JPH1097529A - Versification supporting device, method therefor and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select the candidate of an appropriate expression in accordance with a partial image and indicating it by extracting and indicating a candidate of phrase from a phrase storage means in accordance with a whole versification condition, the constitution of a music and a versification conditions for respective constitutions, which are set. SOLUTION: The whole versification condition which is set in a display device 6 and versification condition templates for respective paragraphs, which are selected in accordance with the whole versification condition, are displayed. The versification condition templates for the respective paragraphs are versification models. The various templates becoming the models are generated in accordance with the condition which is set as the whole versification condition, and they are stored in a floppy disk 7 and a hard disk device 8. When the whole versification condition is set, the template is read in accordance with the condition and it is stored in the prescribed position of RAM 5. When a column which is not set yet is clicked in an 'element piece of selected verse' item, the element piece candidate of verse which is possibly selected by the extraction condition which is set is selected and displayed on a pop-up window.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a songwriting support device for assisting songwriting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A device called a songwriting support device for assisting a songwriter has been known.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-248658 discloses a group of words having the same image, which are registered in an image dictionary. Registered in the reading correspondence dictionary, and these are searched to read words corresponding to the image and reading corresponding to the notation, and to facilitate the retrieval of the notation corresponding to the reading to support the lyrics I have.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional lyric writing support apparatus, if the image of the tune is single throughout the tune, the lyric writing support can be effectively performed, but the general lyric writing support can be effectively performed. In addition, in many cases, it is desired to set a partial image as an image of a song in addition to an image common to the entire song, and it has not been possible to sufficiently meet such a demand.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problem, and has been made in consideration of the entire song and an appropriate word / phrase candidate in accordance with a partial image of the song, and is capable of presenting lyrics to a user. An object is to provide a support device.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a lyric writing support apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises a word storage means for storing words and phrases used in writing a lyric, and a lyric writing condition for the whole music. Overall songwriting condition setting means, song composition setting means for setting the composition of the song, composition-based songwriting condition setting means for setting a plurality of item songwriting conditions for each composition of the set song, and the setting A phrase candidate extracting unit for extracting a phrase candidate from the phrase storage unit in accordance with the set overall lyric condition, the set song composition, and the set configuration lyric condition, and presenting the extracted phrase candidate And a phrase candidate presenting means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the lyric writing support apparatus, the music composition candidate storage means for storing in advance the music composition candidates set by the music composition setting means, and the music composition candidate storage means, Song composition candidate extraction means for extracting song composition candidates in accordance with the lyric conditions for the entire song,
The music composition setting means sets a composition selected by the user from the extracted music composition candidates as a music composition.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lyric-writing support apparatus configured to store candidate lyric-conditions for each composition set by the lyric-condition-for-configuration setting means in advance; Means for extracting a candidate for a composition-based lyric condition for each of the plurality of items for each composition of the tune in accordance with the lyric conditions for the set tune and the configuration of the tune set The composition-specific songwriting condition setting means sets a composition selected by the user from the extracted candidate composition-specific songwriting conditions as a composition-based songwriting condition.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the lyric writing support apparatus, the relevancy between the items in the plurality of items is associated in a tree structure, and the composition-based lyric writing condition extracting means is adapted for each composition of the music in accordance with the association. It is characterized in that a candidate for a composition-based lyric condition is extracted for each of the plurality of items.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the lyric writing support apparatus, the plurality of items for each song configuration are stored in the song-by-configuration song candidate storage means in accordance with the song-writing conditions for the entire song and the song configuration. On the other hand, a template creating means for creating a template composed by extracting the lyric conditions for each composition one by one, a template candidate storing means for storing a plurality of created template candidates, and a template candidate storing means, Template candidate extracting means for extracting template candidates in accordance with the set lyric conditions for the entire song and the composition of the tune, wherein the configuration-specific lyric condition setting means includes: It is characterized in that what is selected by the user is set at once as a songwriting condition for each composition.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the lyric writing support apparatus, a user generates lyrics by processing word candidates presented to the phrase candidate presenting means to generate lyrics, and the lyrics are generated by the lyrics generating means. A lyric technique presenting means for presenting a technique specific to the lyric in response to a user's instruction.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lyric assisting apparatus, wherein a melody input means for inputting a melody of the music and a user for processing lyrics candidates presented to the phrase candidate presentation means to generate lyrics. There is a lyric generating means, and a melody presenting means for presenting the input melody, wherein the melody presenting means presents the melody and the created lyrics in a corresponding manner.

[0013] In the lyric support apparatus according to claim 8, the phrase storage means also stores a phrase group which does not depend on the overall lyric condition and the composition-specific lyric condition, and the phrase candidate presenting means includes:
When a user requests presentation of a phrase group that does not depend on the overall lyric condition and the composition-based lyric condition, the phrase group is read from the phrase storage means and presented.

