JP3178676B2 - Game device and computer-readable recording medium - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game device for competing for performance.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a game device in which a player operates an input device and competes for a performance technique while watching a musical score displayed on a display.

[0003]

However, in the device for reproducing the sound inputted by the player by dividing the sound one by one,
When performing continuous sounds without rests, there is a case where a sound break occurs between sounds. For example, if the input means is an electronic guitar, hold down the left fret, play the string with the right hand to produce a sound, release the fret that was held, and hold down the next fret to produce the next sound I have to play the strings. At this time, it may not be easy for the player to perform the operation of stopping the previous sound and the operation of outputting the next sound at the same time. As described above, when it is not possible to simultaneously perform the sound stop operation of one sound and the sound output operation of the next sound, even if the instruction to play a continuous sound is displayed on the screen, the sound is not cut off in the reproduced sound. Condition occurs.

[0004] The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a game apparatus which does not cause a break between sounds when performing continuous sounds without rests. And

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a game device according to the present invention comprises a fret switch and a string switch operated in accordance with a score object scrolled and displayed from left to right on a screen of a display means. In the game device provided, at the input timing when the string switch is pressed while the fret switch is pressed, a sound corresponding to the pressed fret switch is reproduced, and a previous sound and a next sound are added to the score object. It is determined whether or not there is a rest between them, and if there is no rest between the next sound, the sound is delayed by a predetermined time from the input timing that identifies that the fret switch has been released. And control means for stopping the reproduction.

A computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention has a display function of scrolling a musical score object from the left side to the right side of the screen, and an input when a string switch is pressed with a fret switch held down. At a timing, a playback function for playing a sound corresponding to the pressed fret switch, and determining whether or not there is a rest between the previous sound and the next sound in the score object, and determining whether there is a rest between the next sound and the next sound. If there is no rest, a delay stop function to stop sound reproduction by delaying the input timing that has identified that the fret switch has been released by a predetermined time.
Is recorded on a computer for realizing the program on a computer.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [Configuration of Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG.
1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a front view and (b) is a right side view. The game device of the present embodiment includes a main body 10 provided with a control unit 1 and the like, and an electronic guitar 20 as input means. The main body 10 has a 29-inch display 11.
And two kinds of loudspeakers 12 for treble and bass, an operation unit 13 in which various operation buttons are arranged, and spotlights 15 provided on both sides of a signboard at the top.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the electronic guitar 20. As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic guitar 20 includes twelve fret switches 21 using a pressure sensor, one string switch 22, a mute switch 23 using a pressure sensor,
And an arm 24 with a volume. The fret switch 21 corresponds to a portion separated by frets, which is a projection that separates the surface of a rod-shaped base plate that holds a string with an actual guitar, and the string switch 22 corresponds to a bullet portion of a guitar. is there. In the electronic guitar shown in FIG. 2, for convenience of description, fret switches are numbered from 1 to 12 in order from the right. Further, the fifth fret switch has, for example, a small projection formed thereon so as to be understood by touching with a finger. The mute switch 23 is for simulating an actual guitar mute playing style. After playing the string switch, the sound can be stopped by pressing the mute switch with the palm of the right hand, and by playing the string switch while pressing the mute switch, a mute playing technique similar to that of an actual guitar is possible. When the player presses the mute switch, the range of timbres is expanded, and the feeling of playing the electronic guitar can be made closer to the real thing. The arm 24 is a tremolo arm for applying vibrato to the sound.
By applying vibrato at an arbitrary timing, the player can assert himself in the same manner as a real guitar. When the player presses the fret switch and plays the string switch, the chord corresponding to the pressed fret switch is reproduced from the speaker of the main unit. That is, in the present game device, the player presses the fret switch and plays the string switch, thereby reproducing the same sound of six strings as the actual guitar, so that even a beginner can easily play a difficult chord on the guitar. it can.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the string switch 22 of the electronic guitar 20. The string switch 22 is rotatable as shown in FIG. 3, and its movement is transmitted to an analog volume (string volume), and the amount of movement that has been played is converted to a digital value and sent to the control unit 1. Can be Assuming that the neutral part is 0, data of a fluctuation range as shown by an arrow in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the output of the chord volume, in which the horizontal axis represents time and the vertical axis represents output values. The control unit 1 uses this data to
The timing at which the player performed is determined, and the sound is reproduced. By the way, assuming that the strings of a real guitar are played, first, as shown in FIG. 5, a string is applied to a finger to generate tension. The finger then releases the tension on the string, producing a sound. Then, the strings return. Thus, a real guitar emits sound through three processes. FIG. 6A shows these three processes by the operation of the string switch 22. The operation of the string switch 22 is transmitted to the string volume, and the output of the string volume is displaced as shown in FIG. This displacement is sent to the control unit 1 as multi-valued data that is further carved every 1/60 second. In a conventional device using a guitar as an input means, a sound is generated at the following timing. However, in such a method, the timing at which the sound is generated is different from the sound generation timing of the sound on the actual guitar, so that the player feels strange. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the control unit 1 calculates a difference between the transmitted multi-valued data and the latest data for each data, and reproduces a sound when the difference becomes negative. . That is, in the present embodiment, since the sound is reproduced at a timing close to the actual timing of the guitar, it is possible to give the player the same feeling as when actually playing the guitar.

