JPH0720855A - Method and device for inputting musical information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the method and device for inputting musical information which can precisely display notes that an input operator intends, through an easy operation. CONSTITUTION:It is decided (SB1) first whether or not a scale is specified on staff. This scale specification is performed by bringing the tip of a pen into contact with the position corresponding to the scale of a note to be entered in the staff. Once the scale is specified, the specified scale is stored (SB2), a display is made (SB3) at the scale position, and a dot is displayed on the staff through the process of SB3. Then, it is decided (SB4) whether or not a numeral is specified, the tone length of the note is determined (SB6) corresponding to the numeral, and the determined tone length is stored in a RAM 3 (SB7). Then, the note to be entered is displayed with the scale previously stored in SB2 and the tone length stored in SB7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a music information input method and a music information input device for displaying inputted music information on a staff.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional music information input device, for example, one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-161990 has been proposed. In this music information input device, when a staff is displayed on the display panel and a note is handwritten on the staff, the pitch and duration of the inputted note are recognized, and the recognized pitch and The note corresponding to the note length is displayed on the staff.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional music information input device, in order to display a note, it is necessary to input the whole note by handwriting. The same operation as when writing notes on paper is required, and the complexity of score creation cannot be eliminated. Also, in order to recognize the pitch of a note entered by handwriting, it is necessary to accurately write the ball part of the note only on each line or between each line on the staff. Therefore, when writing the note on the above-mentioned notation sheet, The difficulty of was not able to be solved at all.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and provides a music information input method and a music information input device capable of accurately displaying a note intended by an input person by an easy operation. That is the purpose.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, a music information input method according to the present invention displays a staff and determines a pitch according to the position of a handwriting operator on the displayed staff. At the same time, the note length is determined from the operation mode of the handwriting operator, and the note corresponding to the decided pitch and note length is displayed on the staff.

Further, in the music information input device according to the present invention, the display means, the staff notation display means for displaying the staff notation on the display means, and the operation detection for detecting the operation of the handwriting operator on the display means. Means, a pitch designating means for designating a pitch according to the position of the handwriting operator on the staff detected by the operation detecting means, and a sound based on the operation mode of the handwriting operator detected by the operation detecting means. A note length discriminating means for discriminating a length, and a note display means for displaying a note corresponding to the note length discriminated by the note length discriminating means and the pitch designated by the pitch designating means on the staff. have.

Preferably, the pitch is first determined, and then the tone length is determined or discriminated from the operation mode of the handwriting operator. The operation mode of the handwriting operator is the operation of the handwriting operator. Is the number, the number of times of pressing, the pressing time, the pressing force, and the like.

In the above music information input method, when the handwriting operator is operated to bring it into contact with a position corresponding to the pitch to be written on the staff, the pitch is determined by the position of the handwriting operator. To be done. In addition, when you write a number by operating the handwriting operator, the note length is determined by the written number etc., and the note corresponding to this decided pitch and note length is displayed on the staff. To be done.

Further, in the musical tone input information device,
When the handwriting operator is operated to bring it into contact with an arbitrary position on the staff displayed on the display means, the contact position is detected by the operation detecting means, and the pitch designating means determines the pitch based on the detected contact position. Is specified. When an operation such as writing a number is performed from the handwriting operator, this operation is detected by the operation detecting means, and the tone length determining means determines the tone length from the written number or the like. Then, the note display means operates based on the specified pitch and the determined note length, so that the corresponding note is displayed on the staff.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. That is, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the present embodiment, and the CPU 1 is required in this musical sound information input device based on programs etc. stored in advance in the ROM 2 and data temporarily stored in the RAM 3. Execute all controls that The ROM 2 stores, together with the program, note data having the following note length and image data showing its shape in association with numbers.

[0010] Further, the ROM 2 stores all image data of various symbols necessary for a musical score such as a staff, clef, key signature, and time signature.

The LCD controller 4 includes a CPU 1
The LCD display unit 5 is driven in accordance with the instruction of 1. to display the staff, notes, and the like. A touch panel 6 is laminated on the upper surface side of the LCD display unit 5, and touch information on the touch panel 6 is input via a panel I / O port 7.
The sound source 8 generates a musical tone waveform according to the instruction of the CPU 1,
This musical tone waveform is amplified by the amplifier 9 and is amplified by the speaker 10.
Is emitted more.

