JPH07129150A - Keyboard color for musical instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a playing method easily understandable, and rearrange and simplify chord display by coloring keyboard colors as easily discriminating colors by setting sounds of a musical instrument as plural pairs. CONSTITUTION:Twelve kinds of sounds of a musical instrument are set as sounds of six pairs of a C sound and a C-sharp sound, a D sound and a D-sharp sound, an E sound and an F sound, an F-sharp sound and a G sound, a G-sharp sound and an A sound and an A-sharp sound and a B sound, and keyboards are colored by easily discriminating colors. That is, keyboard numbers 0 and 1 are colored as green, and keyboard numbers 2 and 3 are colored as red, and keyboard numbers 4 and 5 are colored as blue, and keyboard numbers 6 and 7 are colored as orange, and keyboard numbers 8 and 9 are colored as purple, and keyboard numbers 10 and 11 are colored as yellow. In a keyed instrument in this arrangement, even when a C major and an A minor are played, or even when the other tune is played, though black and white becomes inverse by six kinds apiece to a twelve kinds of combinations, they can be played by the same color rule basically, and any tunes are put in fingering of the same color, so that there is no need to remember playing methods of respective tunes respectively.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Industrial application] Used in the musical instrument industry in general. That is, it is applied to keyboards of keyboard instruments such as pianos, organs, electronic musical instruments, xylophones, xylophones, vibraphones, accordions, and toys.

[0002]

[Prior art]

1. The color of the keyboard of the musical instrument The keyboard of the musical instrument is defined as two colors, black and white, and the arrangement produces the sounds of Ha, Ni, Ho, He, To, Lee, Lo, and Ha (Doremi Fasoraside of C length). It consists of the lower white keyboard and the upper black keyboard that makes the sounds of Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, and Ha.

2. Method of displaying chords in music The method of displaying chords in music is determined so as to match conventional keyboard instruments.

[0004]

In the conventional arrangement of keyboard musical instruments, it is necessary to play C, D, or D
It's very easy because you only need to play the white keyboard in the order of ho, he, to, ai, ro, ha, and so on.However, for example, to play a semitone higher in D major, Dremi Fasolasedo, you can play it. , F, F, F, F, F, F, F, F and black, black, white,
You will play black, black, black, white, black keyboard. In the same way, you have to change the selection method of the white and black keyboards each time you play a semitone. There are 12 combinations, and you have to learn how to play each key. This rule is complicated. Also, if sharp, flat, or natural music is frequently used in the score, it is not immediately obvious when looking at the score which sound is on the keyboard. Based on this complexity, playing a keyboard instrument has become quite difficult, and an amateur cannot easily play it. The same can be said for the method of displaying chords in music. You will first understand C major and A minor, and then the other keys. The present invention solves the above problems.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

1. Changing the color of the keyboard The color of the keyboard of the musical instrument, for example, C, D, E, C
The tones and tones are white, and the tones C, tones, ha, treble, a, and b are black. Alternatively, the keyboards can be colored or reshaped to distinguish between them.

2. Change of chord display method The pitch is displayed by using black and white notes and counting the number of semitones between two tones. Chords are also displayed based on the number of semitones from the root of the notes that make up the chord.

[0007]

[Function] The keys on the keyboard are regular in color, and all keys have the same color of fingers, making it easy to understand how to play. Also, the chord display is organized and simplified.

[0008]

【Example】

1. Keyboard Colors The keyboard of the instrument shown in Fig. 1 has the keyboard numbers 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.
And 5, 6 and 7, 8 and 9, 10 and 11 are divided into 6 key pairs, and the color is changed for each key pair. For example, green (key numbers 0 and 1), red (2 and 3), blue (4 and 5), orange (6 and 7), purple (8 and 9), yellow (10 And 11). This color is based on the paradise shown in application number Japanese Patent Application No. 4-209850. In this way, the keyboard has a color as shown in FIG. 3 with respect to the color of the conventional keyboard shown in FIG. Alternatively, these keyboard pairs have the same color, for example, a black and white pair. That is, the keys with even numbers are white, and the keys with odd numbers are black. At this time, the keyboard color shown in FIG. 4 is obtained. Differences in color tone between the sound on the line and the sound between the lines are possible.

