Patent ID: 7309827
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A musical instrument having a plurality of performance operators and an oral input section for inputting a signal containing a pitch generated by a user's mouth, the musical instrument comprising: an ancillary performance section for sequentially outputting first performance data representative of a tone pitch of a musical tone; a combination information producing section for automatically producing, on the basis of the first performance data sequentially output from the ancillary performance section, combination information corresponding to a combination of the plurality of performance operators that represents a tone pitch represented by the first performance data; a pitch information sensing section for sensing pitch information on a pitch on the basis of a signal input to the oral input section; and a tone pitch determination section for determining in one playing mode a tone pitch of a musical tone to be generated solely on the basis of the automatically produced combination information, which is automatically produced based on the first performance data, and the sensed pitch information.