning of one Example of this invention. It is an example of a display of the guitar open D tuning of one Example of this invention. It is an example of a display of the base regular tuning of one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows a response | compatibility with the musical instrument of one Example of this invention, and a sound range. It is a figure which shows the string number of one Example of this invention, and the note name corresponding to a tuning mode and a tuning instrument. It is a flowchart of one Example of this invention. It is an example of a display at the time of manual guitar tuning of one Example of this invention. It is an example of a display at the time of flute tuning of one Example of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the string and pitch range of the guitar of one Example of this invention. It is an example of a display of the chromatic note name display of one Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Music signal input part 2 Musical instrument selection part 3 Control part 4 Tuning data memory | storage part 5 Display part 51 Pitch name display part 52 Cent compilation display part 6 Wide-range pitch name display part of a keyboard form 7 Pitch name display part of a character display 8 Cent deviation Display unit 9 Wide-range pitch name display unit in block format 10 Musical instrument display unit 11 String number / pitch name display unit in character format 12 Tuning mode display unit 13 Guitar string name display unit 14 Block name pitch name display unit with added range 15 Pitch name display section with keyboard range added 16 16 octave pitch name display section 17 Octave guide of displayed pitch name

Claims (4)

A musical sound signal input section for inputting the sound of an instrument;
An instrument selection section for selecting an instrument to be tuned;
A tuning data storage unit storing tuning data for each instrument selected by the instrument selection unit;
Based on the information selected by the instrument selector extracts a pitch of the sound of the instrument that is input from the tone signal input unit, a sound name, a control unit for calculating a cents deviation,
A display unit for outputting a pitch name and a cent deviation calculated by the control unit;
Have
The display unit is arranged in order of pitch, and includes a wide-range pitch name display unit that displays a list of pitch names in the entire tuning range, and a cent deviation display unit that displays a cent deviation.
When the wide-range pitch name display section has a low resolution, a center octave is determined corresponding to the range of the musical instrument range selected by the instrument selection section.   When the instrument selected by the instrument selection unit is a string instrument, the tuning data stored in the tuning data storage unit includes tuning mode information, and the tuning mode can be selected following the selection of the instrument by the instrument selection unit. The tuning device according to claim 1. The wide pitch name display unit, tuning device according to claim 2, wherein the allocation to display the note name corresponding to the tuning mode selected instrument by the instrument selector to string numbers. A musical sound signal input section for inputting the sound of an instrument;
An instrument selection section for selecting an instrument to be tuned;
A tuning data storage unit storing tuning data for each instrument selected by the instrument selection unit;
Based on the information selected by the instrument selector extracts a pitch of the sound of the musical instrument which is input from the tone signal input unit, a sound name, a control unit for calculating a cents deviation,
A display unit for outputting a pitch name and a cent deviation calculated by the control unit;
Have
The display unit is arranged in order of pitch, and includes a wide-range pitch name display unit that displays a list of pitch names in the entire tuning range, and a cent deviation display unit that displays a cent deviation.
The tuning data storage unit includes information on a range of a range corresponding to a musical instrument,
The tuning device characterized in that the wide-range pitch name display unit displays the display form within the range and the display form outside the range within the range corresponding to the instrument selected by the instrument selection unit .

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