JP2002196751A - Playing instruction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a playing instruction device which enables a player to make playing while recognizing key touch information without being puzzled by fingering. SOLUTION: The playing instruction device having a quadratic plane of which the abscissa is the list of keys and the ordinate is the lapse of time, a display means which is arranged on the quadratic plane and displays fingering instruction displays for instructing the key touches and a means which updates the fingering instruction displays is provided. According to this constitution, the fingering instruction displays are successively updated according to musical pieces and the player is able to recognize the key touch information of several beats ahead while playing. In addition, the display is made in compliance with the beats of the musical pieces and therefore the easy recognition of the timing for playing is possible.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a player guiding device for guiding a player when playing a keyboard instrument.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a player guiding device for displaying a key to be pressed by a player on a keyboard instrument such as a piano or an organ and guiding the performance of the keyboard instrument. In the conventional player guiding device, a predetermined musical piece can be played if a player presses a key in accordance with a guidance display such as blinking corresponding to a key, without depending on a musical score.

One example is Japanese Patent Publication No. 05-14912. In this example, a key display device having a display element corresponding to a key required for playing a predetermined music piece displays a key depressing position of a key to be depressed next and a key to be depressed next.

[0004]

In the display means according to the prior art described above, a guidance display such as blinking corresponds to a key of a keyboard instrument, and the next key press instruction is displayed, but information several beats ahead is displayed. Therefore, there is a problem that the player can predict at most a key pressing instruction one key ahead. Further, since the guidance display is not displayed along the time axis, there is also a problem that it is difficult for the player to intuitively grasp the timing of the key press and the length of the note beat and to reflect it on the performance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to specify the position of a key to be pressed according to a predetermined music piece, and to enable a player to play a few beats without being lost in fingering. It is another object of the present invention to provide a performance instructing device for displaying key press information. Another object of the present invention is to provide a performance instructing device capable of performing while grasping in real time fingering instruction information indicating which finger the player presses a key.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems.

According to the present invention, a horizontal plane is a row of keys, and a vertical axis is a time plane of performance, and a fingering indication display for instructing key press is displayed on the secondary plane. And a display updating means for updating the fingering instruction display.

According to this configuration, the fingering instruction display is sequentially updated in the vertical axis direction according to the performance, so that
The player can grasp key press information several beats ahead while playing. Therefore, it is possible to immediately understand the key to be pressed simply by following the fingering indicator, and to understand the approximate flow of keyboard performance in advance. You can press the indicated key. Also, since the performance is displayed along the time axis, the performance timing can be easily grasped.

[0009]

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

First, the configuration of a display device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a display device according to the present invention, showing a state where the display device is installed on a keyboard.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes roll paper, on the surface of which a performance instruction table described later is described. Reference numeral 2 denotes a roll paper support table for supporting the roll paper 1 on a keyboard. Reference numeral 3 denotes a display window. The display window 3 is provided on the roll paper support table 2, and a part of the performance instruction table described on the roll paper 1 is displayed here so that the player can refer to the display. Reference numeral 4 denotes a take-up shaft on which a portion of the roll paper 1 which is not displayed is taken up. The roll paper 1 can display a performance instruction table for several beats, and the front and rear thereof are taken up by a winding shaft 4.
And is set on the roll paper support base 2 in this state. Reference numeral 5 denotes a knob, which is provided at both ends of the winding shaft 4 so that the roll paper 1 can be wound up from outside. 8 is a black key on the keyboard. 9 is a white key of a keyboard.

