Patent ID: 8373053

Claim:
A musical instrument tuner comprising: an input module, a signal analyzer, a display, a housing, a user interface, the input module, the signal analyzer and the display forming a part of said housing or being comprised in said housing, the input module receiving an input signal from a musical instrument, the signal analyzer determining at least two characteristics of said input signal, the at least two characteristics comprising a monophonic characteristic comprising a representation of a pitch frequency and a polyphonic characteristic comprising a representation of multiple pitch frequencies, the display enabling displaying of at least two display modes from a group of display modes, the display modes comprising monophonic display mode and polyphonic display mode, in the polyphonic display mode displaying said polyphonic characteristic of the input signal according to a first level of detail, and in the monophonic display mode displaying said monophonic characteristic of the input signal, according to a second level of detail, wherein the established second level of detail of a displayed pitch frequency is higher in monophonic display mode than the established first level of detail of the same pitch frequency in polyphonic display mode.