In a lyric writing support apparatus according to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the phrase storage means stores one of the stored phrases per one phrase and a code number of the stored phrase. Further, when the code-numbered phrase is a phrase that may be selected in the overall lyric condition or the composition-based lyric condition, the information is stored in association with the code number corresponding to the phrase. It is characterized by doing.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, the phrase storage means stores the code number of the phrase having the predetermined relationship when the stored phrase itself has a phrase having a predetermined relationship with the phrase. The phrase is stored in association with the phrase itself, and the phrase presenting means presents the phrase when there is a phrase having the predetermined relationship with the phrase extracted and displayed by the phrase candidate extracting means. And

In the lyric writing support method according to the eleventh aspect, a lyric writing condition setting step for each composition for setting lyric writing conditions of a plurality of items for each composition of the music set by the music composition setting means, and setting by the whole lyric writing condition setting means. Word candidate extraction for extracting word candidates from word storage means in which words to be used for songwriting are stored in advance according to the lyric conditions for the entire set song, the set song composition, and the set lyric conditions for each composition. And a phrase candidate presenting step of presenting the extracted phrase candidates using phrase candidate presentation means.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, the composition-based lyric condition setting module for setting lyric conditions of a plurality of items for each configuration of the music set by the tune configuration setting means, and the overall lyric condition setting means are provided. Word extraction module for extracting word candidates from word storage means in which words to be used for songwriting are stored in advance in accordance with the lyric conditions for the entire tune, the set tune composition, and the set lyric conditions for each composition. And a program that can be realized by a computer, including a phrase candidate presentation module that presents the extracted phrase candidates using a phrase candidate presentation unit.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a lyric writing support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a lyric writing support apparatus according to the present embodiment mainly includes a keyboard 1 for inputting character information, a pointing device 2 such as a mouse for inputting position information, and a whole apparatus. CPU3 that controls the
And a ROM 4 for storing various table data and the like, and a RAM 5 for temporarily storing various input information and calculation results.
And a display device 6 such as a CRT or LCD for displaying various information, and a floppy disk drive (FDD) 7 for driving a floppy disk (FD) as a storage medium for storing a control program executed by the CPU 3 and the like.
And a hard disk drive (HDD) 8 for storing words (phrase fragments) of the lyrics in advance.
To 8 are mutually connected via a bus 9.

The control program is stored in the FD as described above.
The following various processes are executed according to the loaded control program loaded into the program storage area of AM5.

The data indicating the words and phrases of the lyrics (segment data of the poem) stored in the HDD 8 must be collected from all genres, such as a dictionary.
A set of this poetry segment data is called "Poetry Segment Data Bank"
That.

FIGS. 2 and 3 are flowcharts showing the procedure of the control program.

In FIG. 2, first, a mode for setting an overall lyric writing condition (hereinafter, referred to as an "entire lyric writing condition setting mode") is entered (step S1). In this mode, the display device 6 displays a list showing items that can be set in the overall lyric writing condition and a current setting state corresponding to each item. Then, when the user operates the pointing device 2 to move the cursor to a desired item and clicks on the position, candidates for lyric conditions that can be set for the item are displayed on a pop-up window.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display displayed on the display device 6 when the user clicks the item “genre (song)” among the above items. As shown in FIG. "Pops",
Songs such as “pop ballad” and “folk” are displayed on the pop-up window 11. Note that a part of all candidates is displayed on the window 11, and the displayed candidates are changed by dragging the bar b with the cursor c and moving it up or down.

FIG. 5 shows a case where the user selects the item “genre (poetry)”.
It is a figure which shows an example ((a)) of the display at the time of clicking ((a)) and an example ((b)) of the candidate of the lyric condition which can be set to item "genre (poetry)". As in FIG. 4, a predetermined number of possible genre (verse) candidates are displayed on the pop-up window.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the display when the user clicks on the item "theme" ((a)) and an example of the candidate lyric conditions that can be set for the item "theme" ((b)). . The lyric conditions that can be set for the item "Theme"
Since it differs depending on the condition set in the item "genre (poetry)", the candidates for "theme" are preset for each "genre (poetry)" candidate as shown in (b). When the item "genre (poetry)" is set to, for example, "love song", (a)
As shown in the figure, on the pop-up window, a predetermined number of candidates are selected and displayed from the "love song" candidates.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display when the user clicks the item “viewpoint”, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a display when the user clicks the item “expansion”. . 7 and 8 are different from FIG. 4 only in that no bar is displayed in the pop-up window, that is, candidates for settable conditions fit in the pop-up window, and therefore description thereof is omitted. .

Returning to the flowchart of FIG.
In step 2, the overall songwriting condition set as described above is stored in the overall songwriting condition storage area secured at a predetermined position in the RAM 5.

In the following step S3, the user is inquired whether or not the tune to be written has a melody. When there is no melody, that is, when the user answers that there is no melody, the process proceeds to step S4.

In step S4, the display unit 6 displays candidates for the composition of the music in accordance with the overall lyric conditions set and stored in steps S1 and S2. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a candidate for the composition of a song displayed on the display device 6. As shown in FIG. 9, a plurality of candidates for the composition of the song are displayed.

When the user selects one of the displayed candidates (step S5), the selected candidate is
The music is stored in the music composition storage area secured at a predetermined position of AM5 (step S7).

On the other hand, when the user answers that there is a melody in step S3, the process proceeds to step S6, and after directly inputting the configuration of the melody, the process proceeds to step S7. Here, the configuration of the melody is such that the user inputs the configuration directly from the keyboard 1 in a window 21 as shown in FIG. 10, but is not limited thereto.
As in step S4, candidates may be presented and selected from the candidates.

In the following step S8 (FIG. 3), the user is inquired as to whether or not to use a template for displaying the lyric conditions for each paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "paragraph for each paragraph lyric condition template"), and the user uses this template. When the template is not used, the process proceeds to step S11.

In step S9, a paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition template is displayed according to the set overall lyric condition and the composition of the music.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition template displayed on the display device 6. As shown in FIG. 11, the entire lyric condition 31 is selected according to the set overall lyric condition 31 and the overall lyric condition. The displayed paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition template 32 is displayed.

The paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition template 32 refers to a lyric condition model created by selecting each item of the lyric condition for each paragraph in advance, and various types of models serving as the model according to the conditions set as the overall lyric conditions. A template is created and stored in the FDD 7 or the HDD 8. When the overall lyric conditions are set, they are read out according to the set conditions and stored in a predetermined position of the RAM 5.

A plurality of templates corresponding to well-known songs are prepared (stored) as templates.
When the user specifies an image of a song to be written, a template of a song (a well-known song) similar to the image may be searched for and displayed on the display unit 6. This allows the user to refer to a well-known song template, so that the user can easily set individual conditions and perform a lyric that is closer to the image he or she is thinking of. Can be.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the relationship between the items set as the overall lyric condition, the composition of the tune, and the template of the paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition. As shown in the figure, the candidates for the composition of the song are selected based on the conditions set in the items “genre (song)” and “genre (poetry)” of the overall songwriting condition, and the item “theme” of the overall songwriting condition is selected. Are selected based on the conditions set in the item “genre (poetry)”. Then, template candidates are selected based on the selected various conditions.

As described above, in the paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition template 32, since a plurality of candidates are usually selected for one overall lyric condition 31, the cursor c is moved to the "previous candidate" and the "next candidate". By clicking on the pointing device 2, an arbitrary candidate can be displayed. Then, when a candidate intended by the user is found, by clicking “adopt”, the lyric conditions for each paragraph can be set at once.

When it is desired to change the lyric conditions for some items in the paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition template 32,
The lyric condition is deleted by moving the cursor c to the item and the desired condition can be changed by inputting the desired condition from the keyboard 1.

The paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition template 32
In the middle, “↑” indicates that the condition is the same as that in the upper column, and “↓” indicates a state in the middle from the upper column to the lower column.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG.
When one template is selected (step S10), that is, when "adopt" is clicked as described above, an inquiry is made to the user as to whether or not there is a melody (step S12).

On the other hand, if the user answers in step S8 that the template is not used, the process proceeds to step S1.
Proceeding to No. 1, the songwriting condition is set for each paragraph, that is, the user individually sets each item of the songwriting condition for each paragraph one by one. Hereinafter, a method for setting the lyric condition will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a method of setting "cast" among the lyric conditions for each paragraph. In the figure, for example, when the cursor c is positioned on the column of “Cast” in paragraph A and clicked, cast candidates are displayed on a pop-up window, and the user can select a desired cast and age from the candidates by using the cursor c. To select.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a method of setting "situation" in the songwriting condition for each paragraph.
In the same manner as in FIG. 13, a "status" candidate is displayed on a pop-up window by the user's click, and a desired "status" is selected and set from the candidates. Here, the difference from FIG. 13 is that the candidates displayed in the pop-up window are changed according to the conditions set up to that point, that is, according to the set overall lyric writing condition and the condition set to “cast”. This is a point that is selected and displayed from all candidates of “status”. This selection display method will be described later with reference to FIG.

FIG. 15 shows an example of all candidates for "heart", FIG. 16 shows an example of all candidates for "years and months", and FIG.
Shows an example of all the candidates for "season", FIG. 18 shows an example of all the candidates for "place", and FIG. 19 shows an example of all the candidates for "scene". That is, when the user positions the cursor c at a desired item among the items of the paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition, and clicks at the position, according to the condition selected before the item from all candidates shown in FIGS. Some of the selected candidates are displayed in a pop-up window.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a candidate (situation) extraction process for extracting a "situation" candidate selectively displayed on the pop-up window of FIG. 14, and this process is performed in the paragraph shown in FIG. This is performed based on the similarity between them.

In FIG. 20, first, the "situation" is set according to the set overall lyric condition and the paragraph condition excluding the configuration (in FIG. 14, only the condition set to "cast").
Are extracted (step S31).

Next, it is determined whether or not the paragraph X / N has been set (step S32). Here, the paragraph where the cursor is currently located is referred to as a paragraph XN. Here, X indicates any of the paragraphs A, B, C, and 、, and N indicates a state of a dash accompanying the paragraph X, that is, in this embodiment, there is no dash and “′” and “″”. Either is indicated.
Further, "/" indicates a logical symbol "NOT". For example, when N is a state without a dash, / N
Indicates one of the states "'" and "". Therefore, for example, when the position of the cursor c is in the paragraph A, in step S32, it is determined whether the paragraph A' or A "has already been set. Will be determined.

If it is determined in step S32 that the paragraph X / N has been set, the flow advances to step S33 to select the paragraph X / N from the "situation" candidates extracted in step S31.
The candidate adopted in N is deleted, and a similar candidate of the candidate adopted in paragraph X / N is extracted.

On the other hand, in the determination in step S32, the paragraph X /
If N has not been set, the process skips step S33 and proceeds to step S34.

In step S34, it is determined whether paragraph / X has been set. Here, / X indicates that it is a paragraph other than paragraph X.

If it is determined in step S34 that the paragraph / X has not been set yet, the main candidate extraction process is immediately terminated.
Proceed to 35.

In step S35, step S31 is performed.
Alternatively, from among the candidates for “situation” extracted in S33, the candidates themselves adopted in paragraph / X are deleted,
After deleting the similar candidate of the candidate adopted in paragraph / X,
This candidate extraction processing ends. That is, for example, paragraph C
Is set, the remaining candidates from which the similar candidates of the candidates adopted in paragraphs A, A 'and B are deleted are extracted from all the candidates of the "status" and displayed on the pop-up window. You.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 3, when the user has answered in step S12 that there is a melody, the process proceeds to step S13 to inquire the user whether or not to input a melody.

