The presence of saxophonists furthering their musical horizons by playing keyboard instruments inspires the invention of a novel device to connect a light-weight keyboard or MIDI grid controller to a saxophone to facilitate the convenient and rapid switching between playing either instrument. Battery power and Bluetooth technology combine with innovations in plastics technology to facilitate the creation of strong, lightweight structures to facilitate such a device. With the addition of looping software on a laptop computer, a saxophonist so equipped can create music to accompany themselves, obviating the need for other musicians to function as a musical ensemble. This innovation may be the harbinger for other musicians on other single note instruments—trumpet, trombone, violin, etc. to join this trend using either instrument-attached, strap-on or wearable keyboards. This could blend the boundaries between acoustic and electronic instruments, and increase the enjoyment and musical enrichment of musicians and audiences alike.

Systems for a touchless musical instrument, where the touchless musical instrument includes: multiple sensors, where each sensor detects a presence of an object within a predetermined distance of the sensor; an audio speaker; a processor electrically connected to the sensors and the audio speaker; and executes instructions on the process to: receive, from the plurality of sensors, an object detection signal indicating a location of the object with respect to the plurality of sensors; generate an audio output signal based on the location of the object indicated by the object detection signal; and generate an audible output from the audio speaker by transmitting the audio output signal to the audio speaker.

Systems for a touchless musical instrument, where the touchless musical instrument includes: multiple sensors, where each sensor detects a presence of an object within a predetermined distance of the sensor; an audio speaker; a processor electrically connected to the sensors and the audio speaker; and executes instructions on the process to: receive, from the plurality of sensors, an object detection signal indicating a location of the object with respect to the plurality of sensors; generate an audio output signal based on the location of the object indicated by the object detection signal; and generate an audible output from the audio speaker by transmitting the audio output signal to the audio speaker.

An electronic cymbal and a bell part sensor installation method are provided. The electronic cymbal includes: a disk-shaped frame; a frame bell part which is configured at a center of the frame in a top view; a bell part sensor which is attached onto the frame bell part in a circumferential direction and detects a hit on the frame bell part; and a cover which covers the frame and the bell part sensor and has a surface formed as a hit surface, wherein the bell part sensor is separated in at least a radial direction of the frame bell part.

An electronic cymbal and a bell part sensor installation method are provided. The electronic cymbal includes: a disk-shaped frame; a frame bell part which is configured at a center of the frame in a top view; a bell part sensor which is attached onto the frame bell part in a circumferential direction and detects a hit on the frame bell part; and a cover which covers the frame and the bell part sensor and has a surface formed as a hit surface, wherein the bell part sensor is separated in at least a radial direction of the frame bell part.

A keyboard musical instrument includes a musical instrument case including an upper case, and a lower case having a concave part provided on a lower surface and opened on an outer peripheral surface-side, and a strap pin fixing portion is arranged in the concave part.

A keyboard musical instrument includes a musical instrument case including an upper case, and a lower case having a concave part provided on a lower surface and opened on an outer peripheral surface-side, and a strap pin fixing portion is arranged in the concave part.

A pedalboard arrangement (600), including: a right support end (102); a left support end (104); a pair of support members (106) configured to support a foot pedal for musical effects, each secured in position between the right support end and the left support end, and each including a clip feature (110) that extends along a long axis (112) of a respective support member; and an attachment device (300) including: a clip (304) configured to clip onto the clip feature and remain retained thereon via a resilience of the clip at a variety of locations along the long axis; and a clip connector (306) including a clip hole (308) through a first end (310) configured to receive a fastener associated with the foot pedal and a second end (322) connected to the clip.

Provided are an electronic cymbal and a case attachment method with which even when a case is attached to a frame, the distribution of hit sensitivity against a hit on the frame is uniform. In this electronic cymbal (1), the case (8) is attached to the frame (4) by fitting an outer peripheral hooking section (8b) of a case (8) into an outer peripheral support section (4b) of a frame (4), and fitting an inner peripheral enclosing section (8d) of the case (8) into the inner peripheral side of the frame (4). These components can be mounted without forming a screw hole in the frame (4) and screwing the case (8) and the frame (4). Thus, it is possible to suppress the stress concentration on a specific position of the frame (4) due to the screwing, and to uniformize the distribution of the hit sensitivity on the frame (4).

An acoustic musical instrument a hollow body, neck, speaker, and digital audio device. A control circuit is coupled to the speaker and the digital audio device. The speaker is externally positioned on the hollow body. The digital audio player is externally positioned on the hollow body. The control circuit is communicatively coupled to a MIDI component, an electronic tuner, amplifier board, and an effects board. A plurality of light emitting diodes are positioned on the neck and coupled to the control circuit. The control circuit is configured to synchronicitously energize the LEDs with an audio file that is executed by the digital audio device. The control circuit is configured to synchronicitously energize the LEDs according to instructions received external to the acoustic musical instrument. The speaker is communicatively coupled to the amplifier board. The digital audio device captures sounds that are generated by the acoustic musical instrument.