JPH03276482A - Orchestral accompaniment playing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To set and input a piece of music to be played without using a music name list book by narrowing down the range of music name data by input characters related to the piece of music and a singer's name and storing pertinent music name data as music selection data. CONSTITUTION:A retrieving means M3 retrieves a play data storage means M2 based on input characters related to the music name and the singer's name from a character input means M1 to extract partinent music name data as music selection data. A control means M4 stores this music selection data in a music selection data storage means M5. Consequently, the piece of music to be played is extracted and is set and inputted without the music name list book. With respect to input characters, one first character or plural first characters related to the music name and the singer's name are inputted, and it is unnecessary to input all characters.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus that is used so that a singer sings along with a performance output from a speaker.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a karaoke machine, when manually setting a song desired to be played on the karaoke machine, first, the name of the song desired to be played is searched from a song title list book, and the name is written corresponding to the song name. I have to find out the song number. The number of the song that the user wishes to play may be found by the karaoke user who wishes to play the song, or may be done by an employee of the karaoke store after hearing the name of the song that the karaoke user wishes to play. be.

In a song title list book provided by a karaoke software manufacturer, the names of many songs are listed in alphabetical order, for example, and a song number (index number) is listed in association with each song title.

Individual song numbers can be assigned to multiple compact discs (CDs) or laser discs (L) loaded in the karaoke machine.
Specify the code for specifying the disk that stores the performance data of the corresponding song among D) and the number of the corresponding song among the many songs stored on that disk. It consists of a numerical value for.

Once the song number of the desired song is known, the input operator (karaoke user, karaoke setup employee, etc.) inputs the song number of the desired song by operating the alphabet keys or numeric keypad on the operation panel. . In addition, there are cases where you input the songs you want to play one by one and play that song each time.
There are cases where several songs are reserved and the reserved songs are automatically played one after another in the order of reservation.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, the number of songs listed in the song title list book is enormous, and it is difficult to find the name of the song you want to play from among them.
The task of finding the song number written corresponding to the song title is extremely troublesome. In addition, if you lose your song title list book, you will not be able to input the songs you want to play at all.Furthermore, each time a new karaoke software is released, the song name list book increases, making it difficult to manage it. Become something.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned inconvenience, and an object of the present invention is to enable setting and input of a desired piece of music to be played without using a song title list book.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve this object, the karaoke device of the present invention has the following features:
As illustrated in FIG. 1, there is a character input means Ml for individually inputting one or more characters from the first character of the song title and singer name of a song desired to be performed, and a A performance data storage means M2 stores performance data in association with each song title data and singer name data, and the performance data storage means M2 is searched based on human-powered characters to store the human-powered characters in the song name data and singer name data. A search means M3 for calling up song title data included in a part of the music selection date I, and a control means M5 for storing the song selection data called up by the search means 1 M3 in the song selection data storage means M4. It is characterized by:

[Function] The function of the karaoke apparatus of the present invention having the above configuration is as follows.

The search means M3 searches for performances based on adult characters related to the song title and singer name from the character input means M1.

In other words, the system narrows down the corresponding song title data based on the input characters related to the song title and the input characters related to the singer's name, and stores the narrowed down song title data as song selection data, so there is no need to use a song title list book. You can also search for the song you want to play and enter settings. In addition, the characters to be input manually are one character or a plurality of characters starting from the first character of the song title or singer's name, and as a general rule, it is not necessary to input all the characters.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example embodying the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the karaoke apparatus.

A microcomputer is composed of a CPUI, ROM2, and RAM3. The CPU I has an operation panel 4.
, a music data storage device 5, first and second video RAMs 6.8, a video playback device 11, and a musical tone synthesis section 14 are connected.

The music data storage device 5 stores performance data Dli and lyrics data D2i as music data of a large number of songs, and includes performance data DI of each song, song number r necessary for searching, etc. , song title data a, and singer name data b are attached. This music data storage device 5 corresponds to the performance data storage means M2 in the configuration of the invention.

The most suitable music data storage device 5 is a magneto-optical disk, but it may also be a randomly accessable read/write hard disk or an optical disk. The format of the performance data DI is MID
I (Musical In5trua+entDi
The format is based on the Digital Interface (digital interface) standard.

