JPH11194752A - Musical score display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a musical score display device which can accurately display a page needed for playing as the music is played without turning pages over, distinctively display player's memos for the playing and instructions from others, and record the display contents. SOLUTION: The device has a recording and reproducing device 10 which reads musical score information out of a recording medium, an LCD display device which displays the musical score information, etc., and a tablet 2 and key switches 3 for specifying the contents of the musical score displayed by the LCD display device 8, and the LCD display device 8 has display layers where display contents are displayed overlapping with one another and write memo information and indication information in a specific layer among the display layers.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a musical score display device, and more particularly to a musical score display device using an electric display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a musical score is printed on paper or handwritten on paper, and a player performs while watching the music on a music stand. Therefore, if it is necessary to change the page during a performance of a musical performance consisting of several pages of music, it is necessary to quickly turn the end of the musical score paper, and in this case, once with one hand holding the musical instrument It must be done separately. In particular, if the song to be played is a long song, the player must turn pages many times in a timely manner. Turning the page in such a state would interrupt the performance. 2 at a time
Turn over more than one page. Accidentally dropping the music from the music stand. In the worst case, the music stand is knocked down and noise is generated. Failure may occur, which may affect the quality of the performance.

[0003] In addition, there are cases where instructions from others, for example, instructions given by the orchestra musicians from conductors, are written on the musical score, but there is a possibility that they may be overlooked or erroneously written. For example, when the same tune is played at the occasion, there is a problem that if the previous memo is not deleted, it is not possible to distinguish between the previous memo and the current memo. Deleting or adding previous instructions is also a tedious task. Or the notes I wrote,
There were aspects that made it difficult to distinguish what was written by others.

As a conventional example for solving such a problem, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-26768 discloses a musical score display device which displays the content data of a musical score stored in a data recording medium, and performs the performance according to the conductor's movement. A music score display device is proposed in which the score of the music is made paperless by detecting the speed of the performance and replacing the score data displayed on the score display device with the content of the next page in response to the detection of the speed of the performance. ing. However, in this conventional example, there is an inconvenience that it is not possible to write hints, precautions, instructions, memos, and the like for the performance while practicing the performance like a musical score printed on paper.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional paper music score, if the music to be played is a music that requires a long playing time, there is a problem that it is necessary to turn the music at a good timing. Was. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-2
Although the conventional example of 6768 solves the problem of turning over a score, there is a problem that memos and instructions cannot be written on the score as in the case of a sheet music.

[0006] The present invention solves these problems and can display the music required for the performance along the progress of the performance in a relatively simple manner without turning over the paper. It is an object of the present invention to realize a musical score display device capable of distinguishing and displaying its own memo and instructions from others and recording the display contents.

[0007]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a recording / reproducing means for recording musical score information on a recording medium and reading the recorded musical score information, and the recording / reproducing means reading from the recording medium. In a musical score display device having a musical score display means for displaying musical score information and a designating means for designating the content of a musical score displayed on the musical score display means, the musical score display means comprises a plurality of musical pieces whose display contents are displayed in an overlapping manner. It has a display layer and an input means capable of writing memo information and instruction information in a specific layer of the plurality of display layers.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a musical score display device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a musical score display device according to the present invention. This score display device is provided for each player,
Each device is interconnected by a circuit network. FIG.
, 1 is a CPU, 2 is a tablet, 3 is a key switch, 4 is a ROM, 5 is a RAM-1, 6 is a RAM-2,
7 is an LCD driving device, 8 is an LCD display device, 9 is an interface, 10 is a recording / reproducing device, and 11 is a transmission / reception line. The tablet 2 and the key switch 3 serve as input means of the apparatus, and the LCD display device 8 serves as output means for displaying a musical score, notes, and the like. In FIG.
1 is an external view of a musical score display device according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an LCD display device 8 included in a panel surface of the musical score display device.

The function of the musical score display device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The LCD display device 8 used in the present embodiment has, for example, a display configuration including three layers that can be independently displayed. Of the three-layer display configuration, the lowest layer 1 mainly displays a score, and shows image data or digital data of the score and page information and bar information of the displayed score. Layer 2 which is an intermediate display layer is a portion where mainly personal performance memos are recorded and displayed, and layer 3 which is the uppermost layer is a portion where comments communicated from others or comments communicated to others are displayed. . Hierarchy 2 and hierarchy 3 are transparent display layers when there is no normal writing, and the display of these transmissions is displayed in a form overwritten outside the margin of the music score display of hierarchy 1.

