| CPC G10H 1/0016 (2013.01) [G10H 1/0066 (2013.01); G10H 1/38 (2013.01)] | 25 Claims |
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1. A musical instrument, comprising:
a chord player section having at least one chord player operable to play a selected chord;
the at least one chord player comprising a finger-actuatable first pad having a first center point function and a plurality of first perimeter point functions,
wherein each of the first center point function and the plurality of first perimeter point functions are operable to each individually generate a primary chord or a variation chord, which is a variation of the primary chord, from amongst variation chords of the primary chord, the primary chord having a chord root note and the variation chords also having the chord root note,
wherein each selected chord comprises a plurality of different notes including the root note and one or more additional notes relative to the root note, the one or more additional notes including one or more of a second note, a flat third note, a third note, a sharp third note, a fourth note, a flat fifth note, a fifth note, and a sharp fifth note, and
wherein the primary chord comprises the root note, the third note or the flat third note, and the fifth note or the flat fifth note, and each of the variation chords comprises the root note and different combinations with the one or more additional notes.
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