Patent ID: 8138401
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G10C,G10F,G10H

Abstract:
1. An electronic assistant system for a player, comprising: a sensor system monitoring manipulators of a musical instrument, and producing detecting signals representative of pieces of performance data expressing movements of said manipulators; actuators provided in association with said manipulators, and responsive to a driving signal so as to move said manipulators; an analyzer connected to said sensor system, and analyzing said pieces of performance data to see whether or not at least one of said manipulators takes a particular movement indicative of player's intention to produce music sound through a particular playing technique during fingering of a human player on said manipulators; and a driver connected to said actuators and said analyzer, and supplying said driving signal to associated one of said actuators so as to give rise to a movement of said one of said manipulators featuring said particular playing technique in said fingering when said analyzer gives the answer affirmative for assisting said human player in learning said particular playing technique, wherein said analyzer searches said pieces of performance data for a piece of performance data expressing a stoppage for a certain time period between a rest position of the manipulator and an end position of said manipulator.