The music score data to be displayed is reproduced by a recording / reproducing device 1 composed of, for example, a disk drive or the like, and this data is sent to the CPU 1 via an interface 9 and passed through an LCD drive 7 to an LCD display 8 is displayed on the first layer. The musical score data indicates the page number of the musical score and the range of the bars included in the currently displayed page, that is, from what bar to what bar. The selection of the musical score displayed in the hierarchy 1 and the input of the comments shown in the hierarchy 2 and the hierarchy 3 are performed from the tablet 2. The tablet 2 is configured integrally with the display screen of the LCD display device 8. When selecting a musical score, first, a data recording medium storing the musical score is attached to the recording / reproducing apparatus 10. The data recording medium is, for example, a magneto-optical disk such as a compact disk or a mini disk, or a floppy disk.

In this state, when a page is designated by tracing numbers on the display screen of the musical score display device with a stylus pen or the like, this becomes an input from the tablet 2 and the LCD display device 8
The musical score of the page specified in the first hierarchy is displayed. To switch the displayed page forward or backward, key switch 3-1 or foot switch 3-2 or soft switch 2
Use -1. Key switch 3-1 and foot switch 3
-2 and the ">" of the soft switch 2-1 advance the current page by one page (two pages in the case of double-page display), and press "<" to advance the current page by one page (two-page spread). (In case of 2 pages). Also,
Pressing "<<" returns to the first page of the currently displayed movement, and pressing ">>" advances to the last page of the movement. Further, pressing "<<" twice will advance to the first page of the previous movement, and pressing ">>" twice will advance to the first page of the next movement. Pressing "<<" returns to the first page of the currently displayed song, and pressing ">>>>" advances to the last page of the currently displayed song.

If the user wants to send the score displayed on his / her LCD display device 8 to all the other musicians, press the "All" and "Send" keys of the soft switch 2-2 with the score displayed. As a result, it is displayed on all other musical score display devices connected to the transmission / reception line network 11 via the CPU 1 and the interface 9. If you want to send this score to a specific person, press the "To Selected Person" key, and a cascade menu representing each performance part will be displayed on the level 2 of the LCD display device 8, from which the target part will be displayed. By selecting and pressing the "send" key, the score can be sent to the performers belonging to the part.

When the conductor of the musical score is a conductor, the total score is displayed on the LCD display device 8 at hand of the conductor, and the LCD display device 8 of the conductor is displayed on each performance part. A part score including the same bar as the total score may be displayed.

Next, a procedure for displaying a performance memo, a performance instruction, and the like will be described. For example, if you want to keep tips and precautions while playing on your music score as your own memo, you can trace the display screen with a stylus pen or the like and write the memo. Displayed on the screen. When the [Comment A] key of the soft switch 2-2 is pressed in this state, the display contents are stored in the RAM-1 (5) via the CPU 1 and displayed on the second layer of the LCD display device 8.

When an instruction to another player is to be displayed on the music score of the other party, the instruction is displayed by tracing the display screen with a stylus pen or the like and inputting with the tablet 2 and pressing the [Comment B] key. And this display is CP
It is stored in RAM-2 (6) via U1 and its own LCD
It is displayed on the display layer of the third layer of the display device 8. In this state, pressing the "to all" key or the "to the selected person" key to select a cascade menu representing each performance part, and pressing the "send" key causes the contents of the instruction to be read from the other party's RAM-
2 (6) is forcibly written instantaneously and displayed on the hierarchy 3 of the LCD display device 8.

Next, the RAM-1 corresponding to the display of the hierarchy 2 and the hierarchy 3 of the LCD display device 8 during the course of the practice and the performance.
A method for recording information such as memos and instructions written in (5) and RAM-2 (6) will be described. With the soft switch on the screen, over-wr in the Disc Rec column
When one of “item” and another file is pressed, a RAM is stored on a floppy disk or the like, which is a data recording medium on which the musical score data is mounted, which is mounted on the recording / reproducing apparatus 10.
The contents of -1 (5) and RAM-2 (6) are recorded via the CPU 1 and the interface 9.

In the case of over-write, if the contents of RAM-1 (5) or RAM-2 (6) have already been recorded on the data recording medium, the contents of the file are deleted, and the file name is used as it is. New current RAM-
1 (5) and the contents of RAM-2 (6) are written to the data recording medium. In the case of another file, the current RAM-1 (5) or RAM is stored in the data recording medium with a new file name.
Write the contents of -2 (6). As the file name, the default (predetermined value) uses, for example, the date and time at that time. On the other hand, the display of the hierarchy 1 of the LCD display device 8 is always the same, and writing and changing are not performed.

When a data recording medium on which such recording has been performed is mounted on the recording / reproducing apparatus 10, a guide screen as shown in FIG. 4 is first displayed. In this guide drawing,
A list of music titles of the musical score corresponding to layer 1 of the LCD display device 8, file names of memos and instructions corresponding to layers 2 and 3 (by default, the date of creation at the time of initial creation) and the last update date are displayed as a list. You. If there are a plurality of sets of memos and instruction files corresponding to the layers 2 and 3, the one clicked on the tablet 2 is selected and displayed.