The first video RAM 6 is used when inputting settings for a song desired to be played.
When the CPUI temporarily stores the character data of the character string input from the printing panel 4, or when searching, the CPU
Song title search data X (ai) read out by the UI from the music data storage device 5.

b, ), singer name search data y (ai, b, ), and song selection candidate data Z (at, bl), and each of the above data is sent to the display panel 7. The display panel 7 displays the first video RA.
It displays the above-mentioned data manually generated from M6.

The second video RAM 8 stores lyrics data D read out by the CPU from the music data storage device 5 during performance.
2 and temporarily stores the lyrics data D2. is transferred to the character generator 9. The character generator 9 is connected to the second video RAM 8
An analog lyrics video signal S is generated from the input lyrics data D2i and guided to the video synthesis circuit 12.

Background video data D3 is stored on the laser disk (LD) 10.
is stored, and the video playback device 11 extracts background video data D3 from the laser disc 10 under the control of the CPUI.
The background video data D3 is converted into an analog background video signal S2 and outputted to the video synthesis circuit 12.

During performance, the video synthesis circuit 12 combines the lyrics video signal S1 from the character generator 9 and the video playback device II.
The background video signal S2 from the CRT monitor 13 is superimposed on the background video signal S2, and the composite video signal S is outputted to the CRT monitor 13.

The musical tone synthesis section 14 is constituted by a synthesizer, etc., and this musical tone synthesis section 14 converts the performance data Dli read out from the music data storage device 5 by the CPU 1 into an analog performance audio signal S, and sends the signal to the mixing amplifier 1.
It is designed to output to 5. mixing amplifier 15
A singing audio signal S input by a karaoke user (singer) from the microphone 16 is also input to the mixing amplifier 1.
5, a performance audio signal S4 and a singing audio signal S.

is mixed into a song and amplified, resulting in a synthesized audio signal S.

The sound is output from the speaker 17.

CPU1 cooperates with ROM2 and RAM3,
Music data storage device 5, first and second video R
AM6.8, video playback device 11, and musical tone synthesis section 14 are controlled. In particular, control for reading song title search data X (a,, b,) or singer name search data Y (ailt'i) from the music data storage device 5 according to characters related to the song title or singer name input from the operation panel 4; Song title search data X (ai, bi) and singer name search data Y (at.

The song selection candidate data Z C
ar, bmu], song title search data X (at + bi), singer name search data y (ai, bi)' song selection candidate data Z[
a4. b, ] to the first video RAM 64 and display them on the display panel 7.

Therefore, the CPUI and ROM2 correspond to the search means M3 and the control means M4 in the configuration of the invention, and the RAM
3 corresponds to the music selection data storage means M5.

FIG. 3 shows the appearance of the operation panel 4 and display panel 7.

The display page Lua is provided with a song title display section 7a and a song number display section 7b.

The operation panel 4 includes a Japanese syllabary key 4a for inputting multiple characters from the first character of the song title or singer name.
, a song name designation key 4b for specifying that the characters input using the Japanese syllabary key 4a are a song title, a singer name designation key 4c for designating that the input characters are a singer's name, and a singer name designation key 4c for specifying that input characters are a singer's name. Cancel key 4d to clear human characters
, an up-scroll key 4e for upward scrolling of the song title displayed in the song title display section 7a, a down-scroll key 4 for downward scrolling (34 reservation key 4g for reserving a song specified as a desired song) , a performance key 4h and a numeric keypad 41 for immediately playing a song specified as a desired song to be played.

Japanese syllabary key 4a and numeric keypad 4 on operation panel 4
j corresponds to the character input means M1 in the configuration of the invention.

Next, the general operation of this karaoke device will be explained.

As a premise for this operation explanation, it is assumed that the music selection specification data of the music desired to be played, which has been set and inputted, is stored in the RAM 3. Note that this song selection specific data includes song title data a1
and singer name data b, or song title data a.
, or the song number I corresponding to the song title data a1.

It may be.

When the performance key 4h is pressed, the CPU reads out the song selection specific data from the RAM 3, searches the music data storage device 5 accordingly, and stores the performance data D1□ and lyrics data D of the song number ■ specified by the song selection specific data.
Read 2i. The CPU 1 reads out the performance data D.
li is sent to the musical tone synthesis section 14, and the read lyrics data D2i is sent to the second video RAM 8. Further, the video playback device II is driven to read the background video data D3 from the laser disc 10.

