JP5600914B2 - Performance learning device and performance learning processing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a performance learning apparatus and a performance learning processing program used for performance learning.

Conventionally, it has been known that it is better to learn directly from a teacher who is skilled in performance than to perform using a performance operator instructed in accordance with a song to be automatically played. This is because teaching directly from the teacher can change the performance mode freely according to the skill of the person performing the performance, and can give more precise lessons such as giving appropriate advice.
However, according to this method, it is necessary to prepare performance devices for teachers and students, which can be put into practical use only in dedicated locations such as classrooms and difficult to use in ordinary homes.

  Therefore, if the performance operator group provided in one performance device is divided into two, and one of the divided performance operator groups is operated, the operation operator of the other performance operator group is operated. There has been proposed a performance learning device that can instruct an operator having a predetermined pitch relationship with a performance operation (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 3586754

However, it is clear that no matter how much the teacher is on the side, it is almost impossible for a beginner to perform along with the teacher's performance. Therefore, the teacher must give the advice while paying attention to the student's performance, and repeat the same performance over and over until the student can perform to some extent. I feel that this is extremely burdensome for any teacher.
Further, when playing a keyboard instrument, in addition to the key to be depressed and the key depression timing, finger usage is a major requirement for performance.
It is very difficult to learn the correct fingering, but it is important for beginners to get used to the correct fingering, and it was desirable to incorporate this into the teaching.
The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a performance learning apparatus that can lessen the burden on the teacher and can also teach and teach finger usage.

  The performance learning apparatus of the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and includes a performance operation means composed of a plurality of operators arranged in pitch order, and operations included in at least one region of the performance operation means. A storage unit that is arranged corresponding to each child, and that includes a plurality of specification data for specifying one of a plurality of operation units included in the one area and an instruction unit that specifies the corresponding operation unit. And the specified data stored in the storage means are sequentially stored each time any one of the predetermined operators specified in advance in the other region of the performance operation means is operated. A reading means for reading, a determining means for determining whether the operated operator is the predesignated operator, and the one area designated by the designated data read by the reading means The included controls By operating the guide means arranged accordingly, the determination means determines the operation mode of the instruction control means for instructing the corresponding operation element and the guide means operated by the instruction control means. And a guide control means for changing based on the contents.

  Further, the performance learning processing program of the present invention is arranged corresponding to each of the performance operating means composed of a plurality of operators arranged in the pitch order, and the operators included in at least one area of the performance operating means, As a performance training device comprising: instruction means for instructing the corresponding operation element; and storage means for storing a plurality of designation data for designating any of the plurality of operation elements included in the one area The designation stored in the storage means every time one of the predetermined operators specified in advance in the other area of the performance operation means is operated on the computer used. A reading step for sequentially reading data; a determination step for determining whether the operated operator is the previously specified operator; and the one specified by the read designation data. By operating the guide means arranged corresponding to the operation element included in the area, the instruction control step for instructing the corresponding operation element and the operation mode of the operated guide means are discriminated. And a guide control step to change based on the contents.

Students perform using the performance controls specified by the performance data read out according to the teacher's performance operation timing, and the teacher changes the performance difficulty and gives advice while watching the performance status of the students. You can proceed with the lesson. In addition, since the teacher only instructs the timing for the student to operate the performance operator as a performance operation, the teacher can perform lessons for a long time with less burden.
Furthermore, if a performance operator is assigned corresponding to each finger used for performance, and the teacher operates the corresponding operator with the finger used for performance, guidance is made in a manner corresponding to the operator. For this reason, it is possible to guide the performance operation with the finger usage specified by the teacher, and more precise teaching can be performed.

1 is an external plan view of an electronic keyboard instrument to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. It is a block block diagram of the same electronic musical instrument. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of a ROM 6 in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart which shows a general flow. It is a flowchart which shows the content of SW processing. It is a flowchart which shows the content of a keyboard process. It is a flowchart which shows the keyboard process following FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the navigation process content.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In this embodiment, the performance learning apparatus of the present invention is applied to an electronic keyboard instrument, and this electronic keyboard instrument has a musical instrument body 1 having an external configuration shown in FIG.

