Electronic music system and stringed instrument input device therefor

摘要: An electronic music system includes a voltage controlled tone generator, or synthesizer, and an input device, in the form of guitar other fretted stringed instrument associated circuitry, for sequentially providing signals, selected from set discretely different levels each analogously related to musical tone, driving generator. Each string-fret pair is assigned given preferably accordance with normal tuning instrument, means are provided producing corresponding when closed by pressing string against fret. When two more pairs simultaneously closed, output highest frequency produced. In particular, electrical voltages applied frets so as apply such strings pressed into contact frets. A multiplexing repetitively samples voltages, adds offset compensating intervals between open strings, processes summed