JP2001134268A - Playing data editor, playing data edition method, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To input a finger information to playing data by a simple operation. SOLUTION: The finger information is inputted to a PC 10 by using operating element devices 11 and 12 having operating elements previously made to correspond to the respective fingers of both hands. In the PC 10, the finger information inputted from the operating element devices 11 and 12 is written into the playing data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a performance data editing apparatus and a performance data editing apparatus for inputting finger information indicating which finger is to be used in performance data including information indicating a note sequence constituting a musical piece. The present invention relates to an editing method and a recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute performance data editing processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some keyboard instruments have a function of sequentially instructing keys to be pressed to emit light based on performance data. The performance data used for such a light emission instruction includes note string information that constitutes the music,
In a keyboard instrument, a key corresponding to each note of the note sequence information included in the performance data is sequentially emitted to indicate a key to be pressed.

As described above, a keyboard instrument not only instructing a key to be pressed to emit light but also informing a player of which finger to press the key has been considered. In this case, it is necessary to add information of a finger used to play each note to the performance data. For example, M
Conventionally, a sequencer has been used to add the above finger information to IDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data.

[0004]

However, when finger information is added using a sequencer as described above, the operation of the sequencer is complicated.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a performance data editing apparatus, a performance data editing method, and a performance data editing process capable of inputting finger information to performance data with a simple operation. It is intended to provide a recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the above.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a musical performance data editing apparatus.
A performance data editing device for inputting finger information indicating which finger is to be used for each note to performance data including information indicating a note sequence constituting a musical composition, wherein the correspondence with the finger is A preset operation element, storage means for storing the performance data, and finger information writing for writing finger information indicating a finger corresponding to the operated operation element in the performance data stored in the storage means Means.

A performance data editing device according to a second aspect of the present invention uses an operation device having a plurality of operators, wherein performance data including information indicating a note sequence constituting a musical piece is added to the performance data. A performance data editing device for inputting finger information indicating which finger is to be used for performance, a finger associating means for associating the operator with a finger, a storage means for storing the performance data, Finger information writing means for writing finger information indicating a finger associated with the operator with the finger associating means in the performance data stored in the storage means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the performance data editing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the number of the controls is a multiple of five.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a performance data editing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein finger information is to be input to a user at the present time. It is characterized by further comprising a notifying means for notifying a note.

A performance data editing device according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the performance data editing device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein a preset operation is performed on the operation element by a user. In this case, a special processing means for performing performance data editing processing other than writing finger information into the performance data in the case of the above is further provided.

A performance data editing device according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the performance data editing device according to the fifth aspect,
The special processing means moves a note to which finger information in the performance data is to be input, in a moving direction or a reverse direction of a note sequence.

A performance data editing apparatus according to a seventh aspect is the performance data editing apparatus according to the fifth aspect.
The special processing means performs a process of searching a note sequence of the performance data for a note having a pitch designated by a user, and switching a note to be input of finger information at the present time to the searched note. Features.

The performance data editing apparatus according to claim 8 is the performance data editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the operation element is a performance operation element used for generating a musical sound. It is characterized by being part.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a musical performance data editing method, wherein an operating device having a plurality of operating elements is used. A performance data editing method for inputting finger information indicating which finger is to be used for playing, wherein a finger associating step of associating the operator with a finger, and a finger associating step with the operated operator. A finger information writing step of writing finger information indicating a finger associated with the musical performance data into the performance data stored in advance.

The recording medium according to the present invention uses an operating device having a plurality of operating devices, and stores in the performance data including information indicating a note sequence constituting a musical piece, which finger for each note. A finger associating process for associating the operator with a finger, and a finger associating process for associating the operator with the finger in the finger associating process. A program for causing a computer to execute an editing process including a finger information writing process of writing finger information indicating a finger that has been written in the performance data stored in advance is stored.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. A. First embodiment A-1. Configuration First, FIG. 1 shows an appearance of a system to which a performance data editing method according to a first embodiment of the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, the system includes a personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a PC) 10 and an operation device 1 connected to a PC (finger information writing unit, special processing unit, and notification unit) 10.
1 and 12 and an electronic piano (notifying means) 13.

The PC 10 is a general PC having a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk device, a floppy disk drive, and the like. The editing process is executed in accordance with a performance data editing program previously installed on a hard disk or the like, and controls the operation devices 11 and 12 and the electronic piano 13 as well as information input from the operation devices 11 and 12. The finger information is written to the performance data read from the floppy disk or the like based on the. The details of the performance data editing process by the PC 10 will be described later.

The operating device 11 has six operating devices 11a to 11f simulating a keyboard of a piano, detects which one of the operating devices has been pressed, and sends information corresponding to the detected operating device to the PC 10. Output. Here, the operating device 1
Of the six operators 11a to 11f, the five operators from the left in the figure are numbered 1 to 5 from the right. The numbers 1 to 5 correspond to the thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger of the left hand, respectively. Accordingly, when the first operator of the operator device 11 is pressed, finger information indicating the left thumb is output to the PC 10, and when the third operator is pressed, the PC 10 is pressed.
Is output finger information indicating the middle finger of the left hand. In addition, the No. 0 operator provided on the rightmost side in the drawing is:
These are operators used for determining input information and the like. LED (Light Emitting Diode) corresponding to each of the six controls
11L is provided, and is driven to emit light in accordance with control from the PC 10 and operation of each operation element.

