A
user interface for a
musical instrument, particularly an electronic or
virtual instrument, is proposed. The instrument is used to play combinations of chord and melody sequences. The
user interface has a key array 1 with multiple operable, row-and-column arranged areas 111, 121, ...; 112, 122, ...; 11 n 12 n ..., each row has operable regions 111, 121, ...; 112, 122, ...; 11 n 12 n ...forming a block 101, 102, ..., each block 101, 102, ... is equipped with a basic chord, preferably a scale, preferably a whole-
tone scale-specific chord; each section 111, 121, ...; 112, 122, ...; 11 n 12 n ...equipped with a melodic tone, preferably a scale melody tone, the
user interface is configured for use in the manipulation blocks 101, 102, ..., areas 111, 121, ...; 112, 122, ...; 11... n 12 n ..., corresponding to the manipulated regions 111, 121, ...; 112, 122, ...; 11 n 12 n ... and blocks 101, 102, ... generate
pitch generation instructions, which include at least one basic chord note instruction with
pitch and a melody note instruction, the
pitch of which is contained in the basic chord assigned to the manipulated blocks 101, 102, ..., and the pitch of the melody note instruction corresponds to the manipulated blocks 111, 121, ...; 112, 122, ...; 11 n 12 n The melodic tones of... are also proposed. Furthermore, an instrument, a method for generating combined chord and melody sequences, and a computer-readable storage medium are also proposed.