2. Musical paradise Musical instruments having such a keyboard color have an application number of Japanese Patent Application No. 4
It is recommended to use the musical recipe described in 209850.
That is, FIG. 5 of the score of the conventional D major Hasoracid in C major.
In this system, the score becomes as shown in FIG. 6, and in FIG. 7, which is the conventional score of Dremi Hasolaside in D major, becomes as shown in FIG. 8 by this system. In this method, in the case of a normal semitone, it is not necessary to indicate a semitone with a special symbol, but if it is desired to clearly indicate that it is a raised semitone, a downed semitone may be attached with an upward or downward arrow in front of the note. .

3. One-to-one correspondence between keyboard position and note height In this musical instrument, there is a one-to-one correspondence between keyboard position and note height, and the keyboard position and note height correspond to all keys. Is fixed.
FIG. 9 shows the correspondence between the keyboard position and the note height.

4. Application of this musical instrument to the conventional keyboard This musical instrument can also be applied to the conventional keyboard. At this time, the keyboard numbers 5, 7, 9, and 11 shown in FIG. 9 are white on the conventional keyboard, but the notes are black notes.
Note that 0 is black on the keyboard, but the notes are white notes.

5. Pitch name display Application number The pitch name display shown in the musical genre described in Japanese Patent Application No. 4-209850 is made by using the keyboard numbers shown in FIG.
Display note names as follows: Keyboard number 0: G, Keyboard number 1: G ', Keyboard number
2: R, keyboard number 3: R ', keyboard number 4: B,
Keyboard number 5: B ', Keyboard number 6: O, Keyboard number
7: O ', keyboard number 8: V, keyboard number 9: V',
Keyboard No. 10: Y, Keyboard No. 11: Y ', and the key with the note name "G" (C major and A minor) also in green major and violet.
It is called (amethyst) minor, and the key that has the note name G '(do in D major and C major) is called emerald major and yellow minor.

6. How to Count Pitches The pitch, which is the difference in pitch between two pitches, is conventionally expressed in degrees, and there are completeness, length, shortness, increase and decrease. In the conventional method, one octave is represented by four lines and four lines, whereas in the present system, it is represented by three line periods, so the pitches are counted differently. Intervals can be counted as whole or semitones.

The method of counting the pitches is as shown in FIG. 10, and the same color (white white or black black) is used for the diatonic and chromatic intervals.
There are note intervals and note intervals of different color (black and white or black and white). Further, FIG. 11 shows the relationship between the total number of notes or the number of semitones and the degree of pitch counting according to this method.

7. Chord display method based on the number of semitones The chord display method based on the number of semitones is shown below. The root note is the sound that is the basis of the chord, and it is set to 0. The number of semitones that the chord is separated from the root is counted, and the number of semitones of each note is arranged in order to display the chord. . For example, the main chord in green major (C major) is G.0.4.7. That is, 0 means the first note (root note) of the chord, 4 means the third note (three notes), and 7 means the fifth note (five notes). I will omit this and write it as G. The lower-general chord (F major major chord) is B '・ 0 ・ 4.7 ・, which is abbreviated as B'. The generic chord (main chord in G major) is also O '・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 and is written as O'. The so-called Gen 7 chord is O '・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 ・ 10.
・ 0,4,7 is represented by O ', so I will write this as O'10. In addition, for example, the main chord in violet (amethyst) minor (a minor) is V'.0.3.7. Here, similarly, 0 means the first sound (root note), 3 means the third sound (three sounds), and 7 means the fifth sound (fifth sound). This is omitted and written as V'm. Other minors are also noted. The lower-gen chord (the main chord in D minor) is R.0.3.7, and is abbreviated as Rm. The general chord (main chord in E major) is B.0.
It is 4.7 and is written as B.

