Patent ID: 8373054

Claim:
An electronic musical instrument comprising: a musical performance data input portion for inputting musical performance data in accordance with user's operation for musical performance; a chord detection timing setting portion for setting a chord detection timing; a chord detection portion for detecting a chord at a point in time when the chord detection timing ends on the basis of the musical performance data input by the musical performance data input portion; a chord application instruction portion for instructing to apply the chord detected by the chord detection portion; a time limit setting portion for setting a time limit during which the instruction to apply the detected chord is allowed; and a chord application portion for applying the chord detected by the chord detection portion in a case where the application of the detected chord has been instructed by the chord application instruction portion at the point in time when the chord detection timing ends or in a case where the application of the detected chord has been instructed by the chord application instruction portion at a point in time which is situated between the point at which the chord detection timing ends and the time limit.