JPS6426896A - Electronic musical instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To automatically grant pitch slide control like a slur according to a playing operation style by generating a musical sound signal having slur effect on the basis of the output of a slur means when legato type pressed key changing operation is detected corresponding to key data. CONSTITUTION: The slur means 8 performing control for gradually sliding the pitch of a generated sound from the pitch corresponding to key data on a musical sound stored in a storage means 3 to the pitch of a newly pressed key detected by a single key depression detecting means 2 according th the detection of the legato type depressed key changing operation by a legato new key-ON detecting means 5. Therefore, a musical sound generating means 9 normally generate a musical sound signal corresponding to key data detected by the single key depression detecting means 2 or the key data stored in the storage means 3, but when the legato type depressed key changing operation is detected, the musical sound signal given slur effect is generated on the basis of the output of the slur means 8. Consequently, the pitch slide control like a slur can automatically be granted according to a playing operation style on a keyboard.