Also, in an actual guitar, when a string is played from top to bottom and when the string is pulled from bottom to top, the sound output is different. Therefore, when the string switch is played from top to bottom, Different sounds may be reproduced when playing from the bottom up. In the present embodiment, this playing style does not affect the score, and does not give a performance instruction to that effect. Of course, the display of the rendition style may be performed and points may be added to the score.

FIG. 7 is a control block diagram of the present embodiment. The electronic guitar 20 includes a pressure-sensitive sensor 21a provided on a fret switch, an analog-to-digital converter 21b for binarizing an output value of the pressure-sensitive sensor with a predetermined threshold value, and a 4-bit signal from each analog-to-digital converter. , A string volume 22 a that moves in conjunction with the string switch 22, an arm volume 24 a that moves in conjunction with the arm 24, and a pressure sensor 23 a provided in the mute switch 23. And an analog-to-digital converter 23b for converting the analog signal into a digital signal at a predetermined threshold. The fret switch is 2
There is no point in holding down more than one place. When the player presses two or more fret switches, it is sufficient to reproduce the sound of the fret switch near the base. Therefore,
In order to indicate the state from 0 in which the fret switch is not pressed to 12 in which one of the fret switches is pressed, it is sufficient that 0 to 12 can be identified. Therefore, if the data width of the output of the encoding converter 21c is 4 bits, Good.

The main unit 10 includes an amplifier 4 in addition to the control unit 1.
And a display 29 and the like. The control unit 1 includes a ROM 1c in which a game control program is stored, and a RAM 1 that temporarily stores various input data, calculation results, and the like.
b, a CP that controls the entire game by reading and executing a control program stored in the ROM 1c.
The system includes a system board 2 having a U1a, a sound source 1d, and an input / output board 3. Data from the chord volume 22a and the arm volume 24a are sent to the input / output board as multi-value data, and data from the encode converter 21c and the analog-to-digital converter 23b are sent to the input / output board as binary data. The CPU 1a reads out the control program recorded in the ROM 1c and generates a screen to be displayed on a display based on various data sent from the electronic guitar. In the present embodiment, a score object and a character whose rubber ball is jumping (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a ball character) are displayed on the screen. The CPU 1a sends data to the sound source 1d to instruct reproduction of a sound. The sound source 1d samples and stores the sound of playing the actual guitar chord in advance, and reproduces the corresponding guitar sound in accordance with the instruction of the CPU 1a. Therefore, by operating the fret switch 21 and the string switch 22 of the electronic guitar 20, the player can play the chord of the guitar and enjoy the reproduced sound of the guitar.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for recognizing that a string switch has been hit. In step S1, the value of the string volume and the speed of change are monitored. While monitoring the string volume, it is determined whether or not the absolute value of the string volume is equal to or greater than the reference value (step S2). If it is equal to or less than the reference value, there is no need to emit a sound, and the process returns to step S1. If it is equal to or greater than the reference value, the process proceeds to step S3, and it is determined whether or not the rate of change of the string volume is equal to or greater than the reference value. If the speed of the change is equal to or less than the reference value, for example, if the strings are slowly changed, no sound is produced even with an actual guitar, so even in the present embodiment, the process returns to step S1 without reproducing the sound. Continue monitoring. By the judgment of step S3,
When the value of the string volume changes at a speed equal to or higher than the reference value, the process proceeds to step S4, and it is determined whether or not the change in the value of the string volume has reversed from increasing to decreasing. If it is not inverted, the process returns to step S1, and if it is inverted, the sound source 1 reproduces the sound corresponding to the pressed fret.
d.