The operating device 12 also has six operating devices 12a to 12f and the corresponding L
The ED 12L has a function of detecting which of these buttons has been pressed, and outputs information corresponding to the detected operating element to the PC 10.
Output to Here, the number 0 is added to the leftmost operation element in the figure, and is an operation element used to determine input information and the like, similarly to the operation element device 11. Numbers 9 to 13 are added from the left to the five operators from the second operator from the left in the figure. And these 9-13
The numbers up to the right thumb, forefinger, middle finger,
It is made to correspond to the ring finger and the little finger. Accordingly, when the ninth operator of the operator device 12 is pressed, finger information indicating the right thumb is output to the PC 10, and when the eleventh operator is pressed, the PC 10 indicates the middle finger of the right hand. Finger information is output. That is, the operation device 11 is
The operator device 12 is for outputting finger information of the left hand to the PC 10, and the operator device 12 is an operator device for outputting finger information of the right hand to the PC 10. In addition, like this,
An operator device may be provided for each right hand, but one operator device may be used to input finger information for both the left hand and the right hand. In this case, there are a method of providing a left / right selection button or the like, and a method of providing ten operators so as to correspond to each of the left and right fingers.

The electronic piano 13 is used as a device for electronically generating a musical tone having a pitch determined based on a control signal supplied from the PC 10 during performance data editing processing described later. Therefore, any device having an electronic musical sound generation function may be used instead of an electronic piano. In this embodiment, an electronic piano is used.

A-2. Performance Data Editing Processing Next, performance data editing processing by the PC 10 using the system having the above configuration will be described.

A-2-1. 1. Overview First, an overview of the performance data editing processing by the PC 10 will be described with reference to FIG. First, performance data recorded on a recording medium such as a floppy disk is read out to a RAM serving as a working area (step S1). Here, the performance data is data including information indicating a note sequence constituting a musical piece, and is, for example, MIDI data.

Next, it is determined whether or not the read performance data has an area for writing finger information (step S).
2). Here, the finger information is the above-described operation device 11,
In the area where the finger information is written, information indicating a finger playing a note to be edited (in the case of a piano, a finger to be pressed) is input. It is determined whether there is an area for inputting such finger information.

If it is determined in step S2 that there is no area for writing finger information in the performance data, an area for writing finger information in the performance data is created (step S3). Here, FIG. 3 conceptually shows the creation processing of the finger information writing area. As shown in the figure, after all the performance data for one music is read out to the RAM, information (note information A, B, C, D...) Indicating each note from the performance data is displayed.
..) And finger information writing areas (finger information A, B, C, D...) Are created for each scanned note information. As a result, a finger information writing area can be created for each musical note constituting the music. In the MIDI data, since each note is represented by a note-on event, a note-off event, and duration data indicating a time interval between the events, the finger information is basically added only to the note-on event.

After the finger information writing area creation processing is completed as described above, or when the performance data has a finger information writing area (including finger information already written) in advance, the finger information is written at that time. The target note is notified to the editor (step S4). In the initial state, the editor notifies the editor of the first note of the music in the performance data. Here, as a method of notifying the editor of the target note,
As will be described later, a musical tone corresponding to the note is transmitted to the electronic piano 1
There is a method of generating the above. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 4, a musical score that constitutes a musical piece may be displayed on a display screen of the PC 10 or the like, and the notes to be edited in the musical score may be indicated by arrows. In addition, when displaying the score on the screen, the target note is not limited to the method shown by the arrow shown in FIG. You may make it.

Then, it is determined whether or not finger information has been input from the operating devices 11 and 12 (step S5). That is, it is determined whether or not the operator has pressed an operator associated with one of the fingers. Here, when finger information is input by pressing one of the operation devices 11 and 12 and the finger information is input, the editor confirms whether the finger information input from the operation device 11 or 12 is sufficient. Is output to the operator devices 11 and 12 (step S).
6). Here, as the confirmation signal, the LED 11L or the LED 12 corresponding to the inputted finger information will be described later.
This is a signal for causing L to emit light. The operation device 1
1, the input finger information (for example, “thumb of the left hand”) may be displayed on the display screen of the PC 10 without outputting a signal for confirmation, thereby prompting the editor to confirm.

Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the operator No. 0 of the operator control devices 11 and 12, that is, the operator for confirmation has been pressed (step S7). Here, when the operator presses the No. 0 operator, the finger information input in step S5 is determined, and this finger information is written in the finger information writing area (step S8). If the finger information has already been written in the finger information writing area, the finger information newly input from the operation devices 11 and 12 is overwritten.

