Chord identifying method for automatic accompaniment using keyboard instrument and automatic accompaniment function equipped keyboard instrument using the same

摘要

Left- and right-hand keystroke windows XL and XH are decided in accordance with the positions of player's left and right hands pressing keys. When the number of pressed keys in either one of the windows XL and XH are larger than a predetermined value, that window is decided to be used as a chord identifying window, and on the basis of a combination of pressed keys in the chord identifying window, an accompaniment chord is decided for automatic accompaniment.