In the above description, the tablet 2 and the key switch 3 are used as input devices. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any device capable of inputting letters and numbers can be used. It goes without saying that it can be used.

According to the present invention, the music required for the performance can be accurately displayed by the above-described method, so that the burden on the player can be reduced and it is not necessary to turn over the paper during the performance. Is done. In addition, the musical score can be read without difficulty even when the performance place is under low lighting. In addition, it is possible to discriminate and record the memo for the performance, instructions from others, etc., and to surely associate them with the score, and display the recorded contents. It is also easy to send your memo to others. In addition, since it is digitized, it is easy to automatically turn pages corresponding to the playing order, and it is also easy to display the current playing position for paused parts,
During practice, you can instantly search for and display the required movements and measures. Therefore, performance and practice can be performed effectively.

[0021]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
The invention of claim 1 includes recording and reproducing means for recording musical score information on a recording medium and reading the recorded musical score information; musical score displaying means for displaying musical score information and the like read from the recording medium by the recording and reproducing means; In a musical score display device having a designating means for designating the content of a musical score to be displayed, the musical score displaying means has a plurality of display layers in which respective display contents are displayed in an overlapping manner. An input unit capable of writing memo information and instruction information is provided. This makes it possible to accurately display the musical score required for the performance without turning over the paper by a relatively simple method, and to separately display the memo of the user and instructions from others for the performance.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided communication means for transmitting instruction information input from the input means to another score display apparatus and receiving instruction information from the other score display apparatus. Features. Accordingly, communication between the score display devices can be easily realized, and exchange of instructions and emotions to other players can be easily transmitted even during the performance.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the musical score display means has three display layers, and the first display layer displays the musical score information read from the recording medium by the recording / reproducing means. The memo information which is input from the input means and is written in the margin of the musical score information is displayed on the display layer. The third display layer displays the instruction information and the other musical score transmitted to the other musical score display device via the communication means. It is characterized by displaying instruction information received from a display device. As a result, it is possible to distinguish and display the user's own memo for the performance and instructions from others, etc., in association with the score.

The invention according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the score display means has a plurality of data buffers for holding respective display data of a plurality of display layers. Accordingly, there is no fear of erasing the display contents due to an operation error, a power-off, or the like, and the display contents can be reliably held.

The invention according to claim 5 of the present invention is characterized in that the recording / reproducing means can record the contents of a plurality of data buffers on a recording medium. Thereby, it is possible to reliably record and reproduce the performance memos and instructions corresponding to the musical scores.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the communication means transmits a music score information switching signal designated by a specific music score display device, and the designation means is displayed on the music score display means in accordance with the music score information switching signal. The musical score information is switched. Thereby, a specific score display device,
For example, the music score of all the musicians can be switched at the same time by the instruction from the music score display device of the conductor, and the performance and practice can be performed effectively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a musical score display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a musical score display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a display layer of the LCD display device included in the panel surface of the musical score display device.

FIG. 4 is a display example of a recording medium guide screen.

[Description of Signs] 1 ... CPU, 2 ... Tablet, 2-1 ... Soft switch, 3 ... Key switch, 4 ... ROM, 5 ... RAM-1,
6 RAM-2, 7 LCD drive device, 8 LCD display device, 9 interface, 10 recording / reproducing device, 11
... Transmission and reception line.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A recording / reproducing means for recording musical score information on a recording medium and reading the recorded musical score information, a musical score displaying means for displaying the musical score information read from the recording medium by the recording / reproducing means, and a musical score displaying means. A musical score display device having a designating means for designating the contents of a musical score displayed on the musical score, wherein the musical score displaying means has a plurality of display layers in which respective display contents are displayed in an overlapping manner; A score display apparatus comprising an input unit capable of writing memo information and instruction information in a layer. 2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit that transmits instruction information to another musical score display device input from said input unit and receives instruction information from another musical score display device. Musical score display device as described. 3. The score display means has three display layers, a first display layer displays score information read from the recording medium by the recording / reproducing means, and a second display layer has The memo information input from the input means and written in the margin of the score information is displayed, and the third display layer includes instruction information transmitted to another score display device via the communication means and another score display. The musical score display device according to claim 2, wherein the instruction information received from the device is displayed. 4. The score display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said score display means has a plurality of data buffers for holding respective display data of said plurality of display layers. . 5. The score display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said recording / reproducing means can record the contents of said plurality of data buffers on said recording medium. 6. The communication means transmits a music score information switching signal designated by a specific music score display device, and the designation means switches music score information displayed on the music score display means in accordance with the music score information switching signal. The musical score display device according to claim 2, characterized in that: