Patent ID: 8324493
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. An electronic musical instrument comprising: storing means for storing temperament data and temperament-type data; and musical-tone data generating means for generating musical-tone data of a predetermined pitch in response to player's manipulation on a manipulating device, wherein the temperament data defines a pitch of a temperament composed of plural composing tones and contains information indicating at least a reference tone of the temperament and pitches of the composing tones of the temperament, and the temperament-type data defines a temperament type composed of a combination of plural temperaments and contains information, which specifies the temperament data for each of the plural temperaments composing the temperament type in the order conforming to the temperament type, the electronic musical instrument, wherein the manipulating device is divided into a first range and a second range and is provided with controlling means for deciding a pitch of a musical tone to be produced, in response to manipulation of a manipulator in the first range of the manipulating device, wherein the controlling means comprises: temperament deciding means for specifying a temperament from among the temperament-type data based on manipulated manipulators in the second range of the manipulating device with respect to the manipulation of the manipulator in the first range of the manipulating device; and pitch deciding means for specifying a composing tone corresponding to the manipulated manipulator in the first range, from among the composing tones indicated in the temperament specified by the temperament deciding means, and for giving the musical-tone data generating means an instruction of generating musical-tone data having a pitch of the specified composing tone.