If it is determined in step S13 that the user does not input a melody, the number of syllables input by the user is sequentially input from the keyboard 1 (step S1).
4) On the other hand, when the user responds to input the melody, the melody input by the user
After temporarily storing the syllable number in the work area of M5 and detecting the number of syllables by a known method based on the stored melody (step S16), the process proceeds to step S17.

FIGS. 22A and 22B are diagrams for explaining a method of inputting the number of syllables or the melody. FIG. 22A is a diagram showing a state where the user is inputting the number of syllables, and FIG.
It is a figure showing the state where a user is inputting a melody.

As shown in (a), the number of syllables is basically entered by dividing the number of syllables for four measures into phrases.

As shown in (b), when a melody of basically four bars is input by dividing it into phrases with the symbol "@", the number of syllables is automatically detected and the melody is automatically detected as shown in (a). Is input the number of syllables.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S12 that the user responds that there is no melody, steps S13 to S13 are executed.
The process skips S16 and proceeds to step S17.

In step S17, the paragraph-by-paragraph lyric conditions set as described above are stored in the paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition storage area secured at a predetermined position in the RAM 5.

In the following step S 18, poetry segment candidates are presented in accordance with the set overall lyric conditions and paragraph-by-paragraph lyric conditions.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the relationship among the items set as the overall songwriting condition, the composition of the music, the items set as the paragraph-by-paragraph songwriting condition, and the poetry segment data bank. As shown in the figure, each item is related by a tree structure. If there is an item set before the currently set item, and there is a related item, as described above, the item is set. Considering the conditions set in,
The condition is set for the item being set. Then, when all the items are set, a poetry segment is selected from the poetry segment data bank according to the set conditions.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing the data structure of poetry segment candidate data. As shown in the figure, the segment data of each poem includes information on whether there is a possibility of being selected based on the number, the number of syllables, and the extraction conditions assigned to the segment data (in the case of “Yes”, If “1” is set and “none”,
Nothing is set), and similar word numbers.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an example of the display of the poetry segment candidates presented in step S18.
This shows an example in which the number of syllables is not specified. Clicking on an unset column of the “Selected Poem Segment” item will display a selected poem segment candidate in the pop-up window that may be selected by the set extraction conditions. You. When the user selects a desired candidate from the displayed candidates, the candidate is highlighted. Then, when one of the highlighted candidates is double-clicked, another pop-up window is displayed in which a similar word corresponding to the candidate is displayed, so that the user can select a candidate from the similar word candidates instead of the candidate. Can be selected.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of the display of the presented poetry segment candidates when the number of syllables is specified.
As shown in the figure, a pop-up window is opened for the set number of syllables, and each window displays the number of syllables and the segment candidates of the poem selected according to the respective conditions.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG.
In step 19, an arbitrary poetry segment is selected from among the poetry segment candidates according to the user's instruction. In step S20, the selected segments are combined to complete one lyrics.
In step S21, the completed lyrics are stored in the lyrics data storage area secured at a predetermined position in the RAM 5, and then the present control process is terminated.

FIG. 27 is a view showing a window which is opened when the lyrics are completed by combining the selected poem segments. FIG. 27 shows a window in the case where the melody is not added to the song yet. An example is shown.

In FIG. 27, the pieces of poetry displayed in the respective columns of “selected poetry fragments” are selected by the user in the respective columns of “selected poetry fragments” of FIG. By showing the poetry segments, the user can change the connection order of the selected poetry segments and add particles, sub-particles, etc. in the "completed lyrics" column. Complete the lyrics.
The task of completing the lyrics can be done with reference to a technique guide.

FIGS. 29 to 31 are diagrams showing an example of the technique guide. FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a technique guide for explaining the “rhyme” technique, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a technique guide for explaining the technique, and FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a technique guide for explaining the “inversion” technique. In this way, the user can complete the lyrics while referring to the displayed technique guide, which is an effective function especially for beginners who do not know various techniques for writing lyrics.

The technique guide is displayed by, for example, clicking a "technique guide" switch (see FIG. 27) with a cursor or the like.

FIG. 28 is a view showing a window which is opened when the lyrics are completed by combining the selected poem segments as in FIG. 27. FIG. 28 is different from FIG. 27 in that a melody is added to a song, and the completed lyrics are configured to be displayed corresponding to the melody. Thereby, the user can confirm at a glance whether syllables are correctly assigned to the melody.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the composition of a song can be set in addition to the overall songwriting condition, and the songwriting condition is set for each set song composition (paragraph). Appropriate poetry segment data according to the partial image in addition to the entire image is extracted, and thereby the lyrics can be supported more accurately.

In the present embodiment, the poetry segment candidates are displayed on the display device 6, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, it may be presented to the user by voice or the like.

Further, in the present embodiment, the present invention has been described as being applied to a dedicated device for supporting lyric writing as shown in FIG. 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and is applied to a general-purpose device such as a personal computer. Needless to say, it is good.

A storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or an apparatus, and a computer (or CPU 3 or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the storage medium in the storage medium. Needless to say, the object of the present invention can be achieved by reading and executing the program code.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

Examples of storage media for supplying the program code include a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM,
CD-R, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, RO
M4 or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also an OS or the like running on the computer operates based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that a case where a part or all of the actual processing is performed and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing is also included.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, The CPU 3 provided in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing,
It goes without saying that a case where the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized by the processing is also included.