8. Method of displaying various chords The above-described method of displaying chords is applied to various chords of green and grass (emerald) as follows. B) Long triad green tone G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 grass (emerald) tone G '・ 0 ・ 4.7 ・ 7 b) short triad green tone G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 7 grass tone (emerald tone) G' ・ 0・ 3 ・ 7 c) Addition chord (chord consisting of 4 semitones apart) Green tone G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 8 Grass (emerald) tone G '・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 8 d) Decrease triad (3 semitones apart) Chord consisting of different sounds) green tone G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 6 grass (emerald) tone G '・ 0 ・ 3.6

9. Method of Displaying Various Chords by Chord Display The display of chords by chord is shown below. In the case of the green tone, the conventional names, the number of semitones counted from the root, the new name and the new name are as follows for major chords, genus seven chords and minor scale chords. 9-1 Long-scale chords Conventional name Semitone number counted from root note Display method (new name) 1) Major G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 G (major chord) 2) 6th G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 ・ 9 G9 ( 9 chord) 3) -5 G · 0 · 4 · 6 Gh (half code) Here, h means a triad whose five tones are six tones, that is, half to octave, from the root note. .

4) maj7 G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 ・ 11 G11 (11 code) 5) maj9 G ・ 0.4 ・ 7 ・ 11 ・ 14 G ₁₁ ¹⁴ (1114 code) 6) 6.9 G ・ 0 ・4 ・ 7 ・ 9 ・ 14 G ₉ ¹⁴ (914 code) 7) add9 G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 ・ 14 Gadd14 (add14 code) 8) sus4 G ・ 0 ・ 5 ・ 7 Gsus5 (sus5 code) 9) aug G・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 8 G × 4 (× 4 chord) Here, × 4 means a chord consisting of sounds in which the number of semitones counted from the root is a multiple of 4. (Quadrone chord) 9-2 Genuine seven chords Conventional designation Number of semitones counted from root note Display method (new designation) 1) 7th G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 ・ 10 G10 (10 chords) 2) 7sus4 G ・ 0・ 5 ・ 7 ・ 10 G10sus5 (10sus5 code) 3) 7 (-5) G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 6 ・ 10 Gh10 (half10 code) 4) 7aug G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 8 ・ 10 G10x4 (10x4 code) 5 ) 7 (-9) G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 ・ 10 ・ 13 G ₁₀ ¹³ (1013 code) 6) 9th G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 ・ 10 ・ 14 G ₁₀ ¹⁴ (1014 code) 7) 7 (+9 ) G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 ・ 10 ・ 15 G ₁₀ ¹⁵ (1015 code) 8) 7 ・ 13 G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 ・ 10 ・ 21 G ₁₀ ²¹ (1021 code) or G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 _{· 10 · 14 · 21 G 10} 1421 (101421 code) -3 Short scale chords Conventional name Semitone number counted from root note (new name) 1) Minor G ・ 0 ・ 3.7 ・ Gm (minor code) 2) m6 G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 7 ・ 9 Gm9 (m9 Code) 3) m (-5) G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 6 Gmh (mhalf code) 4) mmaj7 G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 7 ・ 11 Gm11 (m11 code) 5) mmaj9 G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 7 ・ 11・ 14 Gm ₁₁ ¹⁴ (m1114 code) 6) m6 ・ 9 G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 7 ・ 9 ・ 14 Gm ₉ ¹⁴ (m914 code) 7) madd9 G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 7 ・ 14 Gmadd14 (madd14 code) 8 ) M7 G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 7 ・ 10 Gm10 (m10 code) 9) m9 G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 7 ・ 10 ・ 14 Gm ₁₀ ¹⁴ (m1014 code) 10) m7 (-5) G ・ 0.3 ・6/10 Gmh10 (m In alf10 code) 11) dim G · 0 · 3 · 6 · 9 G × 3 (× 3 encoding) Here, × 3 means a chord consisting sound number semitones counted from root note is a multiple of 3. (Third chord)