FIG. 2 shows an external structure of the music information display device according to this embodiment. The device body 11 has a screen 12 formed by laminating a touch panel 6 on the LCD display section 5. It is provided. At the bottom of the screen 12, switches 13 and 14 used for turning on / off the device and adjusting the brightness of the LCD display unit 5 are arranged, and LEDs 15 and 16 corresponding to the switches 13 and 14 are arranged.
Are arranged. On the side of the switch 14, the speaker 10 is built in, and a pen 17 provided separately from the apparatus main body 11 is prepared.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described. That is, the CPU 1 starts the operation according to the main flow shown in FIG. 3 when the switch 13 is turned on. Then, first, the LCD controller 4 is controlled based on the image data of the musical notation read from the ROM 2,
The staff notation is displayed on the CD display unit 5 (SA1). This S
By the processing of A1, as shown in FIG. 4 (A), a plurality of staves are displayed on the screen 12.

Next, it is judged whether or not there is a clef input operation (SA2). Here, the clef input operation means that, as shown in FIG. "○"
Is an operation to draw. When the input person draws “◯” on the staff using the pen 17, the touch of the pen 17 at the time of drawing is detected by the touch panel 6 and input to the CPU 1 via the panel I / O port 7. Then CPU1
Determines that there is a clef input operation, reads the image data of the treble clef from the ROM 2, controls the LCD controller 4, and executes clef display (SA3). In response to the processing of SA3, the LCD controller 4 operates so that a treble clef is displayed at the end of the staff notation “◯” as shown in FIG.
3).

Next, it is determined whether or not there is a key signature input operation (SA4), and this key signature input operation is performed by using the pen 17 on the staff notation "#" (or "♭") and the number thereof. Is the operation of writing. That is, while the treble clef shown in FIG. 5A is displayed, as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 5B, the pen 17 is used to display “#” (or Write “♭”) and the number.

At this time, in A major as in this example,
Since there are three #s, if "#" is written on the staff and then "3" is written below it, the key signature input operation is completed. When this key signature input operation is completed, the CPU 1
Executes blending display (SA5), and by the processing of this SA5, the key signature of the input key is displayed on the right side of the treble clef as shown in FIG. 5 (C).

Subsequently, in the main flow, it is determined whether or not there is a time signature input operation (SA6). In this time signature input operation, the treble clef and key signature shown in FIG. 6A (however, in FIG. 6 and subsequent figures, the key signature is omitted and only the treble clef is displayed). In the state where is displayed, the pen 17 is used to write the numerator of the time signature and the number of the denominator on the staff, as shown in FIG.
That is, if the time signature is 3/4 as in this example, "3" is written on the upper part and "4" is written on the lower part. As a result, a touch is detected by the touch panel 6 and a numeric value is input to the CPU 1 via the panel I / O port 7. Then, the CPU 1 recognizes the two numbers written above and below on the basis of the number data stored in the ROM 2, determines that the tone symbol input operation has been performed, and executes the time signature display (SA7). ). That is, the image data of the corresponding numeral is read from the ROM 2, and the LCD controller 4 operates according to the read image data, so that the tone symbol “3/4” is displayed as shown in FIG. 6C.
Is displayed.

In this way, after the determination processing of SA1 to SA7 is executed, the next note input operation detection / display processing (SA8) is performed. This note input operation detection / display processing is executed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 7, and it is first determined whether or not there is pitch designation on the staff (SB).
1). This pitch designation is performed by bringing the tip of the pen 17 into contact with a position corresponding to the pitch of the note to be written on the staff. That is, for example, when writing a quarter note of the pitch F1, with the tone mark or the like being displayed as shown in FIG. Touch the tips. As a result, when the touch of the pen 17 is detected by the touch panel 6 and input to the CPU 1 via the panel I / O port 7, the designated pitch is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 3 (SB2). Then, the display is executed at the pitch position (SB
3) By the processing of SB3, as shown in FIG. 8B, the point P is displayed between the first parts of the staff.

Next, it is judged whether or not there is a numerical designation (SB4). As shown by the dotted line in FIG. 7B, the numerical designation is made below the displayed point P. It is an operation to write the numerical value of the head of. Therefore, when a quarter note of pitch F1 is to be entered as in this example, the point P
At the bottom of the, enter "4" which is the numerical value of the head of the note
Will be described in. By this operation, the numerical value has been designated, and the CPU 1 judges the content based on the designated numerical value (SB5).

That is, as described above, in the ROM 2, the musical notes (whole notes, 2, 4, 8, 8) corresponding to the numerical values 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 ... 16) is stored. Then, after recognizing the numerical value written by the operation of the pen 17, the note having the note length corresponding to the recognized numerical value is discriminated, and the note length of the note indicated by the numerical value is determined (S
B6), the determined sound length is stored in the RAM 3 (SB
7). Then, the pitch previously stored in SB2 and this SB
The note to be entered is displayed according to the note length stored in step 7 (SB8), and the processing of this SB8 causes the note in FIG.
As shown in, the quarter note is displayed at the position of the pitch F1.

