Abstract:
A chord circuit is provided in which, upon positioning of a tab switch, the actuation of a given key will cause the sounding of a predetermined chord. Such chord circuits may be provided for a number of different chords, so that depending upon the tab switch which is operated, the actuation of the C key, for example, may cause the sounding, selectively, of C major chord, C minor chord, C diminished chord, and so forth. In the present circuit this is done without requiring the ganging of switch poles, so that the same single-pole key switch which is conventionally used to sound a given tone, also sounds the various preselected chords.
Abstract:
A series of key switches are provided with individual tone sources. From one end of the series, output signal is applied to a first frequency divider circuit, thence to suitable formants and to the output of the musical instrument. From another point, or points, in the series of key switches, a second output is taken and applied through a second frequency divider circuit; thence to the formants and output circuits. If two key switches are closed at the same time, that switch closest to the series end feeding the first channel determines the tone which will pass through the first channel. Selective means are provided to cause the other tone to pass through the second channel. In this way two tones can be simultaneously applied to the output circuit, i.e., loudspeaker, where previously only a single tone could be sounded at any one time (monophonic tone sounding).