JPH1138982A - Music sound performing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to easily play an instrument by muting a performance of an instrument part desired to play and displaying musical score information of the muted part instead. SOLUTION: Musical score data are decomposed into each component in a hard disk 4 in a KARAOKE (orchestration without lyrics) commander 1 for being stored beforehand, and only control data for displaying these musical score data are added to KARAOKE music data. And, when a CPU 2 detects that a user has selected, for example, a guitar as musical score information displayed by pressing '1' on an input part 5 or a remote controller 17 based on a muting part selection picture displayed on a screen, the CPU 2 sets, for example, the performance of the guitar part in KARAOKE music data to be muted and controls to display the musical score information on the guitar part to be displayed on a main display 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a musical sound playing device, and more particularly, to not only listening to and singing musical sounds by releasing the performance of a part desired by a user and displaying a musical score corresponding thereto. The present invention relates to a musical performance apparatus capable of playing musical instruments.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a musical performance apparatus such as a karaoke apparatus, when a user inputs a desired music number, a musical sound corresponding to the input music number is played. In particular, if the musical sound is a karaoke song, the user sings along with the karaoke song to be played.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional karaoke apparatus, the karaoke music to be played is all MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface).
e) The music is created only by digitally created sound, which is created by data or data by PCM, and the user listens to the karaoke song of such prepared sound, and I had to sing only in time.

[0004] Accordingly, when a user desires to sing along with a part of a karaoke song while playing a musical instrument by himself or by a plurality of persons, There was a problem that it was not possible.

In consideration of this, the karaoke apparatus is a so-called minus one performance apparatus, for example, in which the performance sound portion of the karaoke tune corresponding to the part of the musical instrument to be played by the user is released (mute). Above, a proposal has been made so that it is possible to participate in playing a musical instrument corresponding to the part. Here, “minus one performance” means that only the performance sound of the part corresponding to the instrument that the user intends to play is played out of the music performance sounds composed of various musical instrument sounds. In other words, it means that the performance of that part is muted and the music is played.

[0006] However, even if the user intends to play an instrument using such a conventionally proposed karaoke apparatus that plays the minus one, if the user completely stores the score of the karaoke song, In any case, it is difficult for a user who does not have such a thing to achieve satisfactory performance of the musical instrument.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and there has been a demand for a user to actually play a predetermined part of a music piece or to sing while playing. In this case, it is an object of the present invention to provide a musical sound performance device that can more easily participate in a performance.

[0008]

In order to achieve this object, a musical performance apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is directed to an apparatus having performance means for playing musical information comprising a plurality of parts. And, in particular, a release means for releasing the performance of a predetermined part of the musical sound information, and a display means for displaying the musical score information of the part whose performance has been released by the release means. I do.

That is, in the musical sound playing apparatus of the present invention, the playing means plays the musical tone information composed of a plurality of parts. The performance of the part is released, and the display means displays the musical score information of the part whose performance has been released by the release means.

Therefore, the user not only listens to the musical information played by the performance means, or enjoys the singing in accordance with the musical information, but also plays the musical instrument by himself / herself to play the musical information. When the user intends to participate in the music, the user cancels the performance of the part to be played by the musical instrument by the canceling unit out of the musical tone information played by the playing unit, and further, the display unit displays the performance by the canceling unit. Since the score information corresponding to the canceled part can be displayed, the user can more reliably and easily play the instrument while viewing the displayed score information.

[0011] The user can more easily enjoy the feeling of participating in the performance of the musical tone information.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a musical performance apparatus.
2. A musical tone reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said musical instrument comprises a selecting means for selecting desired musical information, and a part displaying means for displaying identification information of a part constituting the musical information selected by said selecting means. And release part designating means for designating release of performance of a predetermined part from the parts displayed by the part display means.

[0013] In the musical sound playing apparatus thus configured, desired musical sound information can be selected by the selection means, and the part display means displays the musical information selected by the selection means. The identification information of the constituent parts is displayed, and the cancellation of the performance of a predetermined part from the parts displayed by the part display means can be designated through the cancellation part designation means.

[0014] Therefore, the user first selects, by singing, the musical tone information that the user wants to play along with the musical tone, or simply the musical tone information that the user wants to participate in the musical instrument performance. Then, the part display means displays identification information of a plurality of parts constituting the musical tone selected by the user. Then, the user can easily confirm the part corresponding to the type of the musical instrument to be played by looking at the identification information of the part displayed by the part display means. Note that the part identification information displayed by the part display means may be, for example, the name of a specific part such as "piano" or "guitar" or a picture indicating those instruments. You may.

The user confirms the part he wants to play by looking at the displayed part, and then operates the release part designating means to determine the desired part, that is, his / her own performance. Release of the performance of the part to be tried can be designated. That is, for the part specified by the release part specifying means,
The performance is released by the release means.

Therefore, as described above, the user checks the identification information of the part displayed on the part display means and operates the release part designating means, regardless of the instrument to be played, as described above. Since the musical score information of the part is displayed by the display means, it is possible to more easily set the display of the musical score that the user intends to play the musical instrument. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a musical tone playing apparatus, wherein the musical tone playing apparatus according to the first or second aspect is provided with musical score information storage means for storing the musical score information.

In the musical sound playing apparatus thus constructed, the musical score information is stored in the musical score information storage means, so that the musical score information corresponding to the selected musical tone is read out from the musical score information storage means each time the music is selected. The musical score information can be displayed on the display means. For example, if the musical score information is stored in the musical score information storage unit as image data corresponding to the number of musical tone information that can be performed by the musical performance unit of the musical performance apparatus, the musical tone information can be stored in the musical tone information selected by the user. Among the corresponding music score information, the music score information whose performance has been canceled by the canceling means can be reliably displayed on the display means.

