JPH09244842A - Musical sound reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the musical sound reproducing device which can display plural information images together according to the situation while a background image for KARAOKE is displayed. SOLUTION: A specific level attached to music data on played music Is compared with levels of respective information data (S40). Information data where a level higher than the specific level of the music data is set (YES at 540) are displayed in an area on a CRT which is specified in the information data (S48). Here, when plural information data are higher than the specific level of the music data, the respective information data are displayed in specified areas on the CRT.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a musical sound reproducing apparatus for displaying a background image and a subtitle image of lyrics on a monitor screen, and reproducing a musical sound by a speaker, the information other than the background image and the subtitle image of lyrics. The present invention relates to a karaoke device suitable for displaying an image on a monitor screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional karaoke apparatus, a subtitle image of lyrics and a background image are displayed on a monitor screen. However, recently, a karaoke song such as the status of reserved songs, weather forecasts and news Information that is not displayed on the monitor screen has appeared. However, in a normal karaoke apparatus, since there is only one monitor, there is a problem that other information such as the reserved song and the weather forecast cannot be displayed when the karaoke image is displayed. Therefore, conventionally, in order to solve the above problem, the monitor screen can be switched between a full screen display and a split screen display.
When the full screen display is selected, a background image of karaoke is displayed as shown in FIG. 4 (B), an information image of a reserved song is displayed in a part of the background image, and split screen display is selected. When you are on the screen of the monitor
As shown in FIG. 4, the image is divided into four, and various information images are displayed on each divided screen.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional one, when the full screen display is selected,
There is a problem that only one information video can be displayed, and when the split screen display is selected, a plurality of information videos can be displayed, but the karaoke video cannot be displayed large.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above problem, and provides a musical sound reproducing apparatus capable of displaying a plurality of information images in accordance with the situation while displaying a background image for karaoke. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a musical tone reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the musical tone reproducing apparatus stores information storing means for storing first information and second information. The first and second information is read from the information storage means, and the first
And display means capable of displaying the second information on the monitor screen,
In the musical sound reproducing device provided with,
The technical feature is that the first information is displayed under the first condition and the first and second information is displayed under the second condition.

In the musical sound reproducing apparatus according to the second aspect, the first
Of the character information and the second character information stored therein, and the first and second character information can be read from the information storage means and the first and second character information can be displayed on the monitor screen. In a musical sound reproducing device provided with a display means, the display means displays the first character information under a first condition and the first and second characters under a second condition.
The technical feature is to display the character information of.

According to another aspect of the musical sound reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the information storing means stores a plurality of types of character information together with their respective display levels, the music data of the performance music, and the change of the display level in the music data. Song data storage means for storing
Display means capable of reading character information from the information storage means and displaying the character information on a monitor screen, performance means for reading out music data from the music data storage means and reproducing a performance music, and reproduction of performance music by the performance means In a musical tone reproducing apparatus provided with level comparison means for comparing the level change of the music data in the inside with the level of the character information stored in the information storage means, the display means compares the level by the level comparison means. Based on the result, the technical feature is to display one or more of the character information exceeding the level in the music data on the monitor screen.

According to another aspect of the musical sound reproducing apparatus of the present invention, a plurality of types of character information are stored together with their respective display levels and display designated positions on the monitor screen, and music data of the performance music. Music data storage means for storing changes in display level in the music data, display means for reading character information from the information storage means and displaying the character information on a monitor screen, and music data from the music data storage means And a level comparison means for comparing the level change of the music data during the reproduction of the performance music by the performance means with the level of the character information stored in the information storage means. In the musical tone reproducing apparatus provided, the display means displays one or more pieces of the character information exceeding the level in the music data based on the comparison result by the level comparison means. And technical features to be displayed on the monitor screen in accordance with the said display specified position distribution.

[0009]

According to the invention of claim 1, the display means reads the first and second information from the information storage means. Then, the first information is displayed under the first condition, and the first and second information is displayed under the second condition. Therefore, it is possible to display only one type of information or multiple types of information depending on the conditions.