FIG. 2 shows a front view and a side view of the display device according to the present invention.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a roll paper 1 shown in FIG.
It is. Reference numeral 2 denotes a roll paper support table 2 in FIG. 3
Denotes a display window 3 in FIG. Reference numeral 6 denotes a performance assistant who updates the display of the roll paper 1. 5 is a knob 5 in FIG. The knob 5 is provided for the performance assistant 6 to wind up the roll paper. Reference numeral 7 denotes a notch, which is provided on the bottom of the roll paper support base 2 in accordance with the convex portion of the keyboard, that is, the black key. The roll paper support base 2 is installed in close contact with the notch 7 so as to cover just above the black key of the keyboard. When the roll paper support 2 is placed on the keyboard, the vertical columns of the performance instruction table are located directly above the corresponding keys of the keyboard.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line XY in FIG.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes the roll paper 1 shown in FIGS. Reference numeral 2 denotes a roll paper support table 2 shown in FIGS. Reference numeral 3 denotes a display window 3 shown in FIGS. Reference numeral 4 denotes a winding shaft 4 in FIGS.
Reference numeral 8 denotes a black key 8 in FIG. 9 is a white key 9 in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a part of the above-mentioned performance instruction table according to the present invention, and shows a part of the performance instruction information of the song "for Elise". The Z direction in FIG. 4 is a time axis, and the direction of the white arrow indicates the direction in which time advances. The broken line in the horizontal direction of the performance instruction table indicates the beat of the music, and in this case, one line is half a beat. A horizontal solid line in the performance instruction table indicates a change of a bar. Hereinafter, the solid line and the broken line are collectively referred to as beats. Further, one row and one row in the vertical direction of the performance instruction table correspond to each key of the keyboard. For example, column 15 corresponds to the E key (keyE), and column 16 corresponds to the F key (key F). In FIG. 4, reference numerals 10 and 17 denote fingering instruction display bodies. The fingering instruction indicator indicates to the player the position of the key to be pressed, the finger to press the key, and the timing of the key depression. In the performance instruction table, the fingering instruction display corresponds to the corresponding key row. At the intersection with the beat,
It is displayed with numbers. The fingering instruction display 10 is for instructing the performance with the right hand, and the fingering instruction display 17
Indicates a performance with the left hand. The fingering instruction display 17 for instructing playing with the left hand is underlined to distinguish it from the fingering instruction display 10 for instructing playing with the right hand. Can be understood. The numbers of the fingering instruction indicators 10 and 17 are
"1" is the thumb, "2" is the index finger, "3" is the middle finger,
“4” indicates a ring finger, and “5” indicates a key depression with a little finger.
Therefore, the fingering instruction display 10 indicates the depressing of the E key with the right hand little finger on the first beat of the first measure, and the fingering instruction display 17 shows the A key of the left hand little finger on the first beat of the second measure. The key is pressed.
In FIG. 4, an arrow 11 is a performance guidance display. The performance guidance display 11 is formed by connecting fingering instruction displays to the right hand and the left hand in the order of performance, and guides the right hand and the left hand to the next fingering instruction display. In FIG. 4, reference numerals 12, 13, and 14 denote pedal instruction indicators. The pedal instruction indicator indicates at what timing during operation the sustain pedal is operated. Numeral 12 is a pedal-on instruction display, which is an instruction for depressing the sustain pedal.
Reference numeral 13 denotes a pedal-off instruction display, which is an instruction for releasing the sustain pedal. Reference numeral 14 denotes a pedal continuation instruction indicator, which is an indicator for instructing to continue depressing the sustain pedal. The pedal-on instruction display 12 and the pedal-off instruction display 13 are a pedal continuation instruction display 14.
Are connected and displayed.

The fingering instruction display, the performance guidance display, and the pedal instruction display are collectively referred to as performance instruction information.

Next, a performance procedure using the display device of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 5 shows a part of the roll paper at the start of the performance. In FIG. 5, the fingering instruction display 18 arranged at the first beat is 18, the fingering instruction display 18 is arranged in the row of the key 19, and the fingering instruction display 18 is “1”. The fingering instruction display 18 is not underlined, so the player presses the key 19 with the right thumb.

When the performer presses a key and sounds, the performer winds the roll paper downward so that the next fingering instruction display body reaches the lowermost end of the display window, and advances the beat of the performance instruction information.

On the other hand, the player can follow the performance guide display 20 extending from the fingering instruction display 18 with the eyes at the same time as the roll paper is wound up. The body 21 can be confirmed.

FIG. 6 shows a state after the roll paper has been wound down by the performance assistant from the state of FIG. FIG.
In, the fingering instruction display body arranged in the first beat is 2
1, which is known to the player as described above. Since the fingering instruction display 21 is arranged in the row of the key 22 and the fingering instruction display 21 is indicated by “2” and the fingering instruction display 21 is not underlined,
The player presses the key 22 with the index finger as in the case of FIG. Also, on the same horizontal line as the fingering instruction display 21,
That is, since there is the pedal-on instruction display 23 which instructs to depress the pedal on the same time axis, the player depresses the pedal at the same timing as pressing the key 22. Since the pedal continuation instruction display 25 is displayed as a line segment from the pedal-on instruction display 23, the player continuously depresses the pedal until this display disappears. By displaying the linear pedal continuation indicator in this manner, the player can immediately grasp whether the pedal should be depressed or released now.