Next, it is determined whether or not to end the editing process (step S9). Here, it is determined that the editing process should be ended when an editing end command is input from the editor, or when input of finger information corresponding to the last note of the note sequence forming the music ends, or the like. . On the other hand, in other cases, the process returns to step S4, notifies the editor of the note to be edited next, and repeats the processing from step S5. Here, the note to be edited next is usually the note next to the note for which the finger information is input in the note sequence forming the music.

A-2-2. Specific Performance Data Editing Method The outline of the performance data editing process by the PC 10 has been described above. Hereinafter, the performance data editing when finger information is written in MIDI data will be specifically described as an example.

(1) MIDI Data First, prior to the performance data editing method, which part of the MIDI data is to be edited will be described. MIDI data has various messages in addition to messages indicating note-on and note-off. In this example, finger information is written in a control change message which is an extended byte, and is written in performance data. When the finger information is used, a note corresponding to the control change message in which the finger information is written is determined by associating the note with a polyphonic key pressure message.

Specifically, the control change message and the polyphonic key pressure message are data as shown in FIG. The number corresponding to the finger is written in the right part (“f” in the figure) of such a control change message. The number corresponding to the finger is, for example, 1 in order from the thumb of the left hand.
5 to 9 in advance from the right thumb, such as 9 to D. Note that "Bn 10" in the control change message indicates that it is an extension byte.

Here, the finger information may be automatically written in advance (all thumbs or the like) and temporarily set. In this case, for the left hand and the right hand, the right hand above the predetermined pitch,
What is less than the predetermined pitch may be temporarily set such as the left hand. For example, in the case of a piano, the lower tone than the 49 key may be provisionally set by a method such as left hand.

The polyphonic key pressure message includes a note code, and a note to be edited can be specified from the note code. The polyphonic key pressure message describes information “2F” indicating the depth and is used to create an aftertouch feeling. However, since this information is not usually used, in this example, the polyphonic key pressure message is used. A key pressure message is used as note discrimination data. Since the note-on message of the MIDI data naturally includes a note code, the note code may be used as data for note discrimination. However, a finger change described later (after a key is depressed by a certain finger) , The finger pressed down is changed to another finger while holding down), there is no note-on message corresponding to the control change message describing the finger information after fingering, and the finger information after fingering is described. It becomes impossible to determine which note the control change message corresponds to. Therefore, in this example the polyphonic
The key pressure message is used as data for note discrimination, and at the time of fingering training, the performer is notified that the note indicated by the polyphonic key pressure message is pressed by the finger indicated by the control change message.

(2) Data Editing Method Next, a performance data editing method using the operation devices 11 and 12 will be specifically described. In this example, by operating the operation devices 11 and 12, Of course, it is possible to input one finger information for one note (one tapping operation in the case of a piano), but it is also possible to input two or more finger information for one note. Has become. This is because, in the case of a piano or the like, one key may be simultaneously pressed with a plurality of fingers, and the same tapping with such a plurality of fingers is considered. Further, in a piano, a performance operation such as changing a finger to be depressed to another finger while holding down a key may be performed after depressing a key with one finger. In this example, taking this point into consideration, even when a plurality of pieces of finger information are input for one note, the same keystroke and finger change can be distinguished. Less than,
The finger information input operation and the operation of the PC 10, the operation devices 11, 12 and the electronic piano 13 at the time of input will be described with reference to FIG.

First, when the PC 10 enters a mode in which performance data is read and finger information is input, the PC 10 instructs the electronic piano 13 to generate a tone corresponding to a note to be edited. Is made. Here, when the finger information is described in the control change message of the read MIDI data, the PC 10 transmits the LE of the operating device corresponding to the finger information.
An instruction to emit light from D11L or LED12L is issued. Also,
In addition, the musical score may be displayed on the display screen of the PC 10 to indicate the note to be edited. This allows the editor to know the note currently being edited and the finger information currently input to this note.

As described above, the editor who is informed of the note to be edited and the finger information currently input for the note are the operators 1 to 5 and 9 to 9 of the operator devices 11 and 12. By operating the thirteenth operator, finger information previously associated with the operator is input to the PC 10. Here, when the editor presses two operators, PC1
0 is determined to be the same keystroke. Operator devices 11, 12
When the finger information is input to the PC 10 from the PC, the PC 10 stops the light emission instruction and the sound generation instruction performed for notifying the editing target and the like, and prompts the editor to confirm.
The LED 11L or the LED 12L corresponding to the finger information input from the editor is emitted to the LEDs 1 and 12 (two LEDs are emitted in the case of the same keystroke), and the generation of the musical tone currently being edited is again notified. Piano 13
To instruct. In this example, when three or more operators are pressed at the time of inputting finger information, the PC 10 deletes the finger information currently described in the control change message. Therefore, in this example, it is not possible to input three or more pieces of finger information for one note.

