The invention discloses a western and national ensemble instrument which comprises an instrument body, and a key assembly, a matrix circuit, a main board, a function control device and a timbre control device arranged on the instrument body; the key assembly is electrically connected with the matrix circuit; the matrix circuit is electrically connected with the main board; the main board is electrically connected with the function control device; the main board comprises an electrically connected timbre device packaged with a plurality of western musical instrument timbres and a plurality of national opera timbres. Due to the fact that the timbre control device is arranged on the panel of the instrument body, the timbre control device is electrically connected with the function control device by the main board to invoke timbre information corresponding control and any matching and superposition control.

An indicator device includes a plurality of light emitters and at least one processor. The processor obtains, at intervals of a first period, a first period maximum value representing a maximum volume among a plurality of pieces of volume information based on an input signal. The processor obtains, for each second period including a plurality of first periods each being the first period, a minimum value among first period maximum values each being the first period maximum value as a second period minimum value and a maximum value among the first period maximum values as a second period maximum value. The processor controls light emission of the light emitters based on a relative ratio of a predetermined first period maximum value among the first period maximum values. The relative ratio is based on the second period minimum value and the second period maximum value.

A keyboard includes a frame and a plurality of mass bodies. The mass bodies are arranged in parallel to each other. Each of the mass bodies is pivotally supported to pivot about a pivot fulcrum with respect to the frame. The mass bodies are at least one of a plurality of keys configured to be directly operated, a plurality of interlocking members configured to pivot in conjunction with a corresponding one of the plurality of keys, embedded members in the plurality of keys or embedded members in the plurality of interlocking members. At least some of the mass bodies include notched portions being arranged in order from a pitch, which is equal to or greater than a lowest pitch, to a highest pitch. The notched portions are different from each other in at least one of size, position, or distance from the pivot fulcrum.

An electronic musical instrument according to one embodiment includes playing operators specifying respective pitches, and at least one processor which is configured to execute processing of acquiring string sound data including a fundamental sound component and a harmonic tone component corresponding to a specified pitch, acquiring stroke sound waveform data that does not include the fundamental sound component and the harmonic tone component corresponding to the specified pitch but includes components other than the fundamental sound component and the harmonic tone component, and synthesizing the string sound data and stroke sound data corresponding to the stroke sound waveform data at a set ratio.

A keyboard device includes a support member, a plurality of keys swingably supported by the support member and arranged side by side in a scale direction, and a hammer interlocked with swinging of each key. The hammer includes a receiving part recessed downward. Each key includes a protrusion protruding downward and inserted into the receiving part. An arc surface is formed on at least one of a bottom surface of the receiving part and a lower surface of the protrusion. When each key swings, the protrusion rotates about a center of a circle including the arc surface.

A musical instrument system includes a sound element medium including a plurality of sound-element information areas each having sound element information on a sound element, a reader configured to read the sound element information, a generator configured to generate musical sound information based on the read sound element information, and an audio unit configured to produce a sound based on the generated musical sound information, each of the sound-element information areas having a display corresponding to the sound element information, and the sound element information relating to both or one of pitch and tone.

Finger-tracking systems and methods for virtual instruments playback. The described system tracks the position of user's ten fingers on a projection surface and can be used to play virtual instruments such as virtual piano, drums, and bells. The system tracks the movement of user's ten fingers while keeping them free of encumbrance or excessive postural constraints. More specifically, in one or more embodiments, a coded light based projector is used to send out location signal onto a flat surface, and ten light sensors are mounted on user's fingers to receive these signals and locate user's fingers. Based on their locations and relative distance to a fixed point, a printed music instrument can be used for virtual instrument music playback. With the described tracking system, various embodiments of virtual music instruments may be implemented, including a system and method for virtual piano playing as well as virtual Chinese bell playing on printed keyboard and printed Chinese bell set.

A keyboard device for a keyboard instrument, which is capable of obtaining excellent touch feeling when key depression is performed and further is capable of increasing responsiveness when a key having been depressed performs pivotal return movement to its original position and thereby obtaining appropriate string striking repeatability. The keyboard device includes a keyboard chassis, a key disposed on the keyboard chassis, and a key support mechanism causing, upon depression of the key, the depressed key to operate such that the key pivotally moves about a virtual pivot located rearward of a rear end of the key. The key support mechanism includes a first arm swingably engaged with a first pivot shaft and a second arm swingably engaged with a second pivot shaft. The second arm is provided with a second arm weight made of a material having a larger specific gravity than the second arm.

Various embodiments are provided generally relating to providing a strum pad on a user device. In some embodiments, a musical arrangement may be provided on a user device. A score of the musical arrangement may be tracked as it plays. In some embodiments, gestures may be detected on the user device while the user device plays the musical arrangement. In response to detecting the gesture, a component piece for the musical arrangement may be outputted. In some embodiments, the outputted component piece may correspond to the tracked score of the musical arrangement.

An indicator device includes a plurality of light emitters and at least one processor. The processor obtains, at intervals of a first period, a first period maximum value representing a maximum volume among a plurality of pieces of volume information based on an input signal. The processor obtains, for each second period including a plurality of first periods each being the first period, a minimum value among first period maximum values each being the first period maximum value as a second period minimum value and a maximum value among the first period maximum values as a second period maximum value. The processor controls light emission of the light emitters based on a relative ratio of a predetermined first period maximum value among the first period maximum values. The relative ratio is based on the second period minimum value and the second period maximum value.