The character generator 9 generates a lyrics video signal S based on the lyrics data D2i read from the second video RAM 8, and outputs it to the video synthesis circuit 12. The video playback device 11 converts the input background video data D3 into a background video signal St, and outputs the background video signal St to the video synthesis circuit 12. The video synthesis circuit I2 superimposes the input lyrics video signal S1 and background video signal S and sends a composite video signal S3 to the CRT monitor 13. As a result, the lyrics video is displayed on the CRT monitor 13 together with the background video.

On the other hand, the musical tone synthesis section 14 generates a performance audio signal S4 based on the manually generated performance data Dli.

This performance audio signal S is outputted as a performance from the speaker 17 via the mixing amplifier 15.

The karaoke user (singer) sings into the microphone 16 in time with the performance output from the speaker 17 while viewing the lyrics on the CRT monitor 13. The singing audio signal S from the microphone [6] is mixed with the performance audio signal S4 in the mixing amplifier 15 to form a synthesized audio signal Sh, which is outputted as a sound from the speaker 17.

Furthermore, when multiple desired songs are reserved and registered in RAM3, they are played one after another according to their reservation order number, and when the performance of one reserved song is finished, the performance shifts to the song with the next reservation order number. .

Next, the operation of inputting the settings for the music desired to be played will be explained based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

In each of steps 32.34, the CPUI:
Gojyuon key 42 or performance key 4 on operation panel 4
It waits to see which one of 5 is pressed and executes each process.

When setting and inputting the music desired to be played, the operator first operates the Japanese syllabary key 43 to enter one or more characters from the first character of the music title or singer name of the desired music.

When the number of characters related to the song title or singer name is small, all the characters may be input, but in principle, it is not necessary to input all the characters, and about 2 to 4 characters are sufficient. For example, if the song is ``Naniwa Bushi Dayo Seikatsu wa'', the ``na'' and ``ni''
, and the level of "wa" in order. When inputting characters, the characters associated with the song title may be input first, or the characters associated with the singer's name may be input first.

When it is determined in step S2 that the Japanese alphabet key 4a has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S6, where the human-powered characters (for one character) are stored in the RAM 3, and in step S8, the human-powered characters are stored in the first video RAM 6. Human characters are displayed on the song title display section 7a of the display panel 7.

In step 310, it is determined whether the song name designation key 4b has been pressed, in step S30 it is determined whether the singer name designation key 4c has been pressed, and in step S60, the cancel key 4
It is determined whether or not d has been pressed, and if it is determined that neither has been pressed, the process returns to step S2 and waits for the next character to be input. Hereinafter, steps S2 to 5IO-330
→ By repeating S60, several input characters starting from the first character are stored in the RAM 3 and the first video RAM 6, and displayed on the song title display section 7a.

If you make a mistake in character input, you will have to press the cancel key 4d, but in this case, steps S60 to S36
After proceeding to step S2 and clearing the characters input this time, the process returns to step S2.

After inputting characters, the operator presses the song name designation key 4b or the singer name designation key 4C. Naturally, if the input character is related to a song title, the song title designation key 4b is pressed, and if the input character is related to a singer name, the singer name designation key 4C is pressed.

In the following, a case will be described in which a song title is first input, and then a singer name is input.

When it is determined in step 310 that the song name designation key 4b has been pressed, the process proceeds to step 312, where a flag F indicating that the song name designation key 4b has been pressed is set to "1", and in step S14, the singer name designation key It is determined whether the flag F2 indicating that 4c has been pressed is set to "1". Since the characters related to the song title were input before the singer name, the determination is negative and the process goes to step S1.
Proceed to step 6.

In step S16, the music data storage device 5 is searched according to the input characters (song title). Then, in step 318, the music data of the corresponding song is stored in the music data storage device 5 (
performance data and lyrics data) are stored. If not stored, step 319
The flag F1 is reset to "0" at step S50, the message "5 songs not available" is displayed on the song title display section 7a, and the input characters are cleared from the RAM 3 at step S52.
After clearing the input characters from the first video RAM 6 and canceling the display on the song title display section 7a in step S54, the process returns to step S2.