[Method of Performing] Next, a method of performing using the electronic guitar with the present game apparatus will be described. Operation unit 1
With the selection buttons provided in 3, select whether to play alone or two people, and press the game start button. When the play by one person is selected, the screen shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the display, and when the play by two persons is selected, the screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the display. In the following, for simplicity, the description will be made with reference to a screen when playing alone, but the same method can be used when playing with two people.

On the screen shown in FIG. 9, a musical score object 30, a timing line 31, and a ball character 32 are
The picture 33 of the electronic guitar is in the center and the fitness meter 34 is in the lower part.
Is displayed. The musical score object 30 is drawn so as to resemble the surface of a guitar-like base plate, and has a narrow portion 3
0a is a portion indicating the beginning of a sound, and an area 30b is a portion for displaying a fret switch that the player wants to press. For convenience of explanation, the narrow portion 30a is referred to as a fret image portion. The numerical value assigned to the fret image section corresponds to the number of the fret switch of the electronic guitar.
Each region 30b corresponds to a guitar chord. The score object is scroll-displayed by the CPU from the left side to the right side of the screen. Each of the twelve fret switches displayed in the electronic guitar picture 33 is actually
They are color coded in different colors for easy viewing. The fitness meter 34 decreases sequentially when an incorrect performance is performed, and the game is over when the fitness meter becomes zero.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of a musical score object for explaining the performance timing. The player presses the fret switch specified by the score object scroll-displayed from right to left on the screen, and flicks the string switch at the moment when the fret image portion of each area of the score object overlaps the timing line. In the state of FIG. 11A, the numeral 5 is attached to the fret image portion, and the fifth region is displayed in a color corresponding to the fret (in FIG. 11, hatched), so that the player has 5 Press the second fret switch with your finger. The screen is scrolled, and the string switch is played at the moment when the fifth fret image portion overlaps the timing line as shown in FIG. If the wrong fret switch is pressed or played at the wrong timing, the health meter will decrease, and when the health meter runs out, the game will be over at that moment. If a song is played before the physical fitness meter runs out, the stage is cleared and the next song can be played. In the present embodiment,
The fret to be pressed is indicated not only by the musical score object but also by giving a triangle mark near the corresponding fret of the electronic guitar picture 33 on the screen as shown in FIG. This allows even beginners to easily play difficult guitar chords. In this embodiment, when the player presses the wrong fret switch and plays the string switch, an incorrect sound is produced.

In this embodiment, an object of a color corresponding to the fret pressed by the player may be displayed. Thereby, the player can easily confirm whether or not the fret pressed by the player is correct.

[Release] FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of a musical score object for explaining release. In the present game device, the concept of "sound length" is introduced. The released sound can be cut off by releasing the fret switch being pressed, newly pressing the fret switch inside the fret switch being pressed, or pressing the mute button. FIG. 12A shows a state in which the fret image portion and the timing line overlap, and in this state, the player plays the string switch. Thereby, a sound is reproduced. If the finger is pressed down to the state shown in FIG. Then, when the fret switch is released when the timing line is located at the end of the area as shown in (c), the reproduction ends. You may make it reflect the good and bad hands of this release on a fitness meter.