10. Comparison of conventional display and new display for basic chords Among the above chords, the basic chords that are frequently used are compared as follows. Conventional display New display The number of semitones counted from the root note C G G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 C6 G9 G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 ・ 9 C7 G10 G ・ 0 ・ 4 ・ 7 ・ 10 Cmaj7 G11 G ・ 0.4 ・7 ・ 11 Csus4 Gsus5 G ・ 0 ・ 5 ・ 7 Cm Gm G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 7 Cm6 Gm9 G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 7 ・ 9 Cm7 Gm10 G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 7 ・ 10 Cm7-5 Gmh10 G ・ 0・ 3 ・ 6 ・ 10 Caug G × 4 G ・ 0.4 ・ 8 Cdim G × 3 G ・ 0 ・ 3 ・ 6 ・ 9

11. Decorative sounds and decorative symbols The decorative sounds of rotations (turns) are the same as the conventional ones and are represented as shown in FIG. When it is necessary to specifically specify the upper and lower notes (that is, to raise or lower a semitone), the upper note is as shown in FIG. 1 when the even note is shown in FIG. 13, and when the odd note is as shown in FIG. Represent When the lower note is the even-numbered keyboard sound shown in FIG. 1, it is expressed as shown in FIG. 15, and when it is the odd-numbered keyboard sound, it is expressed as shown in FIG. Even when you don't need to specify the upper and lower notes (that is, you don't raise or lower a semitone),
It may be expressed as shown in FIG. The decoration sound of the melody (Moldent) is also the same as the conventional one, and is expressed as shown in FIG. When it is necessary to specifically specify the upper and lower notes (that is, to raise or lower a semitone), when the upper note is the even keyboard note shown in FIG. 1, it is similarly expressed as shown in FIG.
When the upper note is an odd keyboard note, it is represented as shown in FIG. When the lower sound is the even-numbered keyboard sound shown in FIG. 1, it is expressed as shown in FIG. 22, and when the lower-tone sound is the odd-numbered keyboard sound, it is expressed as shown in FIG. Even when it is not necessary to specifically specify the upper and lower sounds (that is, the semitone is not raised or lowered), it may be expressed as shown in FIGS.

12. Relationship between Keyboard and Notes FIG. 24 shows a diagram of the black and white keyboard of this embodiment and an example of a musical score using the musical genre described in the present patent application and the patent application No. 4-209850. Further, FIG. 25 shows a score of this conventional music. The relationship between the position of the keyboard and the pitch of the notes corresponds to one to one as shown in FIG. 9, and the keyboard sequence when playing the music shown in FIG. 24 is the keyboard number 6, the keyboard number 5, the keyboard number 6 , Keyboard number 10, keyboard number 8, keyboard number 6, keyboard number 8, keyboard number 10, keyboard number 8, keyboard number 6, keyboard number 5, keyboard number 3, keyboard number 5, keyboard number 6. The order of the keys to be played and the notes correspond to each other, and, for example, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 24, the notes of keyboard numbers 6 and 6 white correspond to the note at the beginning of the second measure of this song. It is also shown that the black and white of the keyboard and the black and white of the notes are the same. The chord display for this chord is also shown.