Next, an improved example of the above embodiment will be described first.
The outline will be described, and then a detailed description will be given with reference to FIGS.

This improved example is different from the lyric writing support device of the above embodiment in the following points. That is, 1) the point that the segment data of the lyric that does not depend on the lyric condition (the overall lyric condition and the paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition) is added to the lyric segment data bank.
The word segment data bank was composed of only the word segment data depending on the lyric condition. 2) The word segment data bank was constructed from two types of databases, a condition database and a word segment database. Points As described above, in this improved example, only the internal structure is different from the lyric writing support apparatus of the above-described embodiment, and therefore, the same hardware as that of FIG. 1 is used.

FIG. 32 is a diagram for explaining the improvement of item 1) among the above-mentioned improvements. FIG. 32 shows various types of characters displayed on the display device 6 in order to select a word segment. A switch is shown.

In this figure, there are ten types of switches displayed on the display device 6 in this improved example, and among them, the conditional lyrics switch 50 is used to switch the lyrics according to the method described in the lyric writing support device of the above embodiment. The description is omitted because it is for selecting a unit of the above.

The idiom switch 41 is used to display various idioms as candidates for a word segment. When the user positions the cursor c on the idiom switch 41 and clicks on it, for example, "Ichi-Ichi-Ichi" is displayed. Idioms such as, “Koharu weather”, “ten people and ten colors”, “absolute desperate”, and “truth one road” are displayed on a pop-up window (not shown), for example, as a candidate for a word segment. .

The mimetic word switch 42 is for displaying various mimetic words as candidates for the word segment. When this switch 42 is clicked, a mimetic word such as "sarasara" or "soy yosyo" is displayed. Is done.

The onomatopoeia switch 43 is for displaying various onomatopoeic words as candidates for the segment of the lyrics. When this switch 43 is clicked, onomatopoeia such as "Wanwan" or "Nyan Nyan" is displayed. Is done.

The keyword switch 44 is used to display various keywords and candidates for the word segments corresponding to the keywords. When this switch 44 is clicked, for example, keywords such as “organs of the human body” and “place names” are displayed. When a desired keyword is clicked, if the keyword has a lower keyword, the keyword is displayed. And the corresponding various element segments are displayed.

For example, the "organ of the human body" has a keyword "eye" as a subordinate keyword.
Corresponding to, "eye", "pupil", "eyelid", "wink", "glasses", "eye shadow", etc. are displayed,
"Place name" has lower-ranking keywords in each prefecture. For example, corresponding to the keyword "Hokkaido", "Sapporo", "Susukino", "Clock Tower", "Odori Park", "Rebun Island", "Cape Soya", etc. are displayed.

The facts and proverbs switch 45 is used to display various facts and proverbs as candidates for the segment of the lyrics.
When this switch 45 is clicked, for example, “union with love”, “if you have a lot of love, hatred”, “peony rice cake from shelf”, “hit hammer”, “the partner is changed but the main remains unchanged” is displayed. You.

The similar word switch 46 is for displaying various similar words as candidates for a word segment. When this switch 46 is clicked, for example, “love” for “love”, “Hinode”, “sunrise”, “sunrise” and the like are displayed for “warm” and “Akatsuki”.

The comparison word switch 47 is for displaying various comparison words as candidates for the word segment. When this switch 47 is clicked, for example, “love” is displayed for “love”, “Twilight”, “Evening flicker”, “Sunset”, etc. are displayed for “Shitto”, “Resentment”, etc., for “Akatsuki”.

The independent word switch 48 is used to display various independent words as candidates for a word segment. When the switch 48 is clicked, for example, "O", "Ya", "Oh" And the like are displayed.

The other switch 49 is for displaying, as a candidate of a word segment, a word segment in a category other than the above-mentioned various word segments. When this switch 49 is clicked, for example, Segments of various lyrics are displayed for categories such as “dialect” and “words to be surprised”. For example, for "good morning" in the category of "dialect",
For "Good morning,""Hanaemonasu," etc., "It's been a long time,""Hisashiburijan,""Nakasashine,""Finally,Kameda-Nanamo," etc.
For the category of “Pure”, “Pure Road”, “Wink of Light”, “Haze Summer”, “Grainy Scenery” and the like are displayed.

The user selects a segment of one of the words from the candidate segments of the various words displayed in this manner (for example, move the cursor c to the segment of the word and double-click to select it). ), And the fragment of the word is
As described above, the phrase is replaced with the phrase displayed in reverse video.

As described above, since the segment of the lyric which does not depend on the lyric condition is displayed, the image of the user is expanded, and a wide range of words and phrases can be selected together with the phrase which depends on the condition.

Next, based on FIGS. 33 and 34, of the above-mentioned improvements, the improvement of item 2), that is, the word segment data bank of the condition database and the word segment database of the word
The point to be constructed by the types of databases will be described.

Here, the condition database is constructed by extracting only the extraction condition data from the data structure (see FIG. 24) of the segment data of each term registered in the segment data bank of the embodiment. The term segment database is a database constructed from the remaining data obtained by excluding the extraction condition data from the data structure of the segment data of each term in FIG. That is, the condition database and the word segment database are constructed by dividing the word segment data bank of the above embodiment, but are not simply divided into two, It is constructed in consideration of the most efficient search according to the conditions.

FIG. 33 is a view for explaining the structure of each condition data registered in the condition database.
(A) is a diagram showing each element constituting one record of condition data, and (b) is a diagram showing details of a large item code and a small item code set in a search condition element.