In the invention of claim 2, the display means is
The first and second character information is read from the information storage means.
Then, the first character information is displayed under the first condition,
The first and second character information is displayed under the second condition. Therefore, it is possible to display only one type of character information or to display a plurality of types of character information depending on the conditions.

Further, in the invention of claim 3, a plurality of kinds of character information are stored in the information storage means together with their respective display levels. Further, the music data of the performance music and the change of the display level in the music data are stored in the music data storage means. Here, during the operation of the musical sound reproducing device, the performance means reads out the music data from the music data storage means and reproduces the performance music. Further, the level comparing means compares the level change of the music piece data being reproduced by the performance means with the level of the character information stored in the information storage means. At the same time, the display means reads the character information from the information storage means and displays one or more character information exceeding the level in the music data on the monitor screen based on the comparison result by the level comparison means. Therefore, it is possible to display one or more pieces of character information on the monitor screen in accordance with the progress of the musical composition.

According to the present invention, a plurality of types of character information are stored in the information storage means together with their respective display levels and designated display positions on the monitor screen. Further, the music data of the performance music and the change of the display level in the music data are stored in the music data storage means. Here, during the operation of the musical sound reproducing device, the performance means reads out the music data from the music data storage means and reproduces the performance music. Further, the level comparing means compares the level change of the music piece data being reproduced by the performance means with the level of the character information stored in the information storage means. At the same time, the display means reads the character information from the information storage means and, based on the comparison result by the level comparison means, monitors one or more character information exceeding the level in the music data in accordance with the designated display position of the character information. Display on screen. Therefore, it is possible to display one or more pieces of character information at the designated position on the monitor screen in accordance with the progress of the musical composition.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a musical sound reproducing apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, in the following embodiments, a so-called communication karaoke device that provides music using a communication line will be described as a representative example of the musical sound reproduction device. FIG. 1 is an external view showing the main structure of the karaoke apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2A is an explanatory view of a front panel of a control device provided in the karaoke apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 3B is an explanatory diagram of a rear panel of the control device, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the karaoke device.

As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke device 10 has a CRT monitor (hereinafter abbreviated as CRT) as a display means for displaying a karaoke image and other information images such as weather forecasts and news. 20 and voice control such as request song setting, pitch change (key change),
In addition, a control device 30 that performs video control such as video switching, synthesizing, and dividing, amplification of a sound signal output from the control device 30, mixing of a sound input from the microphone 70 and a karaoke piece, sound and karaoke. An amplifier 40 that controls the volume balance with a song, controls high and low tones (tone control), and a laser disk player (hereinafter abbreviated as LD player) as background image storage means in which a background image for karaoke is stored as optical information. 50),
A pair of speakers 60, 60 for reproducing the audio signal output from the amplifier 40 as sound is provided.

Next, the structure of the control device 30 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2A, the front panel 30a of the control device 30 is provided with a push button 31 for inputting a song number or the like requested by the user. The push button 31 is composed of a numeric keypad 0 to 9 and alphabet keys A to F and a music selection key 31a, and a music selection button for selecting (confirming) the music number input by the music selection key 31a. 31b, a correction button 31c for correcting the song number input by the song selection key 31a, and CRT2
It is composed of a screen switching button 31d for switching the video displayed on the screen of 0 to the full screen display and the split screen display.

To the left of the music selection key 31a, the contents input by the music selection key 31a are displayed as 7seg. A song number display body 32 displayed by an LED and a microphone terminal 33 into which a jack of a microphone 70 is inserted are provided. The karaoke apparatus 10 is also designed to be operated by a wireless remote controller (not shown), and the front panel 30a is provided with a light receiving section 30c for receiving an optical signal sent from the wireless remote controller.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the rear panel 30b of the control device 30 has a telephone line 80 (FIG. 2) for receiving music data composed of a music signal for karaoke and a caption video signal. 3) is provided, and to the right of the telephone line connection terminal 34, a karaoke video input terminal 35a connected to a video output terminal (not shown) of the LD player 50 is provided.

