Patent ID: 6737572
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
A hand-held, voice-controlled electronic musical instrument, comprising:a mouthpiece where a user's voice enters; a voice-to-pitch conversion module, wherein said voice-to-pitch conversion module comprises a pitch-detection technique for a voice controlled musical instrument; one or more user controls; one or more sound-reproduction devices coupled to the voice-to-pitch conversion module; a power source; and an enclosure, said enclosure formed in a shape that most nearly represents an actual musical instrument that said electronic instrument is to represent; wherein said mouthpiece, voice-to-pitch conversion module, one or more user controls, power source, and one or more sound-reproduction devices are entirely contained within the confines of said enclosure; wherein said instrument is self contained; wherein said instrument produces a sound that is representative of the sound produced by the actual musical instrument represented by said enclosure; and wherein pitch and volume of said instrument substantially follow the pitch and volume of said user's voice.