JP2002268629A - Music display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a music display device which enables a player to easily judge the positions from the music top of the note data displayed on a display section of the music display device which can display music only partially. SOLUTION: The music display device which displays the music data consisting of the plural notes on a staff 433 is appended with a mark 440 indicating the position from the music top on the staff by each of the prescribed number in terms of the specific notes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a musical score display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a staff in which musical notes are described includes:
A bar delimiter (hereinafter referred to as bar display) is added together with a clef such as a treble clef or a bass clef. This measure display is very important in clarifying the time signature of the music and determining the position of the note in the whole music.

[0003]

However, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-3
When music scores are displayed on a display device made of liquid crystal or the like as proposed in Japanese Patent No. 11678, etc., it is impossible to display the entire music score on one screen, and in particular, the music score of a song composed of a plurality of parts is displayed. If this is attempted, each part can only be displayed in a few measures, and there is a problem in that it is not possible to judge the position of a note in the whole music only by displaying measures.

[0004] In addition, when a user makes a song by himself using a device having a musical score display function, the above bar display is not always necessary. Must have knowledge. Further, it is very difficult for such a user to know the approximate position even in a musical piece of a note displayed only in the bar display.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and a feature thereof is a score display device for displaying score data including a plurality of notes on a staff notation. In other words, a mark indicating the position from the beginning of the music is added to the above staff notation every predetermined number in conversion.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is a top view showing an embodiment of a portable terminal device 1 to which the present invention is applied, and a transparent touch panel is superimposed on a liquid crystal display surface substantially at the center of the device 1 main body. And a plurality of lamp means 3 for visually confirming a power supply state, a driving state of the apparatus, and the like. A power switch 4, a home switch 5, an Internet switch 6, a mail switch 7, and a speaker 8 are arranged around the display unit 2. The power switch 4 is literally the device 1.
The home switch 5 is a switch for instructing a transition to a home screen (see FIG. 2) described later, and the Internet switch 6 is a switch for instructing Internet connection. The mail switch 7 is a switch for instructing a shift to electronic mail processing.

Although not shown, a CPU that controls the entire operation of the apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, including an operation described below, a control program for the CPU, and fixed data that does not need to be rewritten are stored in the apparatus 1 main body. ROM in which etc. are stored,
A RAM including a semiconductor random access memory and a hard disk drive for storing various variables and various rewritable data required at the time of the above control, a communication circuit required for Internet connection, and reproduction of music data described later. A sound source circuit including an FM sound source for outputting from the speaker 8, a control circuit for driving and controlling the display 2, a power supply circuit for supplying driving power, and the like are necessary for operating the device 1 of the present embodiment. Circuit is built in. Note that such a circuit is well known in a portable terminal device to which the present embodiment is applied, and thus a detailed description is omitted.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described. When the power switch 4 of the apparatus 1 of this embodiment is turned on,
The display unit 2 displays a function selection screen 100 shown in FIG. This screen 100 includes an address book area 101 for instructing activation of an address book editing function, and the switch 7
A mail area 102 for instructing activation of an e-mail function, an Internet area 103 for instructing an Internet connection similarly to the switch 6, and a storage area for a user to instruct a call of data stored in the RAM. Storage area 104, a calendar area 105 for instructing activation of a calendar function, a memo area 106 for instructing activation of a memo pad function, a MORE area 107 for instructing activation of a score creation function described later, and the like. A setting area 108 for activating a setting function such as a basic operation environment of the apparatus 1 such as a setting for an Internet connection is displayed, and a function corresponding to each area is activated by touching a surface of each of the areas 101 to 108. Is done. The functions of the above-mentioned address book, mail, Internet, storage, calendar, memo, and setting are conventionally well-known functions in this type of apparatus, and are not directly related to the present invention, and thus description thereof is omitted. .

Further, the function selection screen 100 is a so-called home screen which can return from any screen state described later by operating the home switch 5.
Hereinafter, it is referred to as a home screen.

[0010] MORE area 1 on the home screen 100
When 08 is touched, a MORE list screen 200 and a function selection bar 300 displaying each area displayed on the home screen 100 are displayed on the display unit 2 as shown in FIG.

On the MORE list screen 200, titles of application software such as games are displayed. More specifically, in the present embodiment, a melody area 201 for instructing activation of music score data editing software and a drawing area 202 for instructing activation of drawing software are displayed.

The function selection bar 300 is always displayed at the lower end of the display unit 2 when a screen other than the home screen 100 is displayed. By touching each function name display unit, the home screen is displayed. Without returning to 100,
Each of the above-described functions can be selectively activated.
Also, as shown in FIG. 3, the name of the function currently being executed has a display form different from that of the other function names.

When the melody area 201 on the MORE list screen 200 is touched, the display section 2 displays a score data editing screen 400 and the above-described function selection bar 300 as shown in FIGS.

The musical score data editing screen 400 has a command line 410 and a part sheet 430 and a score sheet 450 which are always superimposed so that one of them is selectively displayed on the front. In the switching display between the part sheet 430 and the score sheet 450, even when both sheets are located on the back side of the other sheets, the tag portions described as "part" and "score" are always displayed. Therefore, when a sheet located on the back side is desired to be displayed on the front side, the desired sheet can be displayed on the front side by touching the tag portion of the sheet.

An instruction area displayed on the command line 410 includes a return area 411 for instructing to return to the MORE list screen 200, a melody reproduction area 412 for instructing simultaneous reproduction of a plurality of parts described later, Music setting for instructing the display of a stop area 413 for instructing stop of reproduction and a pop-up display screen (FIG. 6) for inputting a tone color and a reproduction speed (tempo (beat / minute)) during reproduction for each part. Except for the area 414, the part sheet 4
It is changed in conjunction with the display switching between the score sheet 30 and the score sheet 450. Hereinafter, these four areas are referred to as shared areas.

More specifically, when the part sheet 430 is displayed on the front as shown in FIG. 4, it is displayed in the staff notation area 433 on the sheet 430 as described later in addition to the shared area. A part reproduction area 415 for instructing only reproduction of a note, a copy area 416 for instructing activation of a function for instructing a copy of a part of a note displayed in the staff notation area 433, and copying in accordance with the copy function A pasting area 417 for instructing the pasted note to be put on the staff notation area 423, a whole note clear area 418 for instructing the deletion of all the notes displayed in the staff notation area 423, and the staff notation area 43
A single sound deletion area 419 for instructing deletion of only the note displayed at the position of the cursor (described later) displayed at No. 3 is displayed. On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
Is displayed in the foreground, in addition to the shared area,
A storage area 420 for instructing the storage of the music currently displayed on the score sheet 450 in the above-described RAM, and an instruction for clearing the music currently displayed on the score sheet 450 at that time. Discarded area 42
1 is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the part sheet 430 includes a keyboard area 431 composed of a plurality of key portions of three octaves corresponding to keys of a piano or the like for instructing a pitch (scale). A note area 432 in which various notes indicating the duration of a sound are displayed, and a staff area 43 in which a treble clef is attached
3; a scale display section 434 for displaying the scale of the note displayed in the staff area 433 in Doremi notation; A pitch notation area 435 for writing a symbol indicating whether or not the note belongs to the area 433 and a note (score data) displayed in the staff notation area 433 include a plurality of parts (four parts in this embodiment). A part display area 436 that indicates which part of the part is displayed, a basic data display area 437 that displays a song title and a tempo, and a scroll bar 438 are provided.

In each note display area (eight areas in this embodiment) of the note area 432, the display form of the area where the note selected by the user at that time is displayed is different from the other areas. For example, when a quarter note is selected, only the display form of the display area of the quarter note differs as shown in FIG. Note that the selection of the note can be switched by the user touching the area where the desired note is displayed.

