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          Appeal No. 2000-0454                                                        
          Application 08/377,027                                                      


          The disclosed invention pertains to a music synthesizer                     
          device for playing at least one prestored tune characterized by a           
          plurality of harmony parts which are played simultaneously.  The            
          invention is disclosed as having particular utility as a digital            
          hymnal.  One feature of the invention is that each of the harmony           
          parts is independently orchestrated.  Another feature of the                
          invention is that an amen signal is automatically selected to               
          play a plagal cadence at the end of the tune.                               
          Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:                            
               1.   A music synthesizer device for playing at least one               
          prestored tune characterized by at least first and second                   
          simultaneously-played parts of harmony, comprising:                         
               a data storage medium;                                                 
               a first data structure stored in the data storage medium,              
          the first data structure including a first digital data series              
          representing the first part of harmony of a tune;                           
               a second data structure stored in the data storage medium,             
          the second data structure including a second digital data series            
          representing the second part of the harmony of the tune;                    
               a manipulable input surface for generating an orchestration            
          signal in response to manipulation of the input surface by a                
          user;                                                                       
               an orchestrator for receiving the orchestration signal and             
          establishing a first orchestration attribute for the first part             
          of harmony and a second orchestration attribute for the second              
          part of harmony in response to the orchestration signal;                    



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