On the other hand, in the main flow of FIG.
At SA9 subsequent to 8, it is determined whether or not there is a note input for one bar in the time signature, and the loop of SA8 → SA9 is repeated until the note input for one bar is input. Therefore,
During this period, for example, by designating the pitch F1 and then designating "8" by designating the pitch F1 and the numerical value on the above-mentioned staff, and further designating the pitch A1 and then designating "4", FIG. As shown in (A), after the above-described quarter note of the pitch F1, the eighth note of the pitch F1 and the quarter note of the pitch A1 are sequentially displayed. Also, at this point, there is no note input for one measure in the 3/4 time signature, so the loop is repeated again.

Then, as virtually shown in (B) of the figure, when an eighth note is input at a pitch E2 and a note of one measure is input by this operation, one measure of one note is input. The note input is completed, and automatic bar line drawing is executed (SA1
0). By this processing of SA10, as shown in FIG. 9C, a bar line is displayed next to the eighth note of the pitch E2 which is the last note for one bar.

Subsequently, it is judged whether or not there is a note input for one stage (SA11), and the loop of SA8 to SA11 is repeated until the note input for one stage is input. Therefore, by repeating the loop of SA8 to SA11, as shown in (A) of FIG. 10, the notes input during this period are sequentially displayed, and at the time when there is a note input of one bar. Bar lines are displayed. Then, as virtually shown in (B) of the same figure, when a quarter note input operation is performed at the pitch E1, the note input for one measure is made and the note input for one step is completed. To do. Therefore, after automatically drawing the bar line at SA10 in the loop,
When the determination in SA11 is YES, the flow proceeds to SA12, in which it is determined whether or not there is a music score completion operation.

The completion operation of this musical score is an operation of writing a line in parallel with the bar line that is automatically drawn last by the operation of the pen 17. And such a pen 17
If there is no operation by, the clef and key signature are automatically displayed at the beginning of the next stage (SA13), and the process from SA8 is repeated. Therefore, by the processing of SA13,
As shown in (C) of 0, the treble clef and the key signature are shown at the beginning of the next stage (however, in FIG. 6 and subsequent figures, the key signature is omitted and only the treble clef is displayed. Is automatically displayed and the column is changed.

Until the completion operation is performed, SA
The loop of 8 to SA13 is repeated, and as a result, FIG.
As shown in (A) of 1, the notes input during this period are sequentially displayed. In addition, the bar line is displayed when there is a one-bar note input, and the bar is changed when there is a one-note input, and the clef etc. are automatically displayed.
Then, when the score is completed, as shown by the dotted line in (B) of the figure, when an operation of writing a line in parallel with the bar line that is automatically drawn at the end is performed, the completion operation is performed. It will be. Therefore, the process proceeds from SA12 to SA14 to execute the end line drawing, and the processing of this SA14 causes the end line to be displayed at the last part of the final stage as shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing the second embodiment of the present invention. That is, this flowchart is
This shows the processing contents of detecting and displaying the score input operation of SA8 in the main flow shown in FIG. 3. First, it is judged whether or not there is a pitch designation on the staff (SC1). This pitch designation is the same as in the first embodiment, and the tip of the pen 17 is brought into contact with the position corresponding to the pitch of the note to be written on the staff shown in FIG. It is an operation. When the pitch is designated by this operation, the designated pitch is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 3 (SC2). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not there is a numerical designation (SC3), but this numerical designation is (B) in FIG.
As shown in, the operation is to write the numerical value of the head of the note name at the position where the pitch is specified. Therefore, pitch F1 of 4
When writing a quarter note, "4", which is the numerical value of the head of the quarter note, is written with the pen 17 between the first parts of the staff as virtually shown in FIG. By this operation, the numerical value has been designated, and the CPU 1 judges the content based on the designated numerical value in the same manner as in the first embodiment (SC4) and determines the note length of the note indicated by the numerical value. (SC
5). Next, this is stored in the RAM3 (SC6), and the note to be entered is displayed by the pitch stored in advance in SC2 and the note length stored in this SC6 (SC7). As shown in (C) of 13,
A quarter note is displayed at the pitch F1 position. That is, in the second embodiment, when the operation of writing the numerical value of the note using the pen 17 is performed on the staff displayed on the screen 12 at the position corresponding to the pitch of the note to be written, When writing is started, the determination of SC1 is YE.
When S is reached and the writing of the numerical value is completed, the determination at SC3 is YES, and the desired note is displayed by the processing at SC7. Therefore, an arbitrary note can be easily displayed by a single operation of writing a numerical value at a position corresponding to the pitch of the note to be entered on the staff.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing the third embodiment of the present invention. That is, this flowchart also
This shows the processing contents of detecting and displaying the score input operation of SA8 in the main flow shown in FIG. 3. First, it is judged whether or not there is a pitch designation on the staff (SD1). This pitch designation is the same as in the first embodiment, and the tip of the pen 17 is brought into contact with the staff corresponding to the pitch of the note to be written on the staff shown in FIG. It is an operation. Therefore, for example, when the pitch F1 is to be specified, the tip of the pen 17 is brought into contact with the first part on the staff notation as shown as the contact point T in FIG. When the pitch is designated by this operation, the designated pitch F1 is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 3 (SD2).