In the staff notation area 433, a cursor 439 is set in accordance with the touched key of the keyboard area 431 and the note of the note area 432 selected at that time.
A predetermined note is displayed at the position.

Since the staff notation area 433 is a staff notation with a treble clef, it is basically a keyboard area 43.
Although only the scale corresponding to two octaves in the center of 1 (a range indicated by an arrow in FIG. 4; hereinafter, referred to as a basic scale range for convenience of explanation) can be displayed, the apparatus according to the present embodiment does not. Lower or higher scales other than the basic scale range are also displayed on the same musical score. Specifically, for example, a scale lower than the above-mentioned basic scale range is displayed at the same stave position as a scale within the above-mentioned basic scale range. The note is displayed in a second color different from the display color of the note. A scale higher than the above-mentioned basic scale range is displayed at the same staff position as the scale within the above-mentioned basic scale range. The color is displayed in a third color different from the display color of the note of the scale within the basic scale range and the second color. That is, in the staff notation area 433, notes corresponding to scales within the basic scale range are displayed in a first color, and notes corresponding to scales lower than the basic scale range are displayed in a second color different from the first color. , And notes corresponding to scales higher than the basic scale range are displayed in a third color different from the first and second colors. This allows you to display notes of scales outside the above-mentioned basic scale range on the only staff.
Further, the user can easily visually recognize the actual pitch (scale) of each note displayed on the staff notation area 433.

Further, the display interval of each note on the staff notation area 433 is proportional to the length of the sound indicated by the immediately preceding note as described in a normal score. That is, if the input note is displayed at a position separated by a distance L when the immediately preceding note is a quarter note, the input note is separated by a distance L / 2 if the immediately preceding note is an eighth note. Displayed at the location. Thereafter, the cursor 439 is positioned immediately after the display position of the input note on the staff notation area 433.

In the staff notation area 433, an input display mark 440 is displayed. The mark 440 is a mark indicating the total length of the input note data from the beginning, and is displayed every 12 quarter notes, and a multiple of 12 is displayed at the top of the mark in order. In normal music,
Although bar display is performed, this display cannot be uniquely displayed because the display position differs depending on the time signature.
In addition, such bar display is not indispensable for reproduction of the created music, and furthermore, in order to perform such bar display, musical knowledge is required. In this embodiment, an input display mark 440 is employed as a mark for notifying the amount of.

The musical scale display section 434 displays the musical scale of the musical note displayed in the staff notation area 433 in a Doremi notation as described above. This is for making it easy to confirm the scale of the displayed musical note. For this reason, the Doremi notation is displayed in association with immediately below each note.

As described above, the pitch notation area 435 is a note whose pitch of the note displayed in the staff notation area 433 actually belongs to the staff notation area 433 to which the g clef is attached, that is, the basic scale. A symbol indicating the scale of the range or the scale lower or higher than this range is written. Specifically, an inverted triangle mark is displayed for notes of a scale lower than the basic scale range, a triangle mark is displayed for notes of a scale higher than the basic scale range, and the basic scale range is displayed. Nothing is displayed at the position corresponding to the note of the scale in. Thus, even a user who is not accustomed to displaying the pitch by the above-described note color coding can easily recognize the pitch of the musical scale.

The part display area 436, as described above, indicates which of the plurality of parts the musical note (score data) displayed in the staff notation area 433 is. Is a four-part configuration in this embodiment, each part is numbered 1 to 4 (hereinafter, referred to as a part number), and this number is displayed in the display area 436. At this time, the staff notation area is displayed. The part number to which the musical score displayed at 433 belongs is displayed in a form different from other part numbers. In the state shown in FIG. 4, the display format of the part number “2” is different.
The note displayed at 33 is the score of the part with the part number "2". In order to display the score of another part in the staff notation area 433, by touching the part number in the part display area 436,
The score of the touched part number is switched and displayed in the staff notation area 433.