As shown in FIG. 10A, the condition data 1
Records are the elements required for all records,
Each record has a variable number of search condition elements.

The essential elements include a record length element indicating the record length of the record, a lyrics code element indicating a lyrics code, and a search condition number element indicating the number of search condition elements. Here, the lyric code element indicates the segment data (substantially the storage location) of the lyrics registered in the segment database of the lyrics, and the segment data itself of the lyrics is stored in, for example, an ASCII (American Standard). Code for Infor
mation Interchange) Not coded.

The search condition element is composed of at least one element, and each element is composed of a large item code and a small item code. here,
The large item code refers to a code determined corresponding to each large item of the paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition described in the embodiment,
Codes 0 to 8 are "theme", "cast",
"Situation", "Sentiment", "Time", "Season", "Place",
It corresponds to "time" and "scene". The small item code refers to a code determined corresponding to each small item below the large item. For example, when the large item is “theme”, as shown in FIG. Love Song ”
Is determined to be a “message song” and code 2 is determined to be “youth song”.

FIG. 34 is a diagram for explaining the structure of the segment data of the words registered in the segment database of the above-mentioned words. FIG. 34 (a) shows the structure of one record of the segment data of the words. It is a figure which shows an element, (b) is a figure which shows the state in which the segment data of a word is registered.

As shown in FIG. 17A, one record of the segment data of the lyrics includes an element essential for all records, a similar word element and a contrast word element whose number is variable for each record. It consists of.

The essential elements are a record length element indicating the record length of the record, a word length element of the word fragment indicating the number of bytes of the word fragment registered in the record, and the word fragment itself For example, ASCII
It is composed of a segment element of the word indicated by the code, a similar word number element indicating the number of similar word elements, and a contrast word number element indicating the number of contrast word elements.

The similar word element is composed of a syllable number element indicating the number of syllables of the similar word and a lyric code element indicating the lyrics code of the similar word. And a code element.

As shown in FIG. 34 (b), each record of the segment data of the lyrics configured as described above is, for example, 1 record.
0001 to a maximum of 999 for each syllable number from
Numbers up to 9 are assigned and registered as a word segment data record block in the word segment database.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the lyric writing support apparatus of the present improved example. Hereinafter, the control processing executed by the lyric writing support apparatus of this improved example will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, a songwriting advice data bank DB1 is a database in which help information that provides advice when a user writes a song is registered, and a technique guide databank DB2 is a diagram of the embodiment. This is a database in which data for displaying the technique guide described in 29 to 31 is registered.

The data bank DB3 for the paragraph-based songwriting condition template is a database in which the paragraph-based songwriting condition template described in FIG. 11 of the above embodiment is registered. The databank DB5 is a database including a database and a word segment database, and a database in which segment data of words that do not depend on the above-mentioned lyric conditions are registered (hereinafter, “word data of lyric-condition-independent type nouns”). bank"
It is).

Further, the overall songwriting condition I1 refers to the overall songwriting condition set by the user in the mode for setting the overall songwriting condition described in the above embodiment, and the configuration I2 refers to the configuration of the music set by the user ( Refer to FIG. 9 and its description in the above embodiment), and the paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition I3 is a paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition set by the user by selecting a desired paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition template from the database DB3.
Also, it refers to a paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition set by editing the selected paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition template.

As described in the above embodiment, when the user sets the overall songwriting condition I1 and the configuration I2 with reference to the songwriting advice of the songwriting advice database DB1 or the technique guide of the technique guide databank DB2. According to these conditions, a paragraph-based songwriting condition template is selected from the databank DB3 of the paragraph-based songwriting condition template, and a paragraph-based songwriting condition I3 is set based on the paragraph-based songwriting condition template.

Based on the set conditions I1 to I3, the word segment data bank DB4 is searched, and as described with reference to FIG. 26 of the above embodiment, a pop-up window is displayed for the set number of syllables. When opened, each window displays the number of syllables and the segment candidates of the lyrics selected according to the conditions I1 to I3. At this time, the pop-up window that the user sees is the same as that of the above-described embodiment, but in this improved example, the method of searching for a unit candidate of a word displayed in each window is different. That is, in the present improved example, the large item code and the small item code set in each of the conditions I1 to I3 are obtained, and the large item code and the small item code are obtained for each syllable number from the condition database of the word segment data bank DB4. A record having the item code is searched for, a record of the segment data of the phrase indicated by the lyric code element of the searched record is detected, and the segment of the phrase corresponding to the ASCII code of the segment element of the phrase is identified by the syllable. Display in the window corresponding to the number.

On the other hand, if it is desired to search for a word segment that is not based on the conditions set in the conditions I1 to I3, the above-mentioned FIG.
As described in 2 above, the switches 41 to 49 corresponding to the category to which the segment of the word belongs are clicked, that is, the clicked switches 41 to 49 in the segment data bank DB5 of the lyric-condition-independent type noun. When a database corresponding to is searched, a large number of candidate segments of words in that category are displayed, so that the user can immediately select a segment of the desired lyrics.

When searching the segment data bank DB5 of the lyric-condition-independent form, if the clicked switch is the synonym switch 46 or the contrast switch 47, a record of the segment of the target phrase is recorded. A record of the segment data of the phrase indicated by the lyric code element of the similar word element or the contrast word element is searched from the phrase segment database, and the segment of the phrase corresponding to the ASCII code of the segment element of the lyrics is searched. Is displayed in the window.