[Release Shift] Next, release shift will be described. In the present embodiment, as described above, like the actual guitar, release the pressing fret,
Alternatively, when a new fret switch inside the fret switch being pressed is newly pressed, the sound reproduction ends. This is an unprecedented revolutionary control method in which a player can arbitrarily determine the length of a reproduced sound.
On the other hand, by introducing such a control method, it is difficult to perform a performance that smoothly connects sounds having different pitches (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a slur performance).

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the relationship between the operation of the player and the output sound (reproduced sound) when performing not the slur performance but the performance when the interval between the sounds is large. As shown in FIG.
Is displayed, the player first presses the fifth fret, and then plays the string switch. This allows
The sound corresponding to the fifth fret is reproduced. Next, when the seventh fret is pressed with the fifth fret held down, the sound corresponding to the fifth fret stops at that point. Next, when the string switch is played, the sound corresponding to the seventh fret is reproduced, and when the fret is released, the sound of the seventh fret stops. As described above, the present embodiment has a feature that the length of the sound is determined by the player.

FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining that slur performance is difficult. As shown in FIG. 17, when an instruction to continuously play the fifth fret and the seventh fret is displayed on the score object 30 on the screen, the player first presses the fifth fret, and then turns the string switch. play. Thereby, the sound corresponding to the fifth fret is reproduced. Next, when the sound of the fifth fret is emitted, the fifth fret is heard.
If you hold down the 7th fret while holding down the fret,
At that point, the sound of the fifth fret stops. Then, the sound disappears until the next string switch of the seventh fret is played. If you play the string switch at the same time you hold down the seventh fret, the sound will not be interrupted. However, it is usually difficult to perform both operations simultaneously. Therefore, FIG.
However, even if the instruction for the slur performance as shown in (1) is issued, the sound break occurs between the sound on the fifth fret and the sound on the seventh fret.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, when a musical score in which sounds of different pitches are continuously connected is displayed on the musical score object 30, that is, when a slur performance is required, the process of stopping the sound is performed for a predetermined time. (Set time). FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the relationship between the operation of the player and the output sound (reproduced sound) when performing the slur performance in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 18, when an instruction to continuously play the fifth and seventh frets is displayed on the score object 30 on the screen, the player first presses the fifth fret, and then turns the string switch. play. Thereby, the sound corresponding to the fifth fret is reproduced. Next, when the seventh fret is pressed while the fifth fret is being pressed, the sound of the fifth fret is stopped with a delay of a predetermined time from that point. When the string switch is played within this predetermined time, the sound at the fifth fret is instantaneously switched from the sound at the fifth fret to the sound at the seventh fret, and the sound at the seventh fret is reproduced. As a result, the sound of the fifth fret and the sound of the seventh fret are continuously and continuously reproduced. When the fret is released, the sound of the seventh fret stops. As described above, when an instruction to continuously play a sound is given, the timing of stopping the preceding sound is delayed, thereby preventing a state of sound interruption.

By the way, in the slur performance, even in an actual performance, quick switching of sounds is required. However, when the player performs the fret operation too quickly, the sound must be cut off. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a relationship between a player operation and a sound (reproduced sound) output when a slur performance fails in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 19, when an instruction to continuously play the fifth fret and the seventh fret is displayed on the score object 30 on the screen, the player first enters the fifth fret.
Hold down the fret, then play the string switch. Thereby, the sound of the fifth fret is reproduced. Next, when the seventh fret is pressed while the fifth fret is being pressed, the sound of the fifth fret is stopped with a delay of a predetermined time from that point. If the player does not play the string switch within the predetermined time, the sound of the fifth fret stops when the predetermined time has elapsed. Therefore, if the timing of pressing the seventh fret is too early, a predetermined time elapses before the string switch is played, and the sound is cut off, and slur performance does not occur. By controlling in this way, the player must hold down the seventh fret with good timing, and a skilled playing technique is required for the slur performance.

