JPH05142985A - Singing assistance display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable either a person who sang a song several times or even a beginner to sing the song well by displaying contents assisting the singing on a monitor television in addition to the text so that the display corresponds to the text. CONSTITUTION:When the performance of the music starts, an edited background picture is displayed at a background picture display part 7. When the song beings to be sung as the performance advance, the text to be sung is displayed while superimposed on the background image at a text display part 8, for example, as shown in a figure. At this text display part 8, the timing of singing corresponding to the performance of the music is acquired since the color of characters of the text or the contour of the characters is changed. The singing timing is visually indicated, so the song can be sung at proper timing. At a singing assistance display part 9, a symbol indicating that, for example, the song should be sung gradually louder and louder is displayed above the text as shown in the figure corresponding to the text display part 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a music reproducing device capable of displaying lyrics as a song is played, and more particularly to a song support display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a karaoke device using a laser disc or a CD (compact disc) as a display device of this kind. This device is provided with a means for displaying lyrics in accordance with the performance of the song, and the means for displaying the lyrics indicates the timing of singing by changing the color of the characters of the lyrics or the color of the outline of the characters of the lyrics. .

[0003]

However, even if it is possible to sing at the same timing just by displaying the singing timing, there is no information about expressiveness or sensitivity such as intonation and melihari. It was difficult for a person who sang a few times to sing well without losing the expressiveness and sensitivity of the song.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to support singing so that even a beginner can sing well without impairing the expressiveness and sensitivity of the sung song. It is to provide a display device.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, the singing support display device of the present invention displays the lyrics in accordance with the performance of the song, and the inflection and inflection of the song corresponding to the displayed lyrics. It is provided with a display means for displaying the singing method regarding expressiveness and sensibility in a content that is easy to understand.

[0006]

The display means of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure displays the lyrics in accordance with the performance of the song and understands the singing method relating to the expressiveness and sensitivity of the song corresponding to the displayed lyrics. It is displayed in a content that is easy to perform.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the overall structure of a karaoke singing support display device using a laser disk according to this embodiment. This karaoke singing support device comprises a laser disc player 1, a monitor television 2, an amplifier 3, a microphone 4 and a speaker 5.

The laser disc player 1 reproduces a laser disc containing music and picture data. The data of this picture is displayed on the monitor / television 2. Also, the sound data is input to the amplifier 3 and the microphone 4
After the sound is processed together with the voice input from, the sound is amplified and output as sound by the speaker 5.

FIG. 2 shows how to display the song support displayed on the monitor / television of the embodiment. It is composed of a background image display section 7, a lyrics display section 8 overwritten on the background image, and a song support display section 9.

The display method will be specifically described below with reference to FIG.

When the performance of a song starts, the background image display section 7 displays a background image of a moving image (or a still image) edited for the song. When the performance progresses and it becomes a place to sing, the lyrics display section 8 overwrites the background image with the lyrics to sing,
In this example, "Nagasaki is today" is displayed.

In the display method of the lyrics display section 8, the timing of singing in accordance with the performance of the song is changed by changing the color of the characters of the lyrics or the color of the outline of the characters of the lyrics. This allows the singer to visually show the singing timing, so that the singing can be performed at the same timing.

The lyrics display section 8 is provided in the singing support display section 9.
Since it is a place that should be sung “increasingly strong” corresponding to “Nagasaki is”, the symbol as shown in FIG.
Is displayed in the full display range.

FIG. 3 shows an example of contents displayed on the singing support display section. By simultaneously displaying these pieces of information in correspondence with the lyrics, even a singer who has sung the song several times can sing well without impairing the expressiveness and sensitivity of the song. Also, even a beginner can sing better than using a conventional singing support device with only timing.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment, which is an example of a song support device using a personal computer.

The difference from the above-described embodiment (FIG. 1) is that the laser disk player 1 is replaced with a CD-ROM driver 10, a personal computer 11 and a sound source 12.

The CD-ROM disc contains sound data for sound sources (represented by MIDI data) and picture data for display.

Those data on the CD-ROM are stored on the CD-R.
The OM driver 10 reads the data, the PC 11 processes the data, the picture data is displayed on the monitor / television 2, and the sound data is reproduced by the sound source 12 and input to the amplifier 3. After being processed, it is amplified and output as a sound from the speaker 5.

The advantages of a singing support display device using a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer music device) are:
The display method of each element (background image display section 7, lyrics display section 8, singing support display section 9) of the display section can be freely changed by a program of the personal computer without changing the CD-ROM containing the musical piece to be played. It is possible.

Even when the same song is played, the background image can be changed, the color of the lyrics can be changed, and the contents of the song support display can be changed according to the level of the singer.

Therefore, by using a personal computer music device, it is possible to improve the singing ability in a wide range of age groups from children to old people by providing a display suitable for a singer. Further, since the display can be selected with one type of CD-ROM, there is an economical effect.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in detail above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, in the present embodiment, symbols are used for the singing support display, but characters and pictures may be used. For example, if you want to express "big", you can use a picture with a wide mouth. FIG. 5 shows an example in which a picture is used for the song support display.

In FIG. 2, the lyrics display section 8 and the song support display section 9 are shown in only one line each, but the lyrics display section 8 and the song support display section 9 are paired and displayed for two lines. Good. Furthermore, in FIG. 2, the lyrics display section 8 and the song support display section 9 are shown in horizontal writing, but vertical writing is also possible.

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description, if the karaoke singing support display device of the present invention is used, even a singer who has sung a song several times will lose the expressive power and sensitivity of the song. You can sing better without it. Also, even a beginner can sing better than using a conventional singing support device with only timing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a song support display device for karaoke using a laser disc player according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing how to display on the monitor / television of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which the content displayed on the song support display unit is a symbol.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment and is a block diagram of a song support display device using a personal computer.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which the content displayed on the song support display unit is a picture.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Monitor / TV display 7 Background image display 8 Lyrics display 9 Singing support display

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display means is provided for displaying lyrics in accordance with the performance of a song, and displaying in a content that makes it easy to understand the singing method regarding expressiveness and sensibility such as intonation and merrihari of a song corresponding to the displayed lyrics. Singing support display device.