On the right side of the video input terminal 35a, information for receiving information such as weather forecasts, news, higher ranking of karaoke requests, contents of services provided from the store side (for example, recommended menu), and the like. An information input terminal 35b for connecting the signal code 81 (see FIG. 3) is provided, and on the right side thereof, a video output terminal 35c connected to a video input terminal (not shown) of the CRT 20 is provided. An audio output terminal 36 connected to an audio input terminal (not shown) of the amplifier 40 is provided at the left end of the rear panel 30b.

Next, the structure of the control system of the control device 30 will be described with reference to FIG. The control device 30 is provided with a CPU 37a for controlling input / output of audio and video, and the push button 31 and the music number display 32 are connected to the CPU 37a. Also,
A modem 37 for inputting the music piece data inputted from the telephone line 80 and converting it into a digital signal is inputted to the CPU 37a.
b and the hard disk 38 are connected.

The hard disk 38 has a CPU 37.
a program memory area 38a in which the operation of a is described,
A song data memory area 38 for accumulating song data output from the modem 37b and functioning as a caption video storage unit.
b, and a display designation data memory area 38c for holding display designation data described later. CPU3
A music performance circuit 3 for inputting music data in the music data stored in the music data memory area 38b to 7a and converting it into an analog music signal which can be amplified by the amplifier 40.
7c is connected.

Further, the CPU 37a provides the background image data output from the LD player 50 and the music data 38b.
Input subtitle video data and information data transmitted from an information data storage device 92 provided outside the main body as an information storage means via an information signal code 81, and switch, combine and divide each video. A video processing circuit 39 is connected as a display means for performing. The detailed configuration and operation of the video processing circuit 39 will be described in the following operation description of the karaoke apparatus 10.

Next, a series of operations of the karaoke apparatus 10 having the above structure will be described with reference to FIGS. The song data of the played song is transferred from the host computer 82 via the telephone line 80 at night, converted into a digital signal by the communication modem 37b, and then stored in advance in the song data memory area 38b in the hard disk 38. . Here, when the user turns on the power switch of the karaoke device 10, the CRT 20, the control device 30, the amplifier 40, and the LD player 50 are activated.

When the user operates the music selection key 31a and the music selection button 31b provided on the front panel 30a of the control device 30 to set the music number of the music to be sung, the CPU 37a of the control device 30 causes the hard disk to Three
According to the control program in the program area 38a of No. 8, the song data corresponding to the set song number is read out from the song data 38b in the hard disk 38, and the caption video data in the read song data is converted into the video processing circuit 39.
To the music playing circuit 37c.

On the other hand, in the LD player 50, one background video is randomly selected from a plurality of background video data stored therein, and the selected background video data is input via the video input terminal 35a. It is input to the video processing circuit 39. Then, the caption video data and background video data input to the video processing circuit 39 are synthesized by the video synthesizing circuit 39a (see FIG. 4). Its synthesis is
For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the caption image (telop) 91 is superimposed on the background image 90.

The voice input from the microphone 70 is
It becomes an audio signal and is inputted to a microphone mixing circuit (not shown) provided in the amplifier 40 via the control device 30 and mixed with the music signal. Then, the music data input to the music playing circuit 37c is converted into an analog music signal, and the audio data is output from the amplifier 4 via the audio output terminal 36.
0 is output to the speaker 60, 60 after being amplified by the amplifier 40, and the music signal and the audio signal are reproduced by the speaker 60, 60. In this manner, the user can sing (karaoke) through the microphone 70 while watching the background image and the subtitle image displayed on the screen of the CRT 20 for the song selected by the user.

Karaoke apparatus 10 of the first embodiment of the present invention
In, in addition to the background image for karaoke, one or more pieces of character information (request song, karaoke ranking, recommended menu of the shop, weather forecast, etc.) can be displayed in accordance with the progress of the performance song. That is, while the customer is singing karaoke (here, the telop is displayed in the background image of the CRT), no character information is displayed, or
One kind of character information is displayed, and when the customer is not singing karaoke (here, no telop is displayed in the background image of the CRT), two or more kinds of character information can be displayed. It is configured.