From the above, the present inventor has concluded that the predetermined time is preferably 4/60 seconds or more and 20/60 seconds or less, particularly 8/60 seconds, as a result of trial and error. If the predetermined period is shorter than this, the effect of delaying the stop of the sound does not appear, and if it is longer than this, the sound cannot be cut off even if the sound is intentionally cut off.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of the release shifting process according to this embodiment. When the CPU 1a confirms that the player has released in step S1, the process proceeds to step S2 to determine whether or not the next sound is a continuous sound without rest. Since the CPU 1a displays the performance instruction on the screen according to the program recorded in the ROM 1c, the CPU 1a can easily determine whether there is a rest between the previous sound and the next sound. If there is a rest between the next sounds, the process proceeds to step S6 to stop the sound being reproduced.
On the other hand, if there is no rest between the next sound, the process shifts to step S3 to delay the process of stopping the sound by the set time (8/60 seconds). That is, even if released, the sound continues to be emitted without stopping. The set time is measured using a software timer. In step S4, it is determined whether or not an operation to cut off the sound has been performed. In the case of the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the string switch for the next sound is played. If the string switch of the next sound is played, the flow shifts to step S7 to stop the sound. In this embodiment, the next sound is reproduced at the same time as the previous sound is stopped. In the present embodiment, 1 /
The operation of the player is detected every 60 seconds, and the sound is controlled.
Therefore, the stop and the reproduction of the sound are performed simultaneously at this timing. On the other hand, if the string switch of the next sound has not been played, the flow shifts to step S5 to set time (8/60).
(Seconds) It is determined whether or not the sound has been extended for minutes. If the set time has elapsed, the flow shifts to step S8 to stop the sound. If the set time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S3. Hereinafter, the CPU 1a performs steps S3 to S3.
Step 8 is repeated.

In the above embodiment, the case where the performance of continuous sounds without a rest is a slur performance, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited to this. May be not only sounds having different pitches during slur performance, but also the same sound. That is, according to the present invention, even when the same sound is continuously played without a rest,
It is possible to prevent a break in sound between sounds.

[Rhythm Acquisition Technique] Next, a technique for teaching a rhythm to a player will be described. In a conventional game device for performing a performance, a player who cannot take a rhythm is merely informed of a mistake. For this reason, the player did not know how to improve. Therefore,
In the present embodiment, a display that makes it easy for the player to take a rhythm and a method of informing the player of the mistake to raise the ambition to improve are devised.

In the present embodiment, in order to make it easier for the player to take the timing, on the screen, a place where the player can easily see the field of view, in the example shown in FIG. indicate. If this bouncing ball is programmed to move up and down in a parabola as shown in FIG. 13 according to the law of nature, the player can easily take a rhythm. In FIG. 13, the horizontal axis indicates time, and the vertical axis indicates the position of the ball character. The movement of this ball is reasonable even in light of the orchestra's conducting method. Character of the ball is repeated up and down movement according to the equation ^{y = -at 2 + bt (a} > 0,0 <t <b / a). The player can play the string switch with good timing by playing the string switch at the timing when the ball character is at the bottom while watching the ball character. As a result, even a beginner can easily perform a guitar performance that matches the rhythm.

Next, a method for causing the player to recognize a rhythm error will be described. FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a method of transmitting a rhythm error to a player. When the player presses the fifth fret switch and flicks the string switch, if the timing is earlier than the correct timing, the character “fast” is displayed near the fifth area, and the player further flicks. The timing is displayed as a triangle on the left side of the fret image part, depending on the degree of the advance, separated from the fret image part. If the played timing is later than the correct timing, the word “late” is displayed, and the timing played by the player is moved to the right side of the fret drawing area with a triangle mark and separated from the fret drawing area according to the degree of delay. To display. In the case shown in FIG.
Since the timing of pressing the fret switch was earlier, a triangle mark is displayed on the left side of the fifth fret image section. As described above, if the player can recognize whether the rhythm played by the player is fast or slow, the player can easily correct the rhythm with the next sound. In addition, by telling the player whether the rhythm is fast or slow, the player is presented with a path for improvement, and thus an ambition is created. Further, since the player can know "how fast or late", the correction width can be known, and the ambition can be further stimulated.

