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; -2-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007