If it is determined in step 818 that the corresponding song is stored in the music data storage device 5, step 320
Then, all the corresponding song title data a8 and accompanying singer name data b are read out from the music data storage device 5 according to the input characters related to the song title, and song title search data X (aH.

b,) is stored in RAM3. At this time, the song title search data X (a,, b,) is read out so that the song title data a is arranged in alphabetical order.

Next, in step 3100, the state of the flag F indicating that the song name designation key 4b has been pressed and the flag F2 that indicates that the singer name designation key 4c has been pressed is determined.

Since only the flag Fl is set to 1'', the process advances to step 5102 and the song title search data x is stored in register R.
Store the number of songs (at, b, ) and step 51
At step 08, the number of songs is displayed on the number display section 7b, and at step 511
After setting the variable k to “1” with 0, step 5112
Then, the song title data a8 and the singer name data b in the second data of the song title search data x (at, b, ) are displayed on the song title display section 7a. In addition, song title data a
, may be displayed only.

Then steps 5120, 5130, 314o, 51
50.5160 is made, but if no key is pressed, the process returns to step 3112 to continue displaying the song title data ai and singer name data b. The operator will input the Japanese syllabary key 4a to input the singer's name, and then the process returns from step 5120 to step s6.

Hereinafter, step S6. S
8.310,330. S60. S2 is repeated. In this case, in step S8, input characters related to the singer's name are displayed on the song title display section 7a.

If it is determined in step S30 that the singer name designation key 4c has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S32, where a flag F2 indicating that the singer name designation key 4c has been pressed is set to "1", and in step S34, the song name designation key 4b is pressed. It is determined whether a flag F indicating that the button has been pressed is set to "1".

Since the flag F has already been set to '1', the process advances to step 342 and is stored in RAM3 according to the input character (singer name).
The song title search data X(at, bi) stored in is searched. Then, in step S44, the song title search data x (
It is determined whether or not data including singer name data b8 corresponding to the input character (singer name) exists among the input characters (singer name).

If it does not exist, flag F is set in step 348.

F, is reset to "O', and the process returns to step S2 from step 550 through steps S52 and S54.

If the corresponding song exists in the song title search data X(a,,b,) in RAMa in the judgment in step S44,
Proceeding to step 346, the song title search data x (ai,
b,] corresponding to the input characters (singer name) are read from the RAM 3 in alphabetical order of the song title data ai, and stored in the RAM 3 as song selection candidate data Z(a,, b,). That is, the song title search data X (at, t'i) searched based on the human characters related to the song title,
This means that the search is narrowed down based on the singer name search data Y(a;, bi) searched based on the human characters related to the singer's name.

In the next step 5100, it is determined that both flags FF2 are set to "1", and the process proceeds to step 5106, where the song selection candidate data Z is stored in the register R1.
The number of songs (at, b;) is stored, the number of candidate songs is displayed on the number display section 7b in step 310B, and step 5110
In step 5112, the variable k is set to "1", and in step 5112, the song title data a in the i-th data of the song selection candidate data Z (ai, bi, ) is displayed on the song title display section 7a.

When the number of songs displayed on the number of songs display section 7b is 1, if the number of candidates selected by the search is one song and matches the desired song, press the reservation key 4g.
Alternatively, the user presses the performance key 4h, but if there are multiple candidate directions, the user operates the up scroll key 4e or the down scroll key 4f to search for the desired piece of music from among the candidate directions.

When the up-scroll key 4e is pressed, the judgment in step 5130 becomes affirmative, and the process proceeds to step 5132, where the variable k is
It is determined whether or not the number of songs matches the number of songs in the register R0. If they do not match, since up scrolling is possible, the process proceeds to step 5134, increments the variable k by +1, and then returns to step 5112.

If you go too far by up-scrolling, press down-scroll key 4f. In this case, press step 5.
140 is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 5142, where it is judged whether the variable k matches 11', and if it does not match, it is possible to scroll down, so the process proceeds to step 5144, where the variable k is decremented by -1. rear,
Return to step 5112.