[Operation of Embodiment] Next, a schematic operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a schematic flowchart of the present embodiment. This flow is executed when a predetermined number of coins are inserted and the start button of the operation unit is pressed. Note that the player inputs sounds such as a bass and a lead guitar which are some parts of the music, and the sounds of the other parts are reproduced by the control unit 10. In step S1, it is determined whether the difficulty level of elementary or advanced is selected. When the elementary level is selected, the process proceeds to step S2, and it is determined which of the first elementary pieces has been selected. The player selects a desired song from 20 to 30 songs prepared in advance. In step S3, the music selected by the player is performed. The image of FIG. 9 is displayed on the screen of the display, and the musical score objects are scroll-displayed. If the player is good at performing, that is, if the player can perform well and the physical fitness meter remains by the time the first music is completed, the process proceeds to step S4 to determine whether the second music has been selected. Judge. In step S5, the performance of the second music is performed in the same manner as the first music. If the second song is also played well, the process moves to step S6, where the evaluation, ranking and ending are displayed. The evaluation is performed, for example, on a scale of 100. In addition, this performance is compared with performances performed in the past, and the order of the player is displayed. Then, the end of the game is displayed on the screen. On the other hand, step S3
If the performance meter becomes zero during the performance of step S5 or the performance is mistaken, the process proceeds to step S6, where the same processing as described above is performed, and the end of the game is displayed.

When the difficulty level is selected in step S1 and advanced is selected, the process proceeds to step S7 and the first level is selected.
Select the first song. In step S8, the first music piece is played. If the player can play well and the physical fitness meter remains, the process proceeds to step S9, and the second song is selected. In step S10, the selected second music piece is played. If the performance of the second music can be performed well, the process proceeds to step S11 to select the third music. In step S12, the third music piece is performed. If the performance of the third tune can be performed well, the process proceeds to step S6 to display the evaluation, ranking, and ending. Step S
At the end of the performance of the third piece of music at 12, it is determined whether or not the player has a superior performance, and the player with the superior performance is given a further opportunity to perform an extra performance. If your grade is excellent,
In step S13, a song for extra performance is selected. In step S14, the extra performance is performed, and the process proceeds to step S6 to display the evaluation, ranking, and ending. This game takes about 90 seconds per song, so the time required for one game is about 5 minutes.

[Effects of the Embodiment] According to the game apparatus of the above-described embodiment, when an instruction to play a different sound is continuously displayed on the score object on the screen, the timing at which the previous sound is stopped. Is delayed by a predetermined set time, it is possible to prevent a sound cutoff state. If the timing of pressing the fret of the next sound is too early when performing the slur performance, a predetermined time elapses before the string switch is played, and the sound is cut off, and the slur performance does not occur. As a result, the player is required to have a skilled performance technique for the slur performance.

[Other Embodiments] The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist. For example, in the above embodiment, the game device for playing the electronic guitar has been described. However, the game device of the present invention may be a game device for playing another instrument such as a piano as long as it is a device performing a process of stopping sound. It may be a device, or a device for practicing a guitar or piano, or a device for music education instead of a game.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the predetermined time is 8/60 seconds has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this value. The set time may be freely changed. Since it takes time for a beginner to play the next sound during a slur performance, by increasing this set time, even a beginner can easily enjoy a slur performance. A good player can improve the performance technique by setting this time short.
Also, this set time depends on the tempo of the song to be played,
Automatically, a short tempo song may be used, and a short tempo song may be used.

Further, in the present embodiment, the present invention is configured in the form of a game device for playing an electronic guitar, but the present invention is not limited to this, and is configured in the form of electronic input means, a personal computer, and an application. You may do so.

