US 12,106,742 B2
Electronic musical instrument, sound production method for electronic musical instrument, and storage medium
Hiroki Sato, Tokyo (JP); and Hajime Kawashima, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/344,807.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-109144 (JP), filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0407480 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G10H 1/28 (2006.01); G10H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G10H 1/28 (2013.01) [G10H 1/0008 (2013.01); G10H 2210/066 (2013.01); G10H 2210/185 (2013.01); G10H 2210/571 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic musical instrument, comprising:
a plurality of performance elements that specify pitch data;
a sound source that produces musical sounds; and
a processor configured to perform the following:
when a user performance of the plurality of performance elements is such that a chord is played by a user within a set time period while automatic arpeggio playing sounds are not being produced, instructing the sound source to produce automatic arpeggio playing sounds corresponding to pitch data specified by the user performance;
when a user performance of the plurality of performance elements occurs but is such that a chord is not played by the user within the set time period, instructing the sound source to produce a sound of a pitch data specified by the user performance without producing the automatic arpeggio playing sound; and
when a user performance of the plurality of performance elements is such that the user plays any number of the performance elements while automatic arpeggio playing sounds are being produced, instructing the sound source to produce a sound of a pitch data specified by the user performance while the automatic arpeggio playing sounds are being produced.