Next, an initial value "1" is set in the counter (SD3), and a judgment based on the value of this counter is executed (SD4). This SD4 is for judging whether the value of the counter is an odd number or an even number. If it is an odd number, the ball part of the note is outlined, and if it is an even number, the ball part of the note is It is set to be filled (SD5), and then displayed at the pitch position (SD6). Therefore,
As described above, if the pitch F1 is specified and the value of the counter is now “1”, as shown in FIG. 15 (C), all the balls are blank during the first part of the staff. The notes will be displayed.

Next, the reading process of the note length designating operation is executed. Here, the note length designating operation is SD6, and the pen 17 is operated with respect to the ball portion of the note displayed on the staff in SD6. It is an operation to add or not to add the stick and flag of. That is, in the case of a note consisting of a ball and a stick without a flag such as a half note or a quarter note, only the stick is added to the previously displayed ball, and the note of the eighth note or less is added. In the case of a musical note composed of a ball portion, a rod, and a flag, the rod and the flag are added to the previously displayed ball portion. In addition, in the case of a note consisting of only a ball portion without a stick and a flag like a whole note, without adding a stick and a flag,
Leave it as it is.

When the note length is specified by the additional writing of the stick or the flag, the operation for specifying the note length is read (SD7), and the specified note length is stored (SD8). When a predetermined time elapses without performing any additional recording as in the case of designating whole notes, the process proceeds from SD7 to SD8 to store the note length of all notes. Next, notes are displayed according to the pitch previously stored in SD2 and the tone length stored in SD8 (SD9). Therefore, as shown virtually in (D) of FIG. 15, if a bar is added to all the notes of the pitch F1 that are displayed in advance, the pitch will be as shown in (E) of FIG. The half note of F1 will be displayed.

Next, it is judged whether or not the pen 17 has touched the ball portion of the displayed note (SD10), and if not touched, the process proceeds to the end. Therefore, when the ball portion of the note is not touched, the half note of the pitch F1 displayed in SD9 is confirmed, and the input of the next note is started.

However, when the ball portion is touched, as indicated by the contact point T in (F) of the figure, the flag currently displayed,
Erase the stick (SD11). Subsequently, the counter is incremented (SD12), and the determination process from SD4 is executed again. Therefore, the counter that had been set to the initial value "1" in SD3 counts up to "2".
, The value is an even number, and the ball portion of the note is set to be filled in SD5. Moreover, since the flag and the stick are erased in SD11, the filled ball portion is displayed in the pitch F1 as shown in (G) of FIG. 16 by executing the processing of SD6. Becomes

In this state, as shown virtually in (H) of the figure, when a stick and a flag are additionally written in order to input an eighth note, this is read (SD7). Further, after the note length is stored (SD8), the note display (SD9) is performed with the pitch and the note length, so that the pitch F1 is 8 minutes as shown in (I) of the figure. The notes are displayed. And
If the ball of the note is not touched in this state, the process proceeds from SD10 to END, whereby the half note of the pitch F1 displayed at SD9 is confirmed, and the input of the next note is started. However, as shown as the contact point T in (F) of the figure, when the ball is touched, the flag and bar currently displayed are erased as described above (SD11), and the counter is continuously counted up. (SD12), the determination process from SD4 is executed again. Therefore, when the counter having a value of "2" counts up to "3" and the value becomes an odd number, a blank ball portion is set in SD5. Moreover,
Since the flag and the stick are erased in SD11, the processing of SD6 is executed, so that a white ball portion is displayed in the pitch F1 as shown in (K) of FIG. Become. And if you do not touch the ball of the note in this state, S
Proceeding from D10 to END, the whole note of the pitch F1 displayed at SD9 is confirmed, and the input of the next note is started. Of course, if the ball portion is touched, the loop of SD4 to SD12 is repeated, whereby any note can be created and displayed.

FIG. 17 shows a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing processing contents of detecting and displaying a score input operation of SA8 in the main flow shown in FIG. That is,
First, it is determined whether or not there is a pitch designation on the staff (S
E1). This pitch designation is also the same as in the first embodiment,
This is an operation of bringing the tip of the pen 17 into contact with the position corresponding to the pitch of the note to be written on the staff shown in FIG. When the pitch is designated by this operation, the designated pitch is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 3 (SE2).