  The musical instrument body 1 is provided with a keyboard 2 as a group of performance operators and various function switches (not shown) such as a mode SW for selectively setting a normal mode and a learning mode. It has been. The keyboard 2 is provided with a plurality of keys arranged in order of pitch and corresponding to key numbers from “0” to a predetermined value, and each key has a key switch that is turned on when the key is pressed. .

  In the learning mode, the keyboard 2 is split into the student key range 2A from the key number “0” to the predetermined key number “SP” and the teacher key range 2B, which is higher than the key number “SP”. Is done. The student key area 2A is provided with a navigator 3, and the navigator 3 is composed of a plurality of LEDs arranged corresponding to each key of the student key area 2A. The region from the key number “0” to the key number “SP” has a sound range of at least 2 octaves.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an electronic keyboard instrument to which the present embodiment is applied. In this block diagram, operation information such as the function switch is taken into the CPU 5 from the panel switch unit 4.

The CPU 5 operates based on input information from the panel switch unit 4 and the keyboard 2 and a program stored in the ROM 6 and uses all the processing necessary for the electronic keyboard instrument while using the RAM 7 as a work area. Execute. That is, the CPU 5 controls the driver 8 and the sound source 9 by executing processing according to a flow described later.
The ROM 6 stores a plurality of key numbers representing music used for performance practice as shown in FIG. 3 in a predetermined order. This key number designates one of the keys included in the student key area 2A shown in FIG.

The driver 8 blinks and drives the LEDs constituting the navigator 3 according to an instruction from the CPU 5, and the sound source 9 generates a musical sound signal according to the pitch data given from the CPU 5. This musical sound signal is sent to a sound system (not shown) and emitted.
Further, in the present embodiment, the LEDs constituting the navigator 3 are configured to emit at least five colors.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment according to the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIG. The CPU 5 starts the operation according to the flow shown in FIG. 4 when the power is turned on, and first executes initialization processing (SA1) to clear various registers or set predetermined initial values. Subsequently, SW processing (SA2), keyboard processing (SA3), and navigation processing (SA4), which will be described later, are executed, and other processing (SA5) other than these is executed, and while the power is on, SA2 Repeat the loop of ~ SA5.

  The SW process (SA2) is performed according to the flow shown in FIG. 5, and it is determined whether any one of the function switches has been operated based on the input information from the panel switch unit 4 (SB1). If any one of the function switches is operated, it is identified whether or not it is the mode SW (SB2). If it is not the mode SW, other SW processing corresponding to the operated function switch ( SB3) is executed.

  When the mode SW is operated, it is determined whether or not the learning mode is set by this operation (SB4), and when the learning mode is set, the navigation flag NF is set (SB5). However, when the normal mode is set without setting the learning mode, the navigation flag NF is reset (SB6). Therefore, the navigation flag NF indicates that the learning mode is set by “1”, and the normal mode is set by “0”.

The keyboard process (SA3) is performed according to the flow shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, and first, an initial value “0” is set in the key number register KN (SC1). Next, based on the operation information from the keyboard 2, it is determined whether the key of the key number corresponding to the value of KN is in an on (key press), off (key release), or no change state ( SC2).
If the key of the key number corresponding to the value of KN is in the ON state, it is determined whether or not the navigation flag NF is set (SC3). If it is determined that the navigation flag NF = 0 and the normal mode is set, the process proceeds to SC4 to create a note-on event based on the pitch data corresponding to KN. This note-on event is sent to the sound source 9 (SC5). As a result, the sound source 9 generates a musical tone signal in accordance with the pitch data, and a musical tone having a pitch corresponding to the key number of the pressed key is generated.

  Subsequently, proceeding to FIG. 7, after incrementing the value of the key number register KN (SC6), whether the value of the key number register KN is equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum number (key number value corresponding to the key of the highest pitch). (SC7) and repeat the process from SC2 until KN> maximum number.