When the player presses the key 22 while depressing the pedal to produce a sound, the performance assistant winds up the roll paper downward so that the next fingering instruction display body reaches the lowermost end of the display window, and gives a performance instruction. Advance the beat of information.

On the other hand, the player can follow the performance guidance display 26 extending from the fingering instruction display 21 at the same time as the roll paper is wound up, so that the next fingering instruction display is immediately made. The body 24 can be seen.

The same operation is repeated until there is no more performance instruction information.

The player can easily play music according to the performance instruction information sequentially descending from above the display window. Also, by displaying the pedal instruction on the same time axis as the key press information, the performer can get information while playing the information such as when to press the pedal and when to release the pedal. it can.

In this embodiment, as a means for updating the display, the performance assistant rolls up the roll paper. However, other means that can update the display continuously or intermittently in accordance with the performance speed of the player. Means may be used. For example, in an electronic keyboard instrument, since key press information can be electrically detected, it is conceivable that the roll paper is automatically wound up in accordance with the key press information, or the display is controlled by a microcomputer by using a liquid crystal screen or a projection screen as a display unit. . The display may be updated at a constant speed regardless of the performance speed of the player.

When the display device is installed on a keyboard,
It is necessary to consider that the key is not pressed by the weight of the display device. In the present embodiment, the roll paper support base is cardboard, which is sufficiently light, and the key is not pressed by its own weight.

Also, in this embodiment, numbers are used as the fingering instruction display, but other alphabets may be used,
It is conceivable to use different colors for each finger.

In this embodiment, an arrow is used as a performance guidance display for guiding the location of the next fingering instruction display. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Can immediately grasp the next fingering instruction display. Further, a means for blinking the next fingering instruction display may be considered if the display is made electrically on a liquid crystal screen or the like.

In this embodiment, the pedal instruction display is arranged as a pedal instruction means. However, other means such as changing the color of the entire display unit as an instruction to depress the pedal can be considered. Even in this case, when the player steps on the pedal and when the pedal is released can be immediately grasped.

[0033]

As described above, since the position, timing, fingering, and pedal timing of the key can be grasped and played in real time while playing, even a player who cannot read the score can easily play.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a state in which a performance instruction device according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed on a keyboard.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a performance instruction device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an XY cross-sectional view in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a part of a performance instruction table according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining a performance in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram for explaining a performance in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Roll paper 2 Roll paper support stand 3 Display window 4 Roll paper take-up shaft 5 Knob 6 Play assistant 7 Notch 8 Black key 9 White key 10 Fingering instruction display 11 Performance guidance display 12 Pedal on instruction display 13 Pedal off instruction Display 14 Pedal continuation instruction display 17 Fingering instruction display

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A keyboard, a secondary plane adjacent to the keyboard, the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of which correspond to the arrangement of the keys and the lapse of time of playing, respectively, and key presses are instructed on the secondary plane. And a display updating means for updating the fingering instruction display for displaying the fingering instruction display. 2. The performance instruction device according to claim 1, wherein the fingering instruction display body is different in a case where a right hand is instructed and a left hand is instructed. 3. The performance instruction device according to claim 1, wherein the display updating means updates the fingering instruction display according to a player's instruction. 4. A keyboard, a secondary plane adjacent to the keyboard, the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of which correspond to the arrangement of the keys and the time lapse of the performance, respectively, and key presses are instructed on the secondary plane. Display means for displaying a fingering instruction display for displaying a fingering instruction display, a performance guidance display for connecting the fingering instruction display in accordance with the playing order, and display updating means for updating the fingering instruction display. apparatus. 5. A keyboard, a secondary plane adjacent to the keyboard, the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of which correspond to the arrangement of the keys and the passage of time, respectively, and the operation of the sustain pedal on the secondary plane. A performance instruction device comprising: display means for displaying a pedal instruction display for giving an instruction; and display updating means for updating the pedal instruction display.