Thereafter, when any one of the operators 0 and 12 is depressed, the PC 10 determines the finger information input by the editor, writes the finger information into the MIDI data control change message, and writes the finger information. Then, the electronic piano 13 is instructed to stop sound, and the operation devices 11, 12 are instructed to turn off the LED. This completes the input of the finger information for the note and, as shown in FIG.
Finger information is written in the I data. In FIG.
“0 kk vv” is a note-on message of note number kk. FIG. 7A shows one note for one note.
FIG. 7B shows an example in which two pieces of finger information are written for one note, that is, an example of the same keystroke. As shown in the figure, in the case of the same keystroke, there are two control change messages and a polyphonic key pressure message for one note-on message, and each finger information is written in each control change message. In this case, the number of polyphonic key pressure messages may be one.

After the finger information is thus written, the same operation is repeated for the next note to be edited. Here, the next note is determined by the order of the note sequence in the normal performance data, that is, by the progression order of the music. However, the PC 10 is operated or the operator devices 11 and 12 are operated.
By performing a preset special operation on the note, the note to be edited may be fast-forwarded or fast-returned. Alternatively, a desired note may be searched, and the note may be edited.

In the above description, the case where the finger information is input to the PC 10 by operating the operation devices 11 and 12 has been described. However, the finger information previously described in the MIDI data (to the editor with the LED). When it is not necessary to correct (notified), it is sufficient to press the No. 0 operator without inputting finger information. In this case, PC10
Does not modify the finger information, and shifts to editing processing for the next note.

Next, the case of inputting finger information for finger changing will be described with reference to FIG. Also in this case, the note to be edited and the finger information currently described are notified to the editor by the PC 10 in the same manner as described above. And
When the finger information of the finger change is input, the editor notifies the PC 10 of the input. Here, as the notification method,
There is a method of performing a special operation on the operation devices 11 and 12, for example, an operation of simultaneously pressing the 0th operation device and another operation device. In addition, a button or the like for notifying that the finger is to be changed may be provided in the operation device 11, 12, or the PC 1
0 may be directly operated to notify the finger change.

After notifying the PC 10 of the finger change in this way, first, the editor operates the operator corresponding to the first finger to input finger information to the PC 10. Thereafter, the PC 10 stops the light emission instruction and the sound generation instruction in the same manner as described above, and responds to the first finger information input from the editor to the operating devices 11 and 12 to prompt the editor to confirm. LED 11 to do
The L or LED 12L is caused to emit light, and the electronic piano 13 is again instructed to generate a musical tone currently being edited.

When one of the 0 operators of the operator devices 11 and 12 is depressed, the PC 10 determines the first finger information input by the editor, and sends a MIDI data control change message. Write to. In the case of finger change, even if the operator No. 0 is pressed, the PC 10 does not instruct the electronic piano 13 to stop sound, continues sounding, and notifies the editor that the note to be edited has not changed. .

In this state, the editor operates the operating device 11, 12
To change the finger information after finger change to PC10.
To enter. After that, as in the case of inputting the first finger information, L
After stopping the emission of the ED and the sound of the electronic piano 13,
An LED light emission instruction corresponding to the finger information input to prompt confirmation and a sound generation instruction corresponding to a note to be edited are performed. Then, when the operator presses the No. 0 operator, the PC 10 determines the second finger information input from the editor and writes it in the control change message of the MIDI data. In this case, a sound stop instruction is issued to the electronic piano 13 at the same time as the writing process, and the operation device 11, 1 is operated.
2 is instructed to turn off the LED. And FIG.
MIDI data as shown in (c) is created. In this data, “Δt” is data indicating the time from when the performance is started using the first finger until the finger is changed to the second finger. May be input as appropriate, or a preset fixed value may be adopted. In the case of adopting a fixed value, since the finger change is generally performed in order to easily press the next key to be pressed, it is good to consider the timing of the next note-on event, For example, the timing of a predetermined ratio of a predetermined time before the next note-on event or the time from the current note-on event to the next note-on event (for example, the middle of the current note-on event and the next note-on event) and the like. do it.

Here, the data in which the finger information of the same key tap shown in FIG. 7B is written is compared with the data in which the finger information of the finger touch shown in FIG. 7C is written. Is a message with two finger information (control change message and polyphonic key
(A set of pressure messages) before and after the note-on message, and in the case of the same keypress, a message in which two pieces of finger information are written precedes the note-on message.
Thus, when MIDI data including finger information is used, it is possible to determine that a finger change is the same as a keystroke.

When the finger information of the finger change is thus input, the same operation is repeated for the next note to be edited.

As described above, according to the performance data editing method according to the present embodiment, when the finger information is input, the operation device 1
An editing operation such as adding or correcting finger information to performance data can be performed by an easy operation such as pressing an operator corresponding to a desired finger in advance, 1 or 12. Further, the musical note to be edited is notified to the editor by displaying the musical score and the sound of the electronic piano 13, so that an erroneous operation such as an erroneous editing performed by the editor can be reduced. The performance data to which the finger information is added in this manner is, for example, disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 11-180676.
Is provided for fingering training using the device described in the above section.