[0022]

Since the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, it has the following effects. 1. Easy-to-play keyboard instrument With this array of keyboard instruments, you can play C major and A minor, and other keys.
It can be played very easily using the musical note written in 9850. To play C major Dremi Fasolacid, you can play white, white, white, black, black, black, black, white, and each key in this order. Even if you play Dremi Fasolacid in D major, which is a whole pitch higher than that, white, white, white, black, as in C major,
You will play black, black, black, white and the keyboard in this order. Also, when playing in D major, which is a semitone higher than C major, white and black are upside down, but similarly, black, black, black, white, white, white,
You will play white, black and the keyboard in this order. This is upside down in black and white by 6 for 12 combinations, but basically it is the same rule and simple. You don't have to remember how to play each key. Also, if you often use troublesome accidental symbols such as sharp, flat, and natural, when you look at the score, you can immediately tell which sound is on the keyboard. I don't know, but in this method there are no such symbols and the score is neat, and there is a one-to-one correspondence between the white keyboard and the white notes, and the black keyboard and the black notes, which is much better than the conventional method. Easy to understand. Therefore, playing a keyboard instrument becomes easier.

Further, since the keyboard color is different from the conventional one, but the arrangement is the same, it is possible to play a musical score using a conventional musical instrument as usual.

2. Easy-to-understand chord display Regardless of note name, a chord is a high chord of the same kind,
It is expressed in the same shape with black and white notes. Also, a semitone higher chord will be reversed in black and white if it is the same kind of chord, but it is easy to understand because it is expressed in the same shape with black and white notes regardless of the note name. Unlike in the conventional case, different chords are not displayed at the same position on the 5th line, and different displays are not obtained by checking the same height. Even when displaying chords with chords, the chords are easy to understand because each chord is represented by the number of semitones counted from the root note.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram in which keyboards of a keyboard instrument are numbered.

FIG. 2 shows a black and white color of a conventional keyboard.

FIG. 3 shows a keyboard with 6 color pairs.

FIG. 4 shows a keyboard in which the even-numbered keyboard is white and the odd-numbered keyboard is black.

FIG. 5 shows the conventional notation for doremifasolacid in C major.

FIG. 6 shows the present system notation of doremifasolacid in C major.

FIG. 7 shows conventional notation for doremifasolacid in D major.

FIG. 8 shows the present system notation of doremifa soracid in D major.

FIG. 9 shows the correspondence between the keyboard and the notes in this system.

FIG. 10 shows a method of counting intervals.

FIG. 11 shows the relationship between pitch and pitch.

FIG. 12 shows symbols of a decorative sound of a turn.

FIG. 13: The sound above rotation shows a symbol for even keyboard sounds.

FIG. 14: The sound above rotation shows a symbol of an odd keyboard sound.

FIG. 15: The note under rotation shows an even keyboard note symbol.

FIG. 16: The note under rotation shows a symbol of an odd keyboard note.

FIG. 17 shows a symbol of the upper and lower notes of rotation being an even keyboard sound and an odd keyboard sound, respectively.

FIG. 18 is a symbol of the ornament sound of Ren (Mordent),
It is when you go up.

FIG. 19 is a symbol of a decorative sound of Ren, which is a case of going down.

FIG. 20 is a Ren sound symbol when the upper sound is an even keyboard sound.

FIG. 21 is a Ren sound symbol when the upper sound is an odd keyboard sound.

FIG. 22 shows the Ren sound symbol when the sound below is an even keyboard sound.

FIG. 23 is a case where the sound is a Ren sound symbol and the lower sound is an odd keyboard sound.

FIG. 24 shows a comparison between the keyboard position and the note notation.

FIG. 25 shows a conventional musical notation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 0 Ha sound 1 Shaping sound 2 D sound 3 D sound 4 D sound 5 D sound 6 D sound 7 D sound 7 G sound 8 D sound 9 A sound 10 A sound 11 B sound

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. The twelve kinds of sounds of musical instruments are C and C sounds, C and C sounds, C and C sounds, C and C sounds, C and C sounds, and C and C sounds, and C and C sounds. A keyboard instrument that has a keyboard of a color that can be easily identified as the six pairs of sounds. 2. A chord display suitable for the musical reference described in the application No. 4-209850 or the musical instrument described in claim 1 and showing the pitch of the constituent notes of the chord in semitones or whole notes. Method.