  If the result of determination in SC2 is that the key of the key number corresponding to the value of KN is in the OFF state, the process proceeds from SC2 to SC8 in FIG. 7 to determine whether or not the navigation flag NF is set. . If it is determined that the navigation flag NF = 0 and the normal mode is set, the process proceeds to SC9 to create a note-off event based on the pitch data corresponding to KN. This note-on event is sent to the sound source 9 (SC10). As a result, the sound source 9 stops generating the tone signal corresponding to KN, and the tone corresponding to KN is muted. Therefore, in the normal mode in which NF = 0, the entire key range of the keyboard 2 functions as a normal key for generating and muting a musical tone having a pitch corresponding to the operated key.

  However, if the key specified by the value of KN is in the depressed state and the result of discrimination in SC3 is NF = 1 and the learning mode is set, the process proceeds from SC3 to SC11, and the value of KN is SP. It is determined whether it is larger than (see FIG. 1). If KN ≦ SP as a result of this determination, the key is pressed in the student key range 2A. If the key is pressed in the student key range 2A, the note-on corresponding to KN is the same as described above. An event is created and sent to the sound source 9 (SC4, SC5).

Further, when the key specified by the value of KN is in the released state and the result of discrimination in SC8 is NF = 1 and the learning mode is set, the process proceeds from SC8 to SC12, and the value of KN is set to SP. It is discriminated whether or not it is larger. If KN ≦ SP as a result of this determination, the key is released in the student key range 2A. If the key is released in the student key range 2A, the note-on corresponding to KN is the same as described above. An event is created and sent to the sound source 9 (SC9, SC10).
Therefore, in the learning mode in which NF = 1, the student key area 2A functions as a normal key for generating and muting a musical tone having a pitch corresponding to the operated key, as in the normal mode described above.

On the other hand, if it is determined in SC11 that KN> SP and a key pressing state has occurred in the teacher key area 2B in the learning mode, the key pressing is performed for a plurality of keys specified in advance. Judge whether it is either. In the present embodiment, the predesignated keys are composed of five keys, FKN + 1, FKN + 2, FKN + 3, and FKN + 4, with the key number FKN being the lowest key. These five keys correspond to the thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger of the right hand in order from the lowest key.
Therefore, in SC13 following SC11, it is determined whether the pressed key (key number KN) corresponds to any of FKN to FKN + 4.
If it is determined that it does not correspond here, that is, it is determined that the designated key is not pressed, the process proceeds to SC6 in FIG. 7 as it is. If it is determined that it corresponds, the process proceeds to SC14, and a value obtained by subtracting the key number stored in KN from the key number stored in FKN is stored in register N. The value stored in N is one of values from 0 to 4, and each value corresponds to the type of the right hand finger.
Then, the teacher flag TF is set to “1” (SC15). Then, it is determined whether or not the pointer AD designating the address indicating the area in which the key number (FIG. 3) indicating the music for performance learning is stored in the ROM 6 indicates the end address of the area storing the key number. . (SC16). If it is determined that the end address is indicated, the pointer AD stores the start address of the area where the key number is stored (SC17), and the process proceeds to SC18. If it is determined in SC16 that the end address is not indicated, the process proceeds to SC18.

  In SC18, the key number is read from the ROM 6 using AD as an address and stored in the TKN. Then, the value of AD is incremented (SC19), and the process proceeds to Step SC6 in FIG. As described above, each time the key is pressed in the teacher key area 2B, the key numbers representing the music are sequentially read from the ROM 6 and stored in the TKN. When the key number stored in the ROM 6 is read to the end, the key number stored first is read again.

  On the other hand, if the result of determination in SC12 in FIG. 7 is KN> SP and the key release state occurs in the training mode state and the key release state occurs in the teacher key area 2B, The teacher flag TF set to “1” is returned to “0” (SC20). Then, the process proceeds to SC6.

  In this way, each time a key is pressed / released in the teacher's key area 2B in the learning mode, the key number representing the music stored in advance in the ROM 6 is obtained without performing sound generation based on this operation. The operation of reading out in order and storing in TKN is performed.