B. Second Embodiment Next, FIG. 9 shows an appearance of a system to which a performance data editing method according to a second embodiment of the present invention is applied. The second
In the embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 9, this system is a PC
10 and an automatic piano (operator device, notification means) 90 connected to the PC 10 by a cable 90a. The automatic piano 90 is provided with an LED 91 corresponding to each key, and has a function of notifying a player of a key to be pressed by selectively illuminating the LED 91 based on performance data during performance support. I have.

FIG. 10 shows the structure of the main part of the automatic piano 90. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a key, and reference numeral 3 denotes an action for transmitting the movement of the key 1 to the hammer 2. Reference numeral 4 denotes a string struck by the hammer 2, and reference numeral 5 denotes a solenoid that drives the key 1. During automatic performance, when the plunger of the solenoid 5 protrudes, the key 1 rotates around the balance pin P and moves down to the player side. In conjunction with this, the action mechanism 3 operates, the damper 6 separates from the string 4, and the hammer 2 rotates to hit the string 4. On the other hand, when the player performs, the front end of the key 1 is pressed down by the player, and the same operation as described above occurs, and the string 4 is hit.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a key sensor attached below the key 1, which detects an operation of the key 1 and outputs a result of the detection to the control unit 30. The control unit 30 controls each unit of the automatic piano, and controls the driving of the solenoid 5 and the LED 91 via the solenoid drive circuit 31 and the light emission drive circuit 32 based on the performance data. In the present embodiment, the control unit 30 performs control described later based on a control signal from the PC 10. When the automatic piano is in the performance support mode, the key 91 to be pressed is sequentially notified to the performer by selectively lighting the LED 91 based on the performance data. On the other hand, at the time of automatic performance, by selectively driving the solenoid 5 based on the performance data, the desired string 4 is hit as described above to generate a musical tone.

Also, in this automatic piano, the hammer 2 has the strings 4
Is provided with a silencing mechanism having a stopper (not shown) for stopping the movement of the action mechanism 3 immediately before hitting. Further, the control unit 30 supplies a control signal corresponding to the key press information supplied from the key sensor 25 to the sound source 33, and generates a tone signal corresponding to the key 1 when the sound source 33 is pressed. This musical tone signal is supplied to the speaker 34 so that a musical tone corresponding to a key pressed by the player can be generated.

In the present embodiment, performance data editing processing is performed using a system in which the automatic piano 90 having the above-described functions and the PC 10 are connected. In the present embodiment, the keyboard of the automatic piano 90 is used as an operator for inputting finger information, instead of the operator devices 11 and 12 used in the above-described first embodiment. Therefore, when entering the edit input mode, the PC
Reference numeral 10 firstly performs control for assigning the left and right fingers and the No. 0 key for determination to the keyboard of the automatic piano 90. Here, FIG.
Shows an example of the assignment of keys and fingers. In this example, the treble side portion of the keyboard is assigned as a finger information input operator.

The outline of the editing process after the above assignment is performed is the same as that of the first embodiment (see FIG. 2). However, in the method of notifying the user of the note to be edited, the automatic piano is used. It is possible to perform control different from that of the first embodiment utilizing the functions of the first embodiment 90. Hereinafter, regarding a specific performance data editing method using the automatic piano 90, MIDI data is edited in the same manner as the first embodiment. The case will be described as an example.

First, when the PC 10 enters a mode in which performance data is read and finger information is input, the keyboard of the automatic piano 90 is associated with each finger as described above.
Assigned as an operator for inputting finger information. Here, the upper portion of the keyboard is normally used as an operator as described above. However, if the key 1 corresponding to the note to be edited is a key assigned as an operator, the lower tone of the keyboard is used. Assign and use the keys on the side as operators. The assignment contents in this case are also set in advance similarly to the treble side (FIG. 1).
1).

FIG. 12 shows the operation of each section at the time of editing the performance data in chronological order. In the figure, “solenoid edit” and “LED edit” indicate a solenoid and an LED provided on the key 1 corresponding to the note to be edited.
The “solenoid finger” and the “LED finger” indicate the solenoid and the LED provided on the key indicated by the finger information.

When the above assignment is completed, the PC
Reference numeral 10 notifies the editor of a note to be edited. Specifically, the key 1 corresponding to the note to be edited is pressed down by the solenoid 5 under the control of the PC 10, and the LED 91 provided corresponding to this key is made to emit light. The sound source 33 generates a tone signal corresponding to a note to be edited, and is generated by a speaker 34. On the other hand, when the finger information is described in the performance data in advance, the key 1 (hereinafter, referred to as a key operator) assigned to the operator corresponding to the finger information is pressed down by the solenoid 5, and LE corresponding to the key operator
D91 is caused to emit light. This allows the editor to be notified of the finger information currently described in the performance data. When a key operation corresponding to the finger information is pressed, in order to prevent confusion with a musical tone corresponding to the note to be edited, the key is not sounded, that is, the string is not struck by the pressing operation. It is preferable that the solenoid be driven at the same time.