From the various windows displayed in this manner, the user selects a desired word segment, edits it if necessary, and creates the desired lyrics.

As described above, in this improved example, since the segment data bank DB5 of the lyrics-condition-independent form is constructed, the search instruction can be simplified and the search time can be shortened. In addition to this, a new format for conditional search has been introduced, that is, conditional search is not performed by "characters" but by codes (lyric code, large item code and small item code), and the similar words or Since a new format has been introduced such that a search for a contrast word can also be performed using a code (lyric code), the search operation can be speeded up and the data amount can be reduced. Furthermore, since the unit data of the words is registered only in one place in the unit database of the words, the management of the unit data of the words can be simplified. For example, when changing or deleting a certain word segment, it is only necessary to change or delete one registered word.

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As described above, according to the first, eleventh or twelfth aspect of the present invention, the composition of the music is set in addition to the songwriting conditions for the entire music, and for each of the set compositions. A plurality of item lyric conditions are set, and word candidates are extracted and presented from the word storage means according to the set overall lyric condition, song composition, and composition-based lyric condition. This makes it possible to select an appropriate word / phrase candidate in accordance with the partial image and present it to the user.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, music candidates are extracted from the music composition candidate storage means in accordance with the set lyric conditions for the entire music, and the user can select the extracted music candidates. , A desired song configuration can be set, so that the song configuration can be easily set.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the composition-based lyric condition candidate storage means stores the lyric conditions for the entire tune and the configuration of the tune according to the lyric conditions for each of the tunes. For each of the plurality of items, a candidate for the composition-based lyric condition is extracted, and the user can set a desired composition-based lyric condition from the extracted candidate for the composition-based lyric condition. Conditions can be easily set.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of items are associated with each other in a tree structure.
According to this association, a candidate for the composition-based lyric condition is extracted for each of the plurality of items for each of the compositions of the music, so that the association between the items can be accurately performed.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, template candidates are extracted from the template candidate storage means in accordance with the set lyric conditions for the entire music piece and the composition of the music piece. Are selected at a time as the composition-based songwriting conditions, so that the composition-based songwriting conditions can be set more easily.

According to the invention of claim 6, when the lyrics are generated by the lyrics generating means, a technique specific to the lyrics is presented in accordance with the user's instruction. It is possible to provide a very effective function for a beginner who does not know the technique.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the input melody and the created lyrics are presented in correspondence with each other, so that the user can confirm the melody in correspondence with the lyrics.

According to the eighth aspect of the invention, when the user requests presentation of a group of words that does not depend on the overall lyric condition and the composition-based lyric condition, the group of words is presented. The image also expands, and a wide range of phrases can be selected along with phrases depending on conditions.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the phrase storage means stores one phrase to be stored per word, thereby simplifying the phrase management. For example, when changing or deleting a certain phrase, it is only necessary to change or delete one stored phrase. Also, a code number of the stored phrase is stored,
Further, when the code-numbered phrase is a phrase that may be selected in the overall lyric condition or the composition-based lyric condition, the information is stored in association with the code number corresponding to the phrase, and the code is stored. Since the number has a smaller capacity than the phrase itself, the storage capacity of the entire phrase storage means can be reduced, and the processing can be speeded up since the search is performed using a smaller data volume.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, when the phrase itself stored in the phrase storage means includes a phrase having a predetermined relation to the phrase, the code number of the phrase having the predetermined relation is set to the code number. When there is a phrase having the predetermined relation with the phrase stored and attached to the phrase itself and extracted and displayed by the phrase candidate extraction means,
Since the phrase is presented to the phrase presenting means, it is possible to increase the number of words used in the lyric and support rich lyric lyric regardless of the vocabulary of the user.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a lyric writing support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a control program executed by the lyric writing support apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a control program executed by the lyric writing support apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display displayed on the display device of FIG. 1 when a user clicks an item “genre (song)”.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display when a user clicks an item “genre (verse)” and an example of candidates that can be set for the item “genre (verse)”.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display when a user clicks an item “theme” and an example of candidates that can be set for the item “theme”.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display when a user clicks an item “viewpoint”;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display when a user clicks an item “expand”.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a candidate for a composition of a song displayed on the display device of FIG. 1;

10 is a diagram showing an example of a song configuration input by a user in a window displayed on the display device of FIG. 1 in order to input a song configuration.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition template displayed on the display device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a relationship between each item set as an overall lyric condition, a song configuration, and a template of a paragraph-by-paragraph lyric condition.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a method of setting “cast” among the lyric conditions for each paragraph.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a method of setting a “situation” in a songwriting condition for each paragraph.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of all candidates for “sentiment”.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of all candidates for “years and months”;

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of all candidates for “season”.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of all “place” candidates.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of all candidates for “scene”.

20 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a candidate (situation) extraction process for extracting a “situation” candidate selectively displayed on the pop-up window of FIG. 14;

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of a similarity relationship between paragraphs.

FIG. 22 is a diagram for explaining a method of inputting the number of syllables or a melody.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a relationship among items set as overall lyric conditions, a composition of a song, each item set as a lyric condition for each paragraph, and a segment data bank of the poem.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a data structure of poetry segment candidate data.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an example of the display of the poetry segment candidates presented in step S18 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of display of a presented poetry segment candidate when the number of syllables is specified;

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a window that opens when lyrics are completed by combining selected poetry segments, and is an example of a window when a melody has not been added to a song yet.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a window that is opened when the lyrics are completed by combining selected poetry segments, and is an example of a window when a melody is attached to a song.

