Patent ID: 6448486
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
A method for sounding notes on an electronic instrument, the instrument having a plurality of input controllers, the method comprising:forming a first row of input controllers and a second row ofinput controllers, wherein a plurality of input controllers in each of the first row and second rows of input controllers are designated for performance of notes in a given performance, the first row and the second row being offset and adjacent from one another in a first performance group of input controllers; wherein either a plurality of chords corresponding to notes performed in the given performance using the first row of input controllers represent chords having different fundamentals or a plurality of chords corresponding to notes performed in the given performance using the second row of input controllers represent chords having different fundamentals; designating the plurality of input controllers in the first row for performance of either chords, chord notes, or chords and chord notes; designating the plurality of input controllers in the second row for performance of either chords, chord notes, or chords and chord notes; forming a third row of input controllers, a fourth row of input controllers, a fifth row of input controllers, and a sixth row of input controllers, wherein a plurality of input controllers in each of the third row, fourth row, fifth row, and sixth rows of input controllers are designated for performance of notes in the given performance, the third row, fourth row, fifth row, and sixth rows of input controllers being offset and adjacent from one another in a second performance group of input controllers; designating the plurality of input controllers in the third row for performance of remaining scale notes which are defined in accordance with chord notes and scale notes; designating the plurality of input controllers in the fourth row for performance of remaining scale notes which are defined in accordance with chord notes and scale notes; designating the plurality of input controllers in the fifth row for performance of either chords, chord notes, or chords and chord notes; designating the plurality of input controllers in the sixth row for performance of either chords, chord notes, or chords and chord notes; initiating in the given performance an event representative of at least a chord change or scale change in response to an input controller selection in the first row of input controllers; initiating in the given performance a subsequent event representative of at least a chord change or scale change in response to an input controller selection in the second row of input controllers; providing in the given performance musical data containing note-identifying information in response to an input controller selection in the second performance group of input controllers, wherein at least a portion of the note-identifying information is provided according to either of the events; and sounding notes on the electronic instrument based on said musical data containing note-identifying information.