Here, the setting process of the display designation data performed at the karaoke shop side will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. This processing is performed by using an information processing device such as a computer (not shown) provided separately from the karaoke device 10. Here, it is assumed that the customer has reserved a musical piece having the content shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 7B, in the memory of the karaoke device 10, information 1 data in which level 1 is set as information 1 (the above-mentioned karaoke device 10
Reserved music), and the information data storage device 9 shown in FIG.
2 includes information 2 data (10 pages of karaoke ranking) with level 3 set as information 2, and information 3 data (3 pages of recommended menu of the store) with level 3 set as information 3 It shall be held.

First, the operator of the karaoke shop reads the data from the information data storage device 92 into the computer (S12), and for each data (information 1 to information 3 shown in FIG. 7B), Display designation data including an information number, an area, and a display level as shown in 7C is created. When creating the designated data (Yes in S14)
s), first, the level of information is designated (Yes in S18).
s). Here, it is assumed that "3" is written as the display level in the information 1 data (reserved song from the karaoke device 10) shown in FIG. 7B (S20). Next, the information number is designated (Yes in S22). Here, it is assumed that the information number 1 is designated in the information 1 data (S2).
4). Finally, the area number is designated (Yes in S26).
s). This area number is C, as shown in FIG.
The screen of the RT20 is divided into four, the upper right is the first area 20a,
The upper left is defined as the second area 20b, the lower right is defined as the third area 20c, and the lower left is defined as the fourth area 20d. Here, it is assumed that the first area (area number 1) is designated.

This process is also performed on the information 2 data (10 pages of karaoke ranking), and as the display designation data for the information 2 data, information number: 2, area:
2. Display level: 2 is set. Similarly, it is assumed that information number: 3, area: 3, and display level: 1 are set for information 3 data (for 3 pages of recommended menus in a store). By creating the display instruction data for all the information data to be displayed (S16 is Yes
s), the setting process of the display designation data is completed. This created display instruction data is used for each karaoke device 1 in the store.
0 is stored in the display instruction data memory area 38c of the hard disk 38.

Next, the karaoke apparatus 1 based on the display instruction data created by the designated data setting process described above.
The display processing of the screen of the CRT 20 by 0 will be described. When the screen switching button 31d provided on the front panel 30a of the control device 30 is pressed, the video switching circuit 39b provided in the video processing circuit 39 operates, and the video signal output from the video processing circuit 39 to the video output terminal 35c. The type of can be switched to full screen display. The process of image reproduction during full-screen display will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, a background image for karaoke is displayed on the entire screen of the CRT 20 (S32). After fetching all the display designation data described above with reference to FIG. 7C (S34), the information data shown in FIG. 7B is read from the built-in memory and the information data storage device 92 shown in FIG. Capture (S36). After that, the level of the music data is fetched, and this level is set as the designated level (S38). Here, the structure of the music data is shown in FIG. The display level of the piece of music data is indicated by being attached to the data for reproducing the piece of performance music. That is, the display level 2 is set to the performance data (prelude) before the customer starts singing the karaoke song (before the telop is displayed in the background image of the CRT) after the reproduction of the song is started, When singing karaoke (a telop is displayed in the background image of the CRT), the display level 3 is set in the performance data (song section), and when the singing of the karaoke is interrupted (in the background image of the CRT). The display level 1 is set to the performance data (interlude) of which the telop is not displayed.

Here, before the customer starts singing karaoke after the reproduction of the music is started (that is, the performance data (prelude)), the display level 2 of the performance data is designated in the step 38. It is a level. Then, it is determined whether the level of the information data is equal to or higher than the designated level (S
40). Here, the following processing is performed for the information data having the display level "2" or higher of the performance data (S40).
Yes). Determining whether the image mode has been switched (S
Through step 44), it is determined whether or not there is information data corresponding to the display instruction data instructing the designated level or higher (S46). As described above, since the display level 3 information data and the display level 2 information data exist (Yes in S46), the display level 3 information data and the display level 2 information data are stored in the designated area. indicate. That is, as shown in FIG. 5A, the information data 1 of the display level 3 is combined with the background image 90 for karaoke.
(Reserved song from karaoke device 10) in the first area 20a
In addition, the display level 2 information data 2 (10 pages of karaoke ranking) is displayed in the second area 20b (S48).