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not there is a note length designating operation (SE3). This note length designating operation is performed by the length of the bar when a note is drawn on the staff by operating the pen 17. . That is, the ROM 2 shown in FIG. 1 stores the note of each note length corresponding to the length of the stick shown below.

[0036] Here, one space length is the width of the "space" in the staff, that is, the length of the space between the lines.

When only the ball part of the note or the ball part and the bar are drawn by operating the pen 17 on the staff, it means that there is a note length designation operation, and the length of the bar is detected (S
E4). Then, based on the detected result, the sound length is judged from the stored contents (SE5). Therefore, as shown by the dotted line in (B) of FIG. 18, when the ball portion of the note is drawn in the first interval K1 of the staff and the rod is drawn over the entire width of the second interval K2, the rod is one interval long. Therefore, the note length is determined to be a quarter note, and the decided note length is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 3 (SE6). Next, the note to be entered is displayed based on the pitch previously stored in SE2 and the note length stored in SE6 (SE7), and as shown in FIG. 18C by the processing of SE7. A quarter note is displayed at the pitch F1 position.

Further, as shown by the dotted line in (D) of the figure, next to the quarter note of the pitch F1, the ball portion of the note is drawn in the first interval K1 of the staff, and the stick is drawn from the second interval K2 to the second interval K2. If you pull it to the center of K3 for 3 minutes, the length of the bar is 1.5, so the note length is 8
It becomes a quarter note. Therefore, as shown in (E) of FIG.
Next to the quarter note of the pitch F1, the eighth note is displayed at the position of the pitch F1.

That is, when the pen 17 is used to write the ball part of the note on the staff displayed on the screen 12 at a position corresponding to the pitch of the note to be written, the ball part is written. The determination of SE1 is YES at the start of the process. Further, when the writing of the ball portion and the stick is completed, the determination of SE3 is YES, and SE4 to SE
The desired note is displayed at the desired pitch by sequentially performing the process of 7. Therefore, write the ball at the position corresponding to the pitch of the note to be entered on the staff,
By writing a bar of a length corresponding to the note length (however, in the case of whole notes, the bar length is "0", the bar is left unwritten), any note can be displayed in sequence. .

FIG. 19 shows the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing processing contents of detecting and displaying a score input operation of SA8 in the main flow shown in FIG. That is,
The flow of the fifth embodiment is composed of SF1 to SF8, but the other processing except SF3 is the same as SE1 to SE7 of the flow shown in FIG. Then, in SF3, display is performed at the pitch position stored in the previous step. Therefore, for example, when writing a sixteenth note of the pitch F1, as shown in (A) of FIG. Touch the tips. Then, the point P is displayed in the first interval K1 of the staff by the processing of SF3, as shown in FIG.

Next, write a ball portion at the position where this point P is displayed [(C) in FIG. 20], and then write a stick over the entire width of the second interval K2 to the third interval K3 [ (D) of FIG. As a result, the 16-note note length specifying operation is completed, and the 16th note is displayed at the position of the pitch F1 by the same processing procedure as that of the fourth embodiment [(E) in the figure]. Further, when the next note is input, when the pen 17 is brought into contact with a position on the staff to input the next note, a point P is displayed at the position [(F) in the same figure], similarly to the above. By operating the pen 17, arbitrary notes can be displayed sequentially.

FIG. 21 shows the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
6 shows the processing contents of detecting and displaying the score input operation of SA8 in the main flow shown in FIG.
In the embodiment, note data is stored in the ROM 2 in association with the value of the counter as shown below.

[0043] Then, in the flow of FIG. 21, it is first determined whether or not there is a pitch designation on the staff (SG1). This pitch designation is an operation of writing a whole note with the pen 17 at a position corresponding to the pitch of the note to be written on the staff as shown in FIG. Therefore, for example, when the pitch F1 is to be specified, if a whole note is written in the first notation of the staff, the pitch F1 is specified, and the specified pitch F1 is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 3. (SG2).

Next, the initial value "1" is set in the counter (SG3), and after the note length judgment based on the value of this counter is executed (SG4), any note corresponding to this note length is determined. (SG5). Next, the determined note length of the note is stored (SG6), and the pitch and SG stored in SG2 are stored.
A note is displayed with the note length stored in 6 (SG7). Therefore, if the pitch F1 is specified as described above and the value of the counter is now "1", all the notes are displayed between the first parts of the staff, as shown in FIG. It will be.

Next, it is determined whether or not the pen 17 has touched the ball portion of the displayed note (SG8), and if not touched, the process proceeds to END. Therefore, when the ball of the note is not touched, the whole note of the pitch F1 displayed on SG7 is confirmed,
Start typing the next note. However, as shown as the contact point T in (B) of the figure, when the ball portion is touched, it is first determined whether or not the value of the counter is Max (for example, Max = 7) (SG9).

