Abrégé

The invention relates to the field of plucked string musical instruments, specifically to designs of electric musical instruments which transform mechanical vibration of strings into electrical signals, more particularly to compact electronic guitars, and can be used in portable electronic guitars. The application of the invention claimed allows to create a compact electronic guitar that can be quickly assembled/disassembled, while the string elasticity level remains the same in both disassembled and assembled states (making the guitar immediately available for use once the parts of the body have been connected) and to provide the possibility to obtain information about vibrations and excursions of the strings located on the neck occurring as a result of using various playing techniques requiring certain actions to be taken in relation to the strings located on the neck, such as hitting, displacing the pressed string sideward, sudden pressing down of the string and sudden releasing of the pressed string, moving the finger along the string, either pressed or not. This provides the possibility to use a larger number of events occurring with the string to generate acoustic oscillations.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10H 3/00 - Instruments dans lesquels les sons sont produits par des moyens électromécaniques
• G10D 1/08 - Guitares
• G10H 1/34 - Agencements d'interrupteurs, p. ex. claviers ou interrupteurs mécaniques spécialement adaptés aux instruments de musique électrophoniques
• G10D 3/10 - Cordes
• G10D 3/06 - ManchesTouches, p. ex. frettes
• G10H 3/18 - Instruments dans lesquels les sons sont produits par des moyens électromécaniques utilisant des générateurs résonnants mécaniques, p. ex. des cordes ou des instruments à percussion, dont les sons sont captés par des transducteurs électromécaniques, les signaux électriques étant alors traités ou amplifiés puis convertis en ondes sonores au moyen d'un haut-parleur ou d'un dispositif équivalent utilisant des vibrateurs excités mécaniquement et munis de capteurs utilisant des cordes, p. ex. guitares électriques

Abrégé

The inventions relate to the field of electric musical instruments, more particularly, to an optical sensor for a stringed musical instrument with a digital interface and to a stringed musical instrument with a digital interface equipped with said sensor (MIDI—Musical Instrument Digital Interface). Implementation of the disclosed inventions allows to obtain a signal corresponding to vibrations (deflections) of a string in two mutually perpendicular planes, with the influence of the device generating such signals on string vibration parameters being reduced, without signals generated by different strings being mixed and with dimensions of the optical sensor being reduced to allow for its compact placement on a stringed musical instrument.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10H 1/34 - Agencements d'interrupteurs, p. ex. claviers ou interrupteurs mécaniques spécialement adaptés aux instruments de musique électrophoniques
• G10H 1/04 - Moyens pour contrôler la fréquence des sons, p. ex. attaque ou affaiblissementMoyens pour produire des effets musicaux particuliers, p. ex. vibratos ou glissandos par modulation additionnelle
• G10D 3/10 - Cordes
• G10H 7/00 - Instruments dans lesquels les sons sont synthétisés à partir d'une mémoire de données, p. ex. orgues à calculateur
• G10H 1/00 - Éléments d'instruments de musique électrophoniques

Produits et services

Electronic control circuits for electronic musical instruments; Musical instrument connectors and adaptors; portable and handheld digital electronic devices for recording, organizing, transmitting, manipulating, and reviewing text, data, image, audio files, and music files; computer hardware; wireless musical instrument digital interface controller and supporting software for making music; computer software for creating and editing music and sounds Musical instruments; electronic musical instruments