FIG. 29 shows a technique guide for explaining the “rhyme” technique.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating a technique guide for describing a “disablement” technique.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a technique guide for explaining the “inversion” technique.

FIG. 32 shows improvements of the lyrics support apparatus of FIG.
It is a figure for explaining the improvement of the above-mentioned 1).

FIG. 33 shows improvements of the lyric writing support apparatus of FIG. 1;
It is a figure for explaining the improvement of the above 2).

FIG. 34 shows improvements of the lyrics support apparatus of FIG.
It is a figure for explaining the improvement of the above 2).

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a lyric writing support device as an improved example of the lyric writing support device of FIG. 1;

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Keyboard 2 Pointing device 3 CPU 6 Display device 7 FDD 8 HDD

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A phrase storage means for storing in advance a phrase used for a songwriting, a whole songwriting condition setting means for setting a songwriting condition for the whole song, and a song configuration setting means for setting the song composition A configuration-based lyric condition setting means for setting a plurality of item lyric conditions for each configuration of the set tune; a set overall lyric condition, the set tune configuration, and the set configuration lyric; A lyric writing support apparatus comprising: a phrase candidate extraction unit that extracts a phrase candidate from the phrase storage unit according to a condition; and a phrase candidate presentation unit that presents the extracted phrase candidate. 2. A music composition candidate storage means for pre-storing music composition candidates set by the music composition setting means, and a music composition candidate storage means, wherein Song configuration candidate extraction means for extracting a song configuration candidate, wherein the song configuration setting means sets, as a song configuration, a song selected by the user from the extracted song configuration candidates. The lyric writing support device according to claim 1, wherein 3. A configuration-based lyric-condition candidate storage means for storing in advance a configuration-based lyric-condition candidate set by the configuration-specific lyric-condition setting means; A configuration-based lyric-condition extraction means for extracting a configuration-based lyric-condition candidate for each of the plurality of items for each configuration of the tune according to the lyric conditions for the entirety and the configuration of the set tune 3. The configuration-based lyric condition setting unit according to claim 1, wherein the configuration-based lyric condition setting unit sets, as a configuration-based lyric condition, a user selected from the extracted candidates of the configuration-based lyric condition. Lyric writing support device. 4. The structure-based lyric condition extraction means associates the relevance between the items in the plurality of items in a tree structure.
4. A composition-based songwriting condition candidate is extracted for each of the plurality of items for each composition of the music.
The written lyrics support device. 5. The composition-based songwriting condition candidate storage means,
According to the songwriting condition for the entire song and the configuration of the song, for each of the plurality of items for each configuration of the song,
A template creating means for creating a template constituted by extracting the lyric conditions for each composition one by one; a template candidate storing means for storing a plurality of the created template candidates; and Template candidate extraction means for extracting template candidates in accordance with the lyric conditions for the entire song and the composition of the tune, wherein the composition-specific lyric condition setting means is selected by the user from the extracted template candidates. The lyric writing support apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the lyric writing conditions are set at once as a lyric writing condition for each composition. 6. A lyrics generating means for processing a word candidate presented to said word candidate presenting means to generate lyrics, and generating lyrics by said lyrics generating means in response to a user instruction. The lyric writing support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: a lyric writing technique presenting means for presenting a technique specific to the lyric writing. 7. A melody input unit for inputting a melody of the music, a lyrics generation unit for a user to process a word candidate presented to the word candidate presentation unit to generate lyrics, 6. A melody presenting means for presenting a melody, wherein the melody presenting means presents the inputted melody and the created lyrics in a corresponding manner. A lyric writing support device according to the above. 8. The phrase storage means also stores a phrase group which does not depend on the overall lyric condition and the composition-based lyric condition, and the phrase candidate presenting means allows a user not to depend on the overall lyric condition and the composition-based lyric condition. 8. The lyric writing support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a presentation of a phrase group is requested, the phrase group is read out from the phrase storage unit and presented. 9. The phrase storage means stores one stored phrase itself for each phrase, and stores a code-numbered version of the stored phrase. When the phrase is a phrase that may be selected in the overall lyric condition or the composition-based lyric condition, the information is stored in association with a code number corresponding to the phrase. 9. The lyric writing support device according to any one of 1 to 8. 10. The phrase storage means, when the stored phrase itself has a phrase having a predetermined relationship with the phrase, adds the code number of the phrase having the predetermined relationship to the phrase itself. 10. The phrase writing device according to claim 9, wherein, when there is a phrase having the predetermined relationship with the phrase extracted and displayed by the phrase candidate extraction unit, the phrase presentation unit presents the phrase. Support equipment. 11. A composition-based songwriting condition setting step of setting songwriting conditions of a plurality of items for each song composition set by the song composition setting means, a songwriting condition for the entire song set by the overall songwriting condition setting means, A word candidate extraction step of extracting word candidates from word storage means in which words to be used in songwriting are stored in advance according to the set composition of the song and the set songwriting conditions for each composition; A phrase candidate presenting step of presenting candidates using phrase candidate presenting means. 12. A composition-based lyric condition setting module for setting lyric conditions of a plurality of items for each configuration of a tune set by the tune configuration setting means, a lyric condition for the entire music set by the overall lyric condition setting means, A phrase candidate extraction module for extracting a phrase candidate from a phrase storage unit in which a phrase to be used for a lyric is stored in advance according to the set composition of the song and the set composition lyric condition; and A storage medium storing a program that can be implemented by a computer, including a phrase candidate presentation module that presents candidates using a phrase candidate presentation unit.