By scrolling in this manner, you can search for the desired piece of music to play from among a plurality of candidate directions. However, if the number of songs displayed in the number of songs display section 7b is too large to scroll, you can select the step number by pressing the alphabetical order. From 5120, the process returns to step S6, and by increasing the number of input characters (in this case, the characters of the singer's name), the song selection candidate data z(a;
,b,] are further narrowed down.

Next, a case will be described in which the singer's name is entered manually and then the song title is entered.

When it is determined in step S3'0 that the singer name designation key 4C has been pressed, the process advances to step S32 and the flag F2 is set to "
1”, and flag F is set to “work” in step S34.
Determine whether cents are in. Since the characters related to the singer's name have been input first, the determination is negative and the process proceeds to step 836, where the music data storage device 5 is searched according to the input characters (singer's name).

Then, in step 338, it is determined whether music data of the corresponding song is stored in the music data storage device 5. If the flag F2 is not stored, the flag F2 is reset to "0" in step 339, and the process proceeds to step 350.
The process returns to step S2 via S52 and 354.

If it is determined in step 338 that the corresponding song is stored in the music data storage device 5, step 3
Proceed to step 40 to obtain all applicable singer name data b1 and accompanying song title data a according to the human characters related to the singer name.
, are read from the music data storage device 5 and stored in the RAM 3 as singer name search data Y (ai, bt:l). At this time, the singer name search data Y (ayu, b1) is also read out if the song title data a1 is Do it in alphabetical order.

Next, in step 3100, the states of flags F+ and Fz are determined, but since only flag F2 is set to 1'', the process proceeds to step 5104, and the number of songs of singer name search data Y (ai, bi3) is stored in register R8. and step 3108.SLi.

Proceed to step 5112 to retrieve singer name search data YC.
The song title data a8 and the singer name data bi of the second data of (ar, bi) are displayed on the song title display section 7a. Note that only the song title data a may be displayed.

Next, the operator presses the Japanese syllabary key 4 to enter the song name manually.
a, and then step 5120
From there, the process returns to step S6.

Hereinafter, steps S6 and S8 are performed as characters related to the song title are input.
．． SLo, 330.360.32 are repeated, and in step S8, input characters related to the song title are displayed on the song title display section 7a.

If it is determined in step SIO that the song title designation key 4b has been pressed, the process proceeds to step 312 where the flag F1 is set to 61'', and in step S14 it is determined whether the flag F2 is set to ``1''.

Since the flag F2 has already been set to 1', the program proceeds to step S22 and searches the singer name search data Y [a□, b,] stored in the RAM 3 according to the input characters (song title). Then, in step S24, the singer name search data y
It is determined whether data including song name data a corresponding to the input character (song title) exists among (ai, bi). If it does not exist, flag F is set in step S28.
+, Fz is reset to "0", and step 350. S5
2. The process returns to step S2 via S54.

If it is determined in step 324 that the corresponding song exists in the singer name search data Y (a,, b,) in the RAM 3, the process advances to step S26, and the process proceeds to step S26.
b, ] that corresponds to the human characters (song title) as song selection candidate data Z (a, ).

The song title data a is read out from the RAM 3 in alphabetical order as ``b,'' and stored in the RAM 3. In other words, singer name search data Y (
a,,b,) are narrowed down based on the song title search data X(ai-bi) searched based on the input characters related to the song title.

Thereafter, the process proceeds from step 5100 to step 5L06 and subsequent steps, and the same operations as described above are performed.

Of course, if there are relatively few songs, it is possible to search for the desired song from among the candidates using only the song title or the singer's name.

After searching for the desired piece of music as described above, the user presses the reservation key 4g or the performance key 4h.

When the number of songs displayed on the number of songs display section 7b is plural, the song selection candidate data ZCa is displayed by scrolling.

b,], select the one corresponding to the song you wish to play in the song title display section 7.
While it is displayed on a, press the reservation key 4g or performance key 4h.
Press. Then, the song selection candidate data Z(a,,b,) displayed on the song title display section 7a is stored in the RAM as song selection specific data.
3 will be registered.

When the number of songs displayed on the song number display section 7b is 1, the song selection candidate data Z Ca displayed on the song title display section 7a is always selected.
= , bi ] corresponds to the song desired to be played, so it is sufficient to simply press the reservation key 4g or the performance key 4h.