When the editor is notified of the object to be edited as described above, the editor depresses the key operator corresponding to the finger to be input. This pressing operation is detected by the key sensor 25,
Finger information is input to the PC 10. Here, when the editor presses two operators, the PC 10 determines that the keys are the same, and two pieces of finger information are input. When the finger information is input, the PC 10 stops the sound of the sound source 33. In addition, the pressing operation of the key operator corresponding to the finger information described in the performance data is stopped (key release), and the light emission of the LED 91 corresponding to the key operator is stopped.

Then, the PC 10 prompts the editor to confirm the finger information input from the key sensor 25. In particular,
The key operator corresponding to the input finger information is pressed by the solenoid 5 and the LED 91 corresponding to the key operator is caused to emit light (in the case of the same keystroke, two key operators corresponding to the two finger information are used). And the LED 91 is a driving target). At the same time, the tone generator 33 instructs the tone generator 33 to generate a musical tone of the note to be edited.

Thereafter, when the editor depresses a key operator assigned to No. 0 (hereinafter, referred to as a No. 0 key operator), the depressing operation is detected by the key sensor 25, and the confirmation information is input to the PC 10. You. Once the confirmation information is entered,
The PC 10 determines the finger information input by the editor, and
Writing to the control change message of the IDI data, key depression operation by the solenoid 5, sound source 3
3 and the emission of the LED 91 are stopped. This completes the input of the finger information for the note, and the same operation is repeated for the next note to be edited.

Here, the next note is determined by the order of the note sequence in the normal performance data, that is, by the progression order of the music. If pressed (quickly twice), finger information is written and the note immediately before the currently edited note is returned as the next note to be edited. On the other hand, when the other key operator is operated without pressing the No. 0 key operator for inputting the above-mentioned confirmation information, the finger information is not input for the note to be edited, Move the edit target to the next note. In addition, when a note to be edited is fast-forwarded, rewinded, or when a special process such as searching for a desired note and making the note the next to be edited is performed,
The note selected by that process is the next edit target.
Such special processing will be described later.

Next, the case of inputting finger information for finger changing will be described with reference to FIG. Also in this case, the note to be edited and the finger information currently described are notified to the editor by the PC 10 in the same manner as described above. Thereafter, the editor operates the key operator corresponding to the first finger to input finger information to the PC 10. Thereafter, the PC 10 stops the sound generation of the sound source 33 in the same manner as described above. Further, the pressing operation of the key operator corresponding to the finger information described in the performance data is stopped, and the L key corresponding to the key operator is stopped.
The light emission of the ED 91 is stopped. The processing so far is the same as the normal finger information input.

Thereafter, when finger information for finger change is input,
The editor depresses the No. 0 key operator and depresses and holds the key 1 corresponding to the note currently being edited for a predetermined time. Then, the PC 10 determines the previously input finger information, writes the finger information in the control change message of the MIDI data, and stops all the key pressing operation by the solenoid 5, the generation of the musical sound by the sound source 33, and the emission of the LED 91. Here, the key pressing operation by the solenoid 5 is stopped, but since the key is continuously depressed by the editor, the key sensor 25 detects that the key is depressed. As described above, when the key press information of the key 1 corresponding to the edit target is input together with the 0th key operator, the PC
10 judges that it is a finger change.

Then, the PC 10 generates a musical tone to be edited (the same musical tone for the same musical note) in the sound source 33 and notifies the editor of the editing target. When the second finger information of the finger change is described in the performance data in advance, the key operator corresponding to the finger information is depressed by the solenoid 5 and the LED 91 corresponding to the key operator is pressed.
To emit light.

The editor presses the key operator corresponding to the finger to be input as the second finger information of the finger change. This pressing operation is detected by the key sensor 25, and the second finger information is input to the PC 10. When the second finger information is input, PC1 is input in the same manner as when the first finger information is input.
0 stops the sound source 33 from sounding. Further, the pressing operation of the key operator corresponding to the finger information described in the performance data is stopped, and the LED 9 corresponding to the key operator is stopped.
Light emission of 1 is stopped. Then, the PC 10 prompts the editor to confirm the second finger information input from the key sensor 25 as in the case of the first finger information.

Thereafter, when the editor depresses the No. 0 key operator, confirmation information is input to the PC 10 from the key sensor 25. When the confirmation information is input, the PC 10 determines the second finger information input by the editor, writes the second finger information in the control change message of the MIDI data, presses a key by the solenoid 5, sounds a tone by the sound source 33, Then, the light emission of the LED 91 is stopped. This completes the input of the second finger information for the note, that is, the input of the finger information of the finger change, and shifts to the editing process for the next note to be edited. The MIDI data edited in this manner is the same as in the first embodiment (see FIG. 7).