  The navigation process (SA4) is performed according to the flow shown in FIG. 8, and it is determined whether or not the teacher flag TF is set (SD1). This TF is set in the state where the key depression is generated in the teacher key area 2B in the learning mode at SC15 in FIG. If TF = 1 and a key is pressed in the teacher key area 2B in the learning mode, the LED corresponding to TKN is turned on (SD2). In this embodiment, the emission color is determined corresponding to the value of the register N obtained in SC14 of FIG. Since the value of N corresponds to the type of finger of the right hand used for performance, the student can recognize the type of finger used for performance from this luminescent color.

  Here, as described in SC18 of FIG. 6, the TKN is configured such that key numbers representing music stored in the ROM 6 are sequentially stored. Therefore, each time the key is pressed in the teacher's key area 2B in the learning mode by the processing of SD2, the key number of the recorded music is read from the ROM 6, and the student represented by the read key number is displayed. The LED of the navigator 3 corresponding to the key in the key range 2A is lit. Therefore, the student who is practicing in the student key area 2A indicates the key to be pressed in the student key area 2A.

  As a result of the determination in SD1, if TF = 0 and a key release operation is performed in the teacher key area 2B in the training mode and the TF is reset, the light emitting LED is turned off. (SD3).

Therefore, just by the instructing teacher taking the timing of the performance operation in the teacher key range 2B, the instructed student lights up the LEDs constituting the navigator 3 in the student key range 2A and prompts the performance operation. In addition, since the LED corresponding to which key is lit is determined by the key number stored in advance in the ROM 6, the player corresponding to the teacher does not have to worry about which key to press. Because the burden is reduced accordingly, more effective teaching is possible, such as giving precise advice according to the skill of the student.
Further, the finger operation which is one of the performance requirements together with the operation element to be operated and the timing thereof is also instructed to the student by the LED emission color by operating one of a plurality of performance operation elements designated in advance by the teacher. This enables more precise and advanced performance lessons.

In the embodiment, the navigation 3 is composed of a plurality of LEDs. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a corresponding key may be displayed on the LCD.
In addition, the fingering instruction is only for the right hand in the present embodiment, but naturally, the fingering for the left hand may also be instructed. This can be done by designating a plurality of operators separately from the performance operator that designates the finger of the right hand.
Furthermore, although the instruction | indication which finger is used is shown with the luminescent color of LED, you may show in aspects, such as not only this but a blinking period.

2 Keyboard 3 Navigator 4 Panel switch section 5 CPU
6 ROM
8 Driver

Claims (5)

Performance operation means comprising a plurality of operators arranged in pitch order,
Arranged corresponding to each of the operators included in at least one region of the performance operating means,
Instruction means for instructing the corresponding operator,
A storage means in which a plurality of specification data for specifying any of the plurality of operators included in the one area is stored;
The designated data stored in the storage means is sequentially read each time any of the predetermined operators specified in advance in the other region of the performance operating means is operated. Reading means;
A discriminating means for discriminating whether the operated manipulator is the predesignated manipulator;
An instruction for instructing the corresponding operation element by operating the guide means that is arranged corresponding to the operation element included in the one area, which is designated by the designation data read by the reading means. Control means;
Guide control means for changing the operation mode of the guide means operated by the instruction control means based on the content determined by the determination means;
A performance learning apparatus.   The performance learning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide means includes a plurality of LEDs arranged corresponding to the operators in the one area. The performance learning apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the LED can emit light in a plurality of colors, and the guide control unit changes a light emission color of the LED based on contents determined by the determination unit.   The performance learning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each kind of finger used for performance is assigned to each of the predesignated operators. Performance operating means comprising a plurality of operators arranged in pitch order, and instruction means arranged corresponding to each of the operators included in at least one region of the performance operating means, and indicating the corresponding operators A computer used as a performance learning device having a storage means in which a plurality of designation data for designating any of the plurality of operators included in the one area is stored,
Reads out the designated data sequentially stored in the storage means each time one of the predetermined operators specified in the other area of the performance operation means is operated. Steps,
A determining step of determining whether the operated operator is the predesignated operator;
An instruction control step for instructing the corresponding operator by operating the guide means arranged corresponding to the operator included in the one area specified by the read designation data; ,
A guide control step of changing the operation mode of the operated guide means based on the determined content;
A performance learning program that executes

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