Here, when the performance of the singing section (performance data) shown in FIG. 7D is started, in step 38,
The display level 3 of the performance data is set as the designated level.
Then, it is determined whether the level of each information data is equal to or higher than the designated level (S40). Here, since the display level of the information data 2 (10 pages of karaoke ranking) is “2” and is less than or equal to the designated level (No in S40), the image of the information data 2 (10 pages of karaoke ranking) is , Are erased from the CRT 20 (S42). On the other hand, the display level of the information data 1 (reserved song from the karaoke device 10) is "3", which is equal to the designated level (S4).
0 is Yes), and the background image 90 for karaoke is displayed in the first area 20a together with the background image 90 as shown in FIG. 4B (S48).

Subsequently, when the performance of the interlude (performance data) shown in FIG. 7D is started and the display of the telop disappears, the display level 1 of the performance data is set to the designated level in step 38. Then, it is determined whether the level of each information data is equal to or higher than the designated level (S40). Here, the processing is advanced for the information data of level "1" or higher (Yes in S40). That is, it is determined whether or not there is information data instructed to be the level 1 or higher of the information data (S46), but as described above, the display level 1, the display level 2, and the display level 3 information data exist. Therefore (Yes in S46), the information data of the display level 1, the display level 2 and the display level 3 are displayed in the designated area (S48). That is, as shown in FIG. 5B, together with the background image 90 for karaoke, the information data 1 of display level 3 (reserved song from the karaoke device 10) is displayed in the first area 20a, and the display level 2 is displayed. Information data 2 (10 pages of karaoke ranking) is displayed in the second area 20b, and information data 3 of display level 1 (3 pages of recommended menu of the store) is displayed in the third area 20c. The information data 2 (for 10 pages of karaoke ranking) and the information data 3 (for 3 pages of the recommended menu of the store) are automatically switched to the information content of the next page and displayed as time passes. . Further, the information data 1 (reserved tune from the karaoke device 10) is displayed only for a predetermined time after the reservation tune is input.

When the karaoke customer presses the screen switching button 31d provided on the front panel 30a of the control device 30 shown in FIG. 2, the determination in step 44 becomes Yes and the split screen display is performed. That is, the video processing circuit 39
The video switching circuit 39b provided in the above circuit operates, and the type of the video signal output from the video processing circuit 39 to the video output terminal 35c is switched to the split screen display. The image reproduction processing during the split screen display will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the screen is divided, and as shown in FIG. 6A, information 1 data (reserved song from the karaoke device 10) is stored in the first area 20a and information 2 data (karaoke ranking is stored in the second area 20b). 10 pages), information 3 data (3 pages of recommended menu of the store) in the third area 20c, and subtitle video (tilop) 91 for karaoke in the fourth area 20d, or background image for karaoke. 90 is displayed (S52). Then, the information data is read (S54), and unless there is a change in the screen mode (No in step 56), it is determined whether or not an instruction to change the screen display in the first to third areas has been issued (S58, S62, S).
66). Here, when the karaoke guest instructs to change the content of the information to be displayed, for example, when the weather forecast is displayed in the first area 20a (S58 is Y
es), the screen of the first area 20a is rewritten to display the text information of the weather forecast (S60).

Next, the image switching process by the karaoke apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. The configuration of the karaoke device 10 according to the second embodiment is similar to that of the first embodiment described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, and thus the description thereof will be omitted. In the first embodiment described above, the display level is included in the song data, but in the second embodiment, whether or not there is lyrics data,
That is, the number of information to be displayed is switched depending on whether or not the telop is displayed in the image.

The processing when the full screen display is selected will be described with reference to FIG. First, FIG.
The background image 90 for karaoke is displayed on the full screen as shown in FIG. Subsequently, it is determined whether a reserved tune has been input (S74) after determining whether the screen mode switching is instructed (S57). Here, when the reserved music is input (Yes in S74), until a predetermined time elapses (No in S76),
As shown in FIG. 4 (B), information on reserved music (information 1 data shown in FIG. 7 (B)) is displayed in the first area 20a (S7).
8). Next, it is determined whether there is lyrics data (S8).
0). Here, it becomes the interlude of the song, and the lyrics data (CRT
When the telop on 20) disappears (Yes in S80),
As shown in FIG. 5 (A), information on reserved songs is displayed in the first area 20a, and information data 2 (10 pages of karaoke ranking) is displayed in the second area (S82).