If the value is Max, the counter is reset to 0 (SG10) and the counter value is incremented. If Max is not reached, the value of the counter is counted up without resetting to 0 (SG11), and thereafter the determination process from SG4 is repeated. Therefore, when the counter, which has been set to the initial value “1” in SG3, counts up to “2”, SG5 determines the half note, and SG5
By executing the process of No. 7, the half note of the pitch F1 is displayed as shown in (C) of FIG. In this state, it is judged whether or not the ball portion of the note is touched (SG8),
If you do not touch, go to the end. Therefore, if you do not touch the ball of the note, the pitch of F1 displayed on SG7 is 2
The quarter note is confirmed, and the input of the next note is started.

However, when the ball portion is touched as shown as the contact point T in (D) of the figure, the aforementioned SG8 to SG11 are touched.
→ Go to SG4. Therefore, when the counter counts up to “3” in SG11, the quarter note is determined in SG5, and the processing in SG7 is executed. As a result, as shown in (E) of FIG. The quarter note of is displayed. Then, in this state, if the ball portion of the note is not touched, the process proceeds to the end, the quarter note of the pitch F1 displayed at SG7 is confirmed, and the input of the next note is started.

However, when the ball portion is touched as shown as the contact point T in (F) of the figure, the above-mentioned SG8 to SG11 are touched.
→ Go to SG4. Then, when the counter is counted up at SG11 and becomes "4", SG5 determines the eighth note, and the processing at SG7 is executed.
As shown in (G) of, the eighth note of the pitch F1 is displayed. Further, in this state, if the ball portion of the note is not touched, the pitch F displayed at SG7 is advanced by advancing to the end.
The eighth note of 1 is fixed, and the input of the next note is started.

In the same manner as described below, in (H) of FIG.
If you touch the ball of a quarter note, a sixteenth note will be displayed [(I) in the figure], and if you touch the ball of a sixteenth note in (J) of the figure, a thirty-second note will be displayed. When the ball portion of the 32nd note is touched in (K) in the figure] and (L) in the figure, the 64th note (not shown) is displayed. Then, when the value of the counter reaches Max by touching the ball portion of the 64th note, the initial value "1" is set in the counter, and the whole note is displayed again. Therefore, it is possible to sequentially display the notes having a desired note length by a simple operation of touching the ball portion any number of times.

FIG. 24 shows the seventh embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing processing contents of detecting and displaying a score input operation of SA8 in the main flow shown in FIG. That is,
First, it is determined whether or not there is a pitch designation on the staff (SH
1) If there is a pitch designation, the designated pitch is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 3 (SH2). Then, the display is executed at the pitch position (SH3), and it is determined whether or not there is a note length designation operation (SH4). When there is a note length designation operation, this is stored in the RAM 3 (SH
5) The note to be entered is displayed based on the pitch previously stored in SH2 and the note length stored in SH5 (SH6). Therefore, by alternately performing the pitch specifying operation and the pitch specifying operation, for example, as shown in (A) of FIG. 25, a note having a specified pitch and a specified pitch is displayed on the staff. Are displayed in sequence. However, as shown by the dotted line in (B) of the figure, after performing the operation of designating the pitch C2, without designating the pitch length of this pitch C2,
When the next pitch A1 is designated, the determination of SH4 becomes NO in the flowchart of FIG. 24, and after the processing proceeds to SH7, the determination of SH7 becomes YES. Therefore, SH8
And the previous pitch length, that is, the pitch E2 in FIG.
Holds the eighth note length, which is the note length of.

Then, the note is displayed with the pitch, that is, the pitch C2 stored in SH2, and the pitch, that is, the eighth note length, held in SH8 (SH6). Therefore, this SH
By the processing of 6, as shown in FIG. 25C, the eighth note of the pitch C2 for which only the pitch is previously designated is displayed. That is, in the seventh embodiment, when notes of the same note length continue, only the pitch is specified without performing the operation of specifying the pitch, and then the pitch of the next note is further changed. If specified, notes of the same note length will be automatically displayed, and the note input operation will be further facilitated.

FIG. 26 shows an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing processing contents of detecting and displaying a score input operation of SA8 in the main flow shown in FIG. That is,
First, it is determined whether or not there is a pitch designation on the staff (SI
1) If there is a pitch designation, the designated pitch is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 3 (SI2). Subsequently, the pressing force when the screen 12 is pressed by the pen 17 is detected (SI3), and the tone length is determined based on the detection result (SI4).