As a mode of finger change, after a certain key (referred to as key A) is depressed with the index finger, another key (referred to as key B) is depressed with the little finger, and the pressing start timing of key B is determined. At the same time, it may be possible to change the key A pressed by the thumb while pressing the key A pressed by the index finger. In such a case, first, the information indicating the index finger is input as the finger information corresponding to the key A in the performance data, and the 0th key operator is pressed down to confirm. Next, after inputting the little finger as the finger information corresponding to the key B, if the key A is pressed without pressing the No. 0 key operator, the PC 10 shifts to waiting for the input of the finger information for the key A. After that, if the information indicating the thumb is input as the finger information for the key A and the 0th key operator is pressed, the finger information for the finger change can be input without inputting the Δt indicating the finger change timing described above. Can be.

Next, a description will be given of a method of performing special processing such as fast forward processing, fast rewind processing, and search processing for searching for a desired note from a note sequence, for a note to be edited. In this example, as described above, the key operator assigned to the keyboard of the automatic piano 90 is operated in a preset procedure to cause the PC 10 to execute the fast-forward processing, the fast-return processing, the search processing, and the like. be able to. Hereinafter, an example of an operation procedure for performing such special processing will be described.

First, in the case of performing the fast-forward processing, in the above-mentioned finger information input operation, after depressing the 0th key operator and inputting the confirmation information to the PC 10, the key is temporarily released and the 0th key operator is again operated. When the key is pressed and held in the pressed state, the note to be edited is fast-forwarded, that is, sequentially changed in accordance with the order of the musical note sequence while the 0th key operator is held in the pressed state. At this time, every time the note to be edited is changed, the key 1 corresponding to the note to be edited is pressed by the solenoid 5 and the LED 91 corresponding to the key 1 is caused to emit light. Further, the tone generator 33 emits a musical tone corresponding to the note to be edited. Thus, the editing target at that time is notified to the editor. The editor may release the No. 0 key operator when a desired note is to be edited based on such notification contents.

Next, the case of performing the fast reverse processing will be described. As described above, in this example, 0
By double-clicking the key operator, the editing target returns to the previous note. When performing fast rewind, after double-clicking in this manner, the note to be edited is changed in the direction opposite to the progress of the music by pressing and holding the No. 0 key again. Again,
Each time the edit target is changed as in the fast-forward processing, the edit target at that point is notified to the editor by pressing a key by the solenoid 5 or the like.

Next, a case where a search process is performed will be described. When performing the search process, the editor must use the automatic piano 9
The key 1 corresponding to the note to be searched is pressed and held on the keyboard 0. When the key 1 other than the key operator is depressed in this way, the PC 10 performs a search process.
The search is performed in accordance with the progression of the music until a note (hereinafter, referred to as a search note) corresponding to the key 1 pressed and held by the editor is searched. Then, when the search note is searched, the search process is terminated at that point, and the system enters a state of waiting for finger information input for the search note. In this case as well, the notes to be edited are changed in accordance with the order of the note sequence until the search note is searched. Be informed. Note that, even after a predetermined time has elapsed since the search process was completed and the finger information input was waited for as described above,
If the key pressed state is maintained, the search process is started again.

On the other hand, if the key 1 corresponding to the note to be searched is pressed and held after double-clicking the No. 0 key operator at the time of inputting the confirmation information, the editing object is changed in the direction opposite to the progress of the music, and the search Performs note search processing. And
When a search note is searched, the search process is terminated at that point, and the system enters a state of waiting for finger information input for the search note.

If a search note is not found after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of the above-mentioned search processing, the high-speed search processing may be automatically performed. When this high-speed search processing is performed, the tone generation by the sound source 33 and the LED 9
Only one light emission is made, and no key is pressed by the solenoid 5. This is because if the edit target is changed at a high speed, the operation of the solenoid 5 cannot keep up with the change of the edit target.

According to the performance data editing method according to the present embodiment, the finger information is added to the performance data by an easy operation such as pressing a key corresponding to a desired finger in advance using the keyboard of the automatic piano 90. Editing processing such as addition or correction can be performed. In addition, solenoid 5 and LE
The key corresponding to the note to be edited is indicated by D91, and when the musical tone is generated, the note to be edited is notified to the editor, so that the editor performs erroneous editing. Erroneous operation can be reduced. Further, since the keyboard of the automatic piano 90 is used as a control, there is no need to provide a new control device. Further, execution of processes such as fast forward, fast rewind, and search can be instructed by using the finger information input operator.

C. Modifications The present invention is not limited to the first and second embodiments described above, and various modifications as described below are possible.

(1) In the first embodiment described above,
PC 10, operation device 11, 12 and electronic piano 1
3, the performance data editing process is performed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a single device (performance data editing device) including an operator and an electronic sound source may be used.
The same editing processing as in the above embodiment may be performed.

(2) In the above-described second embodiment, the performance data editing process is performed by connecting the PC 10 to the automatic piano 90. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The performance data editing program is stored in a ROM or the like of the
The above-described performance data editing process may be performed alone.