When no reserved music is input (S
If No. 74 is No) or after the reserved music is displayed for a predetermined time (Yes in S76), the lyrics data is exhausted (Yes in S84), the information data 2 is displayed in the first area 20a.
(10 pages of karaoke ranking) is displayed (S8
6). When the instruction to change from the karaoke piece to the split screen display is given (Yes in S73), the split screen display process is performed, which is the same as the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. The description is omitted because it is the same.

[0040]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to display a plurality of information images together according to the situation while the background image for karaoke is being displayed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view illustrating the main structure of a karaoke device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2A is an explanatory diagram of a front panel of a control device provided in the karaoke apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B is an explanatory diagram of a rear panel of the control device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the karaoke device.

4A and 4B are explanatory diagrams showing a background image and a subtitle image displayed on a CRT screen, where FIG. 4A shows a full-screen display and FIG. 4B shows one type of character information. Shows the full screen display.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a background image and a subtitle image displayed on a CRT screen, and FIG. 5 (A) shows a full-screen display in which two types of character information are displayed, and FIG. Is 3
It shows a full-screen display in which character information of the type is displayed.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a background image and a subtitle image displayed on a CRT screen, and FIG. 6 (A) shows a full-screen display in which three types of character information are displayed, and FIG. Indicates a split screen display.

7A shows the contents of a reserved song, FIG. 7B shows the contents of information data, FIG. 7C shows the contents of display designation data, and FIG. 7C shows the contents of song data. It is explanatory drawing which shows the content.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a display designation data setting process according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing of full-screen display according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a split screen display process according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing processing of full-screen display according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Karaoke device 20 CRT 30 Control device 39 Video processing circuit 40 Amplifier 50 LD player 60 Speaker 70 Microphone

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] July 1, 1996

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] Figure 7

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

The contents of the 7 7 (A) is reserved songs, Figure 7 (B) the content of the information data, to FIG. 7 (C) the contents of the display specifying data, FIG. 7 (D) is the music data It is explanatory drawing which shows the content.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An information storage unit in which first information and second information are stored, and first and second information are read from the information storage unit,
In a musical sound reproducing device provided with a display means capable of displaying the first and second information on a monitor screen, the display means displays the first information under the first condition and the second condition. In the musical tone reproducing apparatus, the first and second information are displayed. 2. An information storage unit in which first character information and second character information are stored, and first and second character information are read from the information storage unit to obtain first and second character information. And a display means capable of displaying on a monitor screen, the display means displays the first character information under a first condition, and the first and the second information under a second condition. A musical sound reproducing device characterized by displaying character information of 2. 3. Information storage means for storing a plurality of types of character information together with respective display levels, and music data storage means for storing music data of a performance music and change of display level in the music data. Display means capable of reading character information from the information storage means and displaying the character information on a monitor screen, playing means for reading music data from the music data storage means and reproducing a performance music, and performance music reproduction by the performance means In a musical tone reproducing device provided with level comparison means for comparing the level change of the music data in the inside and the level of the character information stored in the information storage means, the display means compares the level by the level comparison means. Based on the result, one or more pieces of the character information exceeding the level in the music data are displayed on the monitor screen. 4. An information storage means in which a plurality of types of character information are stored together with respective display levels and display designated positions on a monitor screen, music data of a music piece to be played, and a change in display level in the music data. And a display means capable of reading character information from the information storage means and displaying the character information on a monitor screen, and a performance for reading the music data from the music data storage means and reproducing the performance music. And a level comparison unit for comparing the level change of the music data being reproduced by the performance unit with the level of the character information stored in the information storage unit. The display means adjusts one or more pieces of the character information exceeding the level in the music data to the designated display position of the character information based on the comparison result by the level comparing means. Tone reproducing apparatus and displaying on the monitor screen.