That is, in this eighth embodiment, RO
M2 stores a plurality of types of pressing force when the touch panel 6 is pressed by the pen 17 and the note length data of the note corresponding to each pressing force. When the screen 12 is pressed with the pressing force corresponding to the note length of the note to be input by operating the pen 17, the press on the touch panel 6 forming the upper layer of the screen 12 is detected to determine the note length. Then
This is stored in RAM3 (SI5).

Then, the pitch stored in SI2 and SI5
After the note is displayed with the note length stored in (SI6), it is determined whether or not the pressing operation has stopped (SI7). When the pressing operation is stopped, the process proceeds from SI7 to END, whereby the note displayed at SI6 is confirmed and the input of the next note is started. However, unless the pressing operation is stopped, the processing from SI3 is repeated. Therefore, when the pressing operation is continued, each time the pressing force changes, the note length of the displayed note changes, and when the note of the desired note length is displayed, by stopping the pressing operation, Any note can be displayed.

FIG. 27 shows the ninth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing processing contents of detecting and displaying a score input operation of SA8 in the main flow shown in FIG. That is,
First, it is judged whether or not there is a pitch designation on the staff (SJ
1) This pitch designation is performed by bringing the tip of the pen 17 into contact with a position corresponding to the pitch of the note to be written on the staff. When the pitch is designated, the designated pitch is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 3 (SJ2). Subsequently, the counting operation of the timer is started (SJ3), and it is determined whether or not a certain time has elapsed based on the count value of the started timer (SJ4).

After a lapse of a certain time, the display state is changed, that is, the kind of the previously displayed note is changed (SJ5), and then it is determined whether or not the pen 17 is separated from the screen 12 (SJ6). If the pen 17 is not separated,
The determination process from SJ4 is executed, and thus the loop of SJ4 to SJ6 is repeated until the pen 17 moves away from the screen 12. In the meantime, the process of SJ5 is executed every time a fixed time elapses, and the notes of different note lengths are sequentially displayed.
Then, when the note of the desired duration is displayed, the pen 17
Is released from the screen 12, and when the signal that the pen 17 is released from the touch panel 6 is output, the timer is stopped to count (SJ7).

Next, the sound length is judged based on the count time of the timer until the count is stopped (SJ
8). That is, in the ninth embodiment, the ROM 2 stores a plurality of types of time during which the touch panel 6 is pressed by the pen 17 and the note length data of the note corresponding to each time. Then, if the screen 12 is continuously pressed at the pitch position of the note to be input by operating the pen 17,
The pressing time on the touch panel 6 which is the upper layer of the screen 12 is detected to determine the sound length, and this is stored in the RAM 3 (SJ9).

Finally, a note is displayed with the pitch stored in SJ2 and the note length stored in SJ9 (SJ1
0). Therefore, when the pressing operation is continued, the note length of the displayed note changes according to the pressing time, and when the note having the desired note length is displayed, the pressing operation is stopped, so that The notes can be displayed sequentially.

FIG. 28 shows the processing contents of the score input operation detection / display of SA8 in the main flow shown in FIG. 3 in the tenth embodiment of the present invention. That is, first, it is determined whether or not a pitch is specified on the staff (SK
1) If a pitch is designated, the designated pitch is stored (SK2). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not there is a note length designation operation, and if there is a note length designation operation, the note length is stored (SK4), and the note is recorded with the pitch stored in SK2 and the note length stored in SK4. Is displayed (SK4). But,
If there is no pitch designating operation when the determination of SK1 is made, it is determined whether or not there is a pitch changing operation (SK6). Then, if there is a pitch changing operation, the pitch is changed to a pitch according to the instruction by the pitch changing operation (SK7), and then the note with the changed pitch is displayed.

Here, the pitch changing operation is, as illustrated in FIG. 29A, in a state where a musical note is displayed, while touching the ball portion of the musical note with the pen 17, This is an operation of moving the pen 17 to a desired pitch position, as indicated by a dotted arrow in (B). Therefore, as in this example, while touching the ball portion of the quarter note having the pitch C2,
When the pen 17 is moved to the pitch F1, the quarter note is displayed with the pitch changed to F1 as shown in FIG.

Further, FIG. 30 shows another example of the pitch changing operation. As shown in FIG. 30A, a note is displayed and the ball portion of the note is displayed. After touching with the pen 17, as shown by the dotted line in FIG.
At 7, the ball portion is sequentially shifted and written at a desired pitch position. By this operation, the pitch finally written, that is, the quarter note in F1 in this example, is changed in pitch and displayed.

It is to be noted that, even if any of the pitch changing operations shown in FIGS. 29 and 30 is performed, SK of FIG.
It is determined in 6 that the pitch change operation has been performed. Therefore, the pitch change may be performed by whichever is easier to operate.