(3) The performance data editing program for causing the computer to execute the above-described editing process is recorded on a portable recording medium or the like, and a storage device (such as a hard disk) such as a personal computer is stored from the recording medium. , Etc.) to execute the editing process.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, the 0-th operation element (the 0-th key operation element) is used as the operation element for inputting the confirmation information. However, the present invention is not limited to this. , Such as a pedal. In this case, another function may be assigned to the No. 0 operator.

(5) In the above-described embodiment, the tone corresponding to the note to be edited is generated by the sound source 33 when the finger information is input. It is desirable to use a continuous sound that is continuously generated until the sound is generated. On the other hand, if the sound is an attenuation sound such as a piano sound, the sound may be repeatedly generated at predetermined time intervals. This allows the editor to easily recognize the note to be edited.

(6) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the finger information used for playing the piano is input has been described. However, the finger information of an instrument such as a guitar other than the piano may be input.

(7) In the above embodiment, MIDI data is used as performance data, and finger information is written in a control change message of MIDI data. However, an undefined portion of MIDI data is used. Alternatively, the finger information may be written. For example,
Finger information may be written in the exclusive message part shown in FIG. In this case, information indicating the channel designation method is described in the “cc” portion of the exclusive message, and information indicating the target note name (MIDI note number) is described in the “nn” portion.
What is necessary is just to describe finger information in the part of "ff".
In this case, whether the fingering information is for a keyboard instrument,
Information such as whether it is for a guitar or the like may also be described.

[0082]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Finger information can be input to the performance data by a simple operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a system for performing an editing process using a performance data editing method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an outline of the performance data editing process.

FIG. 3 is a diagram conceptually showing a process of creating a finger information writing area in performance data in the performance data editing process.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining contents displayed on a display screen of a personal computer in the performance data editing process.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining performance data used in the performance data editing process.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an operation of each unit of the system at the time of inputting finger information in the performance data editing process in a time series.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining performance data created by the performance data editing process.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the operation of each unit of the system when finger information for finger change is input in the performance data editing process.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a system in which an editing process is performed using a performance data editing method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a main configuration of an automatic piano which is a component of the system to which the performance data editing method according to the second embodiment is applied.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an example of assignment of each key of the keyboard of the automatic piano to each finger in the performance data editing method according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the operation of each section of the system when inputting finger information in the performance data editing method according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the operation of each unit of the system when finger information for finger change is input in the performance data editing method according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a modification of performance data used in the performance data editing method.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... key, 2 ... hammer, 3 ... action mechanism, 5 ...
... solenoid, 10 ... PC (finger information writing means, special processing means, notifying means), 11 ... operator device, 12 ... operator device, 13 ... electronic piano, 25 ... key sensor,
Reference numeral 30: control unit, 33: sound source, 90: automatic piano (operator device, notification means), 91: LED

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A performance data editing device for inputting finger information indicating which finger to use for each note to performance data including information indicating a note sequence forming a musical composition, An operator whose correspondence with a finger is set in advance; storage means for storing the performance data; and finger information indicating a finger corresponding to the operated operator is stored in the performance data stored in the storage means. A performance data editing device comprising: finger information writing means for writing. 2. A finger indicating which finger is to be used for each note in performance data including information indicating a note sequence constituting a musical piece, using an operator device having a plurality of operators. A performance data editing device for inputting information, wherein a finger associating means for associating the operator with a finger, a storage means for storing the performance data, and the operated operator is corresponded by the finger associating means. A performance data editing device comprising: finger information writing means for writing finger information indicating a finger attached to the performance data stored in the storage means. 3. The performance data editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number of the controls is a multiple of five. 4. The performance data editing device according to claim 1, further comprising a notifying means for notifying a user of a note to which finger information is to be inputted at the present time. apparatus. 5. A special processing means for performing performance data editing processing other than writing finger information in the performance data when a preset operation is performed on the operation element by a user. The performance data editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: 6. The musical instrument according to claim 5, wherein the special processing means moves a note to which the finger information in the performance data is to be input, in a moving direction or a reverse direction of the note sequence.
A performance data editing device according to claim 1. 7. The special processing means searches for a note having a pitch specified by a user from a note sequence of the performance data, and switches to the searched note for a note to which finger information is to be input at the present time. The performance data editing device according to claim 5, wherein the performance data editing device performs processing. 8. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the control device is a part of a performance control device used for generating a musical tone.
8. The performance data editing device according to any one of items 7 to 7. 9. A performance data including information indicating a note sequence forming a musical composition, using a manipulator device having a plurality of manipulators, a finger indicating which finger to use for each note. A performance data editing method for inputting information, wherein a finger associating step for associating the operator with a finger, and finger information indicating a finger associated with the operated operator as the finger associating step, Writing a finger information into the previously stored performance data. 10. A performance data including information indicating a note sequence forming a musical composition using a control device having a plurality of controls, a finger indicating which finger to use for each note. In an editing process for inputting information, a finger associating process for associating the operator with a finger, and finger information indicating a finger associated with the operated operator in the finger associating process are stored in advance. A recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute an editing process including a finger information writing process for writing the generated performance data to the performance data.