(19)
(11) EP 1 465 151 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/28

(43) Date of publication A2:
06.10.2004 Bulletin 2004/41

(21) Application number: 04012924.9

(22) Date of filing: 29.10.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G10H 3/12(2006.01)
G10H 1/38(2006.01)
 G10H 3/18(2006.01)
G10H 1/44(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 29.10.1998 US 106150 P

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
99956738.1 / 1145220

(71) Applicant: Paul Reed Smith Guitars Limited Partnership (Maryland)
Stevensville, MD 21666 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Smith, Jack W.
    Belle Haven Virginia 22306 (US)

(74) Representative: Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner 
Maximilianstrasse 54
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Tuning notes in a chord


(57) A method of tuning notes in a chord comprising:
receiving activated notes tuned to a first scale;
determining a sustained chord as a group of activated notes whose time of activation exceeds a threshold;
determining a chord type from the group of the activated notes of the sustained chord;
determining the chord interval positions occupied by each of the notes of the sustained chord, and the order and spread of the interval positions; and
returning selected notes of the group based on the determined chord type and order and spread of the interval positions in the chord.







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