FIG. 31 is an external perspective view showing an eleventh embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus main body 11 is provided with a parent screen 12a and a child screen 12b. The main screen 12a has a display area capable of displaying a plurality of staffs, and the child screen 12b has a display area capable of enlarging and displaying a single staff. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 32, while the notes that have already been input are displayed on the parent screen 12a in a plurality of steps, the currently input steps are enlarged and displayed on the child screen 12b. Further, the operation can be facilitated by adopting a configuration in which the operation for designating the pitch and the duration and the operation for changing the pitch are performed on the sub-screen 12b.

In the twelfth embodiment shown in FIG. 33, the stage in which the current note is being input is enlarged and displayed on the single screen 12 [(A) and (B) in the same figure]. At the time when the note input of the column is completed and the note input to the next stage is started, the input stage is reduced and displayed, while the next stage is enlarged and displayed [(C) in the figure]. Therefore, according to the twelfth embodiment, as in the eleventh embodiment described above, the main screen 12
Even with the structure in which only the single screen 12 is provided without providing the a and the child screen 12b, the note input operation and the pitch change operation are facilitated.

[0065]

As described above, according to the present invention, the pitch is determined by the position of the handwriting operator on the displayed staff, and the pitch is determined by the operation mode of the handwriting operator. A note corresponding to a pitch and a note length is displayed on the staff. Therefore, by placing the handwriting operator on the line corresponding to the pitch of the note to be input on the staff and operating it in a predetermined manner, the note with the desired pitch and length is displayed. Can be made. Therefore, it is possible to accurately display the note intended by the input person by an easy operation, and it is possible to eliminate the complexity of score creation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration common to a music information input device according to each embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of the music information input device.

FIG. 3 is a main flowchart showing an operation common to each embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display process of clef display.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display process of key signature display.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display process of displaying a time signature.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of note input operation detection / display in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation procedure of a note input operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display process of automatic bar line drawing.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display process of a column break.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display process of ending line drawing.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of note input operation detection / display in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a procedure of a note input operation of the same example.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of note input operation detection / display in the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a procedure of note input operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a procedure of note input operation following FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of note input operation detection / display in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a procedure of a note input operation of the example.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of note input operation detection / display in the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a procedure of note input operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of note input operation detection / display in the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a procedure of a note input operation of the same example.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of a note input operation subsequent to FIG. 22;

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of note input operation detection / display in the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a procedure of a note input operation of the same example.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of note input operation detection / display in the eighth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of note input operation detection / display in the ninth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of note input operation detection / display in the tenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a procedure of a pitch changing operation of the example.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing the procedure of another pitch changing operation in the example.

FIG. 31 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a music information input device according to an eleventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a display state of the example.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a display state in a twelfth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 LCD controller 5 LCD display 6 Touch panel 12 Screen 17 Pen

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A staff is displayed, a pitch is determined by the position of a handwriting operator on the displayed staff, and a pitch is determined from an operation mode of the handwriting operator.
A music information input method characterized in that a note corresponding to the determined pitch and duration is displayed on the staff. 2. The music information input method according to claim 1, wherein the pitch is first determined, and then the tone length is determined from an operation mode of the handwriting operator. 3. The music information input method according to claim 1, wherein the tone length is determined by a number written by the operation of the handwriting operator. 4. The music information input method according to claim 1, wherein the sound length is determined according to the number of times the handwriting operator is pressed. 5. The music information input method according to claim 1, wherein the sound length is determined by the pressing time by the operation of the handwriting operator. 6. The sound length is determined by the pressing force applied by the operation of the handwriting operator.
Or the music information input method described in 2. 7. A display means, a staff display means for displaying a staff notation on the display means, an operation detection means for detecting an operation of a handwriting operator on the display means, and the staff notation detected by the operation detection means. A pitch designating means for designating a pitch according to the position of the handwriting operator on the above, a sound length judging means for judging a sound length based on the operation mode of the handwriting operator detected by the operation detecting means, and the sound length A music information input device comprising: a musical note display means for displaying musical notes corresponding to the pitch length discriminated by the discrimination means and the pitch designated by the pitch designating means on the staff. 8. The music information input device according to claim 7, wherein the tone length determination means determines the tone length based on an operation mode of the handwriting operator after the tone pitch is designated. . 9. The music information input device according to claim 7, wherein the tone length determination means determines the tone length based on a number written by the operation of the handwriting operator. 10. The music information input device according to claim 7, wherein the preceding note length determining means determines the note length based on the number of times of pressing by the handwriting operator. 11. The music information input device according to claim 7, wherein the tone length determination means determines the tone length based on a pressing time by the operation of the handwriting operator. 12. The music information input device according to claim 7, wherein the sound length determination means determines the sound length based on the pressing force by the operation of the handwriting operator.