The scroll bar 438 is for scrolling the score horizontally to display all scores when the score of the part displayed in the staff notation area 433 cannot be displayed in the staff notation area 433. In FIG. 4, the note in the staff notation area 433 is scrolled left or right by touching a black painted rectangular portion and sliding left or right, or by touching an arrowhead mark at the left or right end.

The song name in the basic data display area 437 is arbitrarily input and set by the user at the time of storage or the like, and the tempo is a value set on a pop-up display screen shown in FIG. Is done.

As shown in FIG. 5, the score sheet 450 includes an all-part display area 451 in which a staff is displayed for each part number and a basic data display similar to that of the part sheet 430 in order to display the scores of all parts. Area 43
7 and a scroll bar 438.

On the staff notation of each part in the all part display area 451, the score data input on the above-mentioned part sheet 430 is displayed in a list for each part, and all parts are confirmed on the score. You can do it.

Although not shown in FIG. 5, the score sheet 450 also includes an all part display area 451.
Input display mark 4 over staff notation corresponding to all parts
40 is displayed, which makes it easy to grasp the note position between each part.

Next, the operation when the music setting area 414 is touched will be described. For example, if the music setting area 414 is touched in the state shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, a pop-up display screen 500 for inputting the tone (type of instrument) and the reproduction speed (tempo) at the time of reproduction for each part is displayed on the foreground.

The pop-up display screen 500 includes a tempo selection input area 501 and a tone color selection input area 5 for each part.
02 to 505, an execution area 506 for validating the tempo and / or timbre selected and input in each of the input areas 501 to 505, and a stop area 507 for invalidating the selected input.

The tempo is set by the tempo selection input 501 described above.
By touching the upper part, the user can arbitrarily select from 60 beats / minute to 170 beats / minute. Also, the tone of each part is
By touching the tone color selection input areas 502 to 505 of each part, one of a plurality of instruments such as a piano, a violin, and a guitar can be arbitrarily selected. Furthermore, when the execution area 506 or the stop area 507 is touched, the respective selection inputs become valid or invalid, and the pop-up display screen 500 is erased and the screen returns to the original screen. At the time when the pop-up display screen 500 is displayed, the previously selected and input and valid tempo and tone are displayed. The initial settings of the tempo and timbre are 120 and the piano, and these initial settings are valid unless the user selects and inputs.

In this embodiment, the musical notes on the staff are displayed in different colors according to the scale of the musical scale. However, the musical notes are displayed separately by using other display forms such as broken lines, thick lines, and inversions. In this case, a monochrome display can be used as the display unit 2.

[0035]

According to the present invention, since the position of the musical score displayed on the display unit from the beginning of the music can be easily grasped, it is easy to determine the position of the partial musical score displayed on the display unit in the whole music.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a top view showing one embodiment of a portable terminal device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a main part for explaining the operation of the apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a main part for explaining the operation of the apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a main part for explaining the operation of the apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a main part for explaining the operation of the apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a main part for explaining the operation of the apparatus according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Display section 433 Stave area 440 Mark

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Teruyuki Yorita 3-201 Minamiyoshikata, Tottori-shi, Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Takeshi Motomura 3-201 Minamiyoshikata, Tottori-shi, Tottori Sanyo Tottori F term in Denki Co., Ltd. (reference) 5D082 AA03 AA04 AA06 AA07 5D378 TT02 TT03 TT23

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A musical score display device for displaying musical score data composed of a plurality of notes on a staff notation, wherein a mark indicating a position from the beginning of the music is added on the staff notation at every predetermined number in a specific note conversion. A music score display device characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The score display device according to claim 1, wherein the mark of the above-mentioned mark is given a numerical value that is an integral multiple of the predetermined number. 3. The musical score display device according to claim 1, wherein the mark is a straight line orthogonal to a line segment of the staff notation.