In addition, according to the present invention, a program for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments may be stored in a recording medium, and the program stored in the recording medium may be read and executed using a computer. As a recording medium,
A floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, DVD, or the like can be used.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, when an instruction to play a continuous sound without rest is given, the timing for stopping the sound is controlled so as to be delayed by a predetermined time. Thus, when performing continuous sounds without rests, it is possible to prevent the sound from being interrupted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a front view and (b) is a right side view.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the electronic guitar 20.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a string switch 22 of the electronic guitar unit 20.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining output of a chord volume.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state where a string is played with a finger using an actual guitar.

FIG. 6A is a diagram for explaining the movement of a string switch. (B) is a figure for explaining output of a chord volume.

FIG. 7 is a control block diagram of the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for recognizing that a string switch has been played;

FIG. 9 is a screen displayed on a display when playing alone.

FIG. 10 is a screen displayed on a display when two players play.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of a musical score object for explaining performance timing.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of a musical score object for explaining release.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the movement of a ball character.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a method of transmitting a rhythm error to a player.

FIG. 15 is a schematic flowchart of the present embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the relationship between the operation of the player and the output sound (reproduced sound) when performing a performance when the interval between the sounds is large.

FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining that slur performance is difficult.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the relationship between the operation of the player and the output sound (reproduction sound) when performing a slur performance in the present embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the relationship between the operation of the player and the output sound (reproduced sound) when the slur performance fails in this embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a release shifting process according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: control unit, 1a: CPU, 1b: RAM,
1c: ROM, 1d: sound source, 2: system board,
3: input / output board, 4: amplifier, 10: main body,
11: display, 12: speaker, 13:
Operation unit, 20: electronic guitar, 21: fret switch, 22: string switch, 23: mute switch, 14: arm with volume, 21a: pressure sensor, 21b: analog-to-digital converter, 21c:
Encoding converter, 22a: chord volume, 24
a: Arm volume, 23a: Pressure sensor, 23
b: Analog digital converter

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game device comprising a fret switch and a string switch operated in accordance with a musical score object scrolled from the left side to the right side of a screen of a display means, wherein a string switch is played while the fret switch is pressed. At the input timing when the sound is pressed, the sound corresponding to the pressed fret switch is reproduced, and it is determined whether or not there is a rest between the previous sound and the next sound in the score object, and A game device comprising: control means for stopping sound reproduction by delaying a predetermined time from an input timing identifying that the fret switch has been released if there is no rest in between. 2. A game device comprising a fret switch and a string switch operated in accordance with a musical score object scrolled from the left side to the right side of a screen of a display means, wherein a string switch is played while the fret switch is pressed. At the input timing when the note is pressed, the sound corresponding to the pressed fret switch is reproduced, and it is determined whether or not there is a rest between the previous sound and the next sound in the score object. If there is no rest in between,
Playback of the sound is stopped after a predetermined time delay from the input timing that has identified that the fret switch has been released, and if there is a rest between the next sound, it is identified that the fret switch has been released. And a control means for stopping the reproduction of the sound at the input timing. 3. From the left side to the right side of the screen of the display means.
Operate according to the score object scrolled
Game with fret switch and string switch
In the device, While holding down the fret switch, turn the string switch
At the input timing when you play, press the fret switch
Play the sound corresponding to the note, and
It is determined whether there is a rest between the sound of one and the next sound.
If there is no rest between the sound and the fret switch
Input that identifies pressing the inner fret switch
The sound is delayed by a predetermined time from the timing.
Stop playback Control means for controlling
Device. 4. The predetermined time is not less than 4/60 seconds and not more than 20 seconds.
/ Claims 1, characterized in that 60 seconds or less
3. The game device according to 3 . 5. The game apparatus of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that a means for changing the predetermined time. 6. A display function for scrolling a musical score object from the left side to the right side of the screen, and a string switch is pressed while a fret switch is pressed.
At the input timing, a playback function for playing back the sound corresponding to the pressed fret switch; and determining whether there is a rest between the previous sound and the next sound in the score object, and If there is no rest between
A computer-readable recording medium which stores a program for causing a computer to realize a delay stop function of stopping reproduction of sound by delaying a predetermined time from an input timing that has identified that the fret switch has been released, and a computer.