If it is determined in step 5150 that the reservation key 4g has been pressed, the process proceeds to step 5152 and the music selection specific data W is registered in the RAM 3. As for this song selection specific data W, at the start of the performance, the CPU receives performance data Dli and lyrics data D2 from the music data storage device 5.
When reading t, if the reading is based on the song title data a, only the song title data a is sufficient. Song number I.

, the corresponding song number 1. is read based on the song title data a8. is searched and the song number ■ is registered as song selection specific data W1.

In step 5154, the song title display section 7a and the song number display section 7
The display of b is canceled and the process returns to step S2. If it is determined in step S4 that the performance key 4h has been pressed, the process advances to step 8162 and the reserved songs are played in the order of reservation.

If it is determined in step 5160 that the performance key 4h has been pressed, the process proceeds to step 3162, and after registering the song selection specific data W in the RAM 3, the process proceeds to step 5164, where the performance data D1. of the song specified by the song selection specific data Wi. Then, the lyrics data D2f is read out from the music data storage device 5 and performance processing is executed.

In the above embodiment, the song title data a and the singer name data b1 are displayed in the song title display section 7a during a search, but it is also possible to display only the song title data a.

In the above embodiment, in the search by singer name after the search by song title, the song title search data X stored in the RAM 3 is
(ai, b;) to narrow down the song selection candidate data Z(a,,b,) according to the input characters related to the singer name, and in the search by song title after the search by singer name, R
Singer name search data Y (a8.b) stored in AM3
, ] to song selection candidate data z according to the input characters related to the song title.
Although (at = bi) is narrowed down, a later search may be performed not in the RAM 3 but in the music data storage device 5.

As other forms of inputting characters using the Japanese syllabary on the operation panel 4, various forms other than the one shown in FIG. 5 are conceivable.

In the case shown in FIG. 5, one of the five syllables is selected by a combination of the consonant selection dial 21a and the vowel selection dial 21b, and the character is input by pressing the ENTER key 22.

In addition to this, it is also possible to input Roman characters using the alpha-het keys, or to select the corresponding numerical value from kana using a numerical value-kana conversion table and input it using the numeric keypad. It is also possible to display ten syllables, alphabets, numerical values, etc., position the cursor to the desired character or numerical value by operating the cursor keys, and input by pressing the ENTER key.

In the above embodiment, the background image read from the laser disk 10 is displayed on the CRT monitor 13, but this configuration may be omitted. In that case, the laser disc 10 and the video playback device 11 become unnecessary.

Further, in the above embodiment, the music data storage device 5 stores the lyrics data D2, and the lyrics are stored on the CRT monitor 13.
However, this configuration is also not essential; in this case, the second video RAM 8, character generator 9, video synthesis circuit 12, and CRT monitor 13 are unnecessary.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the detailed description above, according to the present invention, the relevant song title data is narrowed down based on the human characters associated with the song title and the human characters associated with the singer's name, and the song title data narrowed down in this way is Since the music selection data is stored as music selection data, it is possible to search for the music desired to be played and enter settings without using the music title list book.
The input characters are one character or a plurality of characters starting from the first character of the song title or singer's name, and as a general rule, it is not necessary to enter all the characters manually, so the operation can be performed easily.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the present invention. Figures 2 to 4 show embodiments embodying the present invention; Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the karaoke device, Figure 3 is an external view of the operation panel, and Figure 4 is an explanation of the operation. FIG. FIG. 5 is an external view of an operation panel of another embodiment. Ml...Character input means M2...Performance data storage means M3...Search means M4...Control means M5...Song selection data storage means 1...CPU (search means, control means>3...・RA
M (music selection data storage means) 5...music data storage device (performance data storage means) 4a...Japanese syllabary keys (character input means) a,...song title data bl...singer name data x ( a,, bt)... Song title search data y (at
, b, )...Singer name search data Z(at, bi)
... Song selection candidate data W8... Song selection specific data

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A character input means for individually inputting one character or multiple characters from the first character of the song title and singer name of the song desired to be performed, and performance data of each song for a large number of songs. and performance data storage means for storing in association with singer name data, and searching said performance data storage means based on input characters to select song title data that includes the input characters as part of the song title data and singer name data. A karaoke apparatus comprising: a search means for extracting data as data; and a control means for storing music selection data extracted by the search means in a music selection data storage means.