Further, the musical performance apparatus according to claim 4 is
The present invention is directed to the musical sound performance apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the musical score information is attached to the corresponding musical sound information.

Therefore, since the music information corresponding to a plurality of parts constituting the music information is attached to each piece of music information of each music, the music score corresponding to the part that the user wants to play with the musical instrument is provided. The information can be more reliably displayed on the display device after the information is released by the release device.

Further, for example, when the musical sound information is transmitted via the communication means, the musical sound information is added to the musical sound information, so that the musical sound information and the corresponding musical sound information can be more reasonably and surely corresponded. The musical score information can be transmitted together.

Further, the musical sound performance device according to claim 5 is
A display control means for controlling the display of the musical score information by the display means is provided.

[0022] In the musical sound performance apparatus thus constructed, the display control means controls the display of the musical score information by the display means.

That is, instead of storing the musical score information as complete image data, for example, the musical score information as the image data is divided into several components, and the divided components are displayed and controlled. The musical score information of the completed predetermined part may be displayed on the display means by controlling and combining them.

More specifically, for example, the musical score information includes staff information, special symbol information (g clef, bass clef, time signature, etc.) displayed on the staff information, musical note information, and the like. Like this, the musical score information is separately provided as respective constituent elements, and the respective information is controlled by the display control means to form the musical score information of a predetermined part in the musical tone information and displayed. Let the means display.

Therefore, since the storage format of the musical score information can be made flexible, for example, in a system for transmitting musical sound information by communication means, the distribution of the musical score information is performed in consideration of the transmission capacity of the communication means. The amount, distribution timing, and the like can be adjusted, and an appropriate system can be constructed.

Further, the musical sound performance device according to claim 6 is
The present invention is directed to the musical tone playing device according to claim 5, wherein control information for controlling display of musical score information is added to the musical tone information.

That is, music information as image data and control information for displaying the music information are separately provided, and control information having a comparatively small amount of information is added to the music information. For a system that transmits information via communication means, if only the control information is added to the musical sound information to be transmitted, the musical score information as image data may be stored at the transmission destination. Since the transmitted control information may read and control the display of the musical score information as the image data separately stored in advance, the communication cost of the musical tone information can be reduced,
A system excellent in cost can be realized.

Further, the musical performance apparatus according to claim 7 is
A musical performance apparatus according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the display control means reproduces the musical score information displayed by the display means based on the color change instruction information in the control information. The color is changed according to

Therefore, the user can play the musical instrument while looking at the display position of the musical score information displayed on the display device after the color has been changed by the display control device. A musical instrument can be played in a timely manner as the performance progresses.

[0030]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a musical performance apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the appearance of a karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment. The karaoke apparatus 100 includes a karaoke commander 1 that plays a central role in the present apparatus, an amplifier 14 that amplifies the volume, a CRT display device that can display a background image and lyrics telop, and can also display music score information. , A sub-display 21, a speaker 16 for outputting a karaoke song and a user's voice, and a microphone 15 as voice input means for inputting a singer's voice.

The main display 13 and the sub-display 21 together with the display information generating device 2 described later constitute display means and part display means in the present invention.

A moving image reproducing player which outputs a background image, for example, a CD disk changer or a DVD player is not shown here (see FIG. 4).

Next, referring to FIG.
The details of the appearance will be described. FIG. 2A is a perspective view of the karaoke commander 1 as viewed from the front.

As shown in FIG. 2A, on the front panel of the housing 1a of the karaoke commander 1, an LED display for displaying the input contents such as the tune number of the karaoke tune requested by the user and the performance setting status. 22 and its L
On the right side of the ED display device 22, an input unit 5 as selection means and cancellation part specification means in the present invention for a user or the like to input a requested music number, performance condition, performance instrument designation information, etc. A remote control light receiving unit 6 for receiving an input signal from a remote control 17 (see FIG. 4) used when a user performs a request operation is provided. Also, LE
A voice input terminal 23 for connecting the microphone 15 for inputting a user's voice is provided below the D display device 22.

There are several ways to set the release mode in the input unit 5. For example, the mode can be set by pressing the "A" key in the input unit 5 before and after the request input. You may comprise so that it may become.

FIG. 2B is a perspective view of the karaoke commander 1 as viewed from the back.

As shown in FIG. 2B, on the back of the housing 1a of the karaoke commander 1, when playing a karaoke song requested by the user, the performance sound and the sound from the microphone 15 are amplified. An audio output terminal 24 is provided as a terminal for connecting to the amplifier 14 for making the connection. Further, a video output terminal 25 is provided as a terminal for connecting to the main display 13 and the sub-display 21 for displaying lyrics, a background image, and musical score information corresponding to the music being played.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed on the main display 13 and the sub-display 21.

First, FIG. 3A is a view showing a screen displayed on the main display 13 and / or the sub-display 21 as part display means in the present invention.

As described above, “A” in the input unit 5
When the performance cancel key is input from the remote controller 17 or the key of the karaoke commander 1,
Is the name of the requested song, the name of each part in the song, and the displays (main display 13 and sub-display 21) on which the music information corresponding to those parts is to be displayed on the main display 13 and / or the sub-display 21 Display a screen prompting you to select

The musical score information is displayed on the main display 13.
There are several possible selection methods for displaying on the sub-display 21. For example, after performing a part selection input operation to be described later and pressing “A” in the input unit 5, only the main display 13 is displayed. May be displayed on the sub-display 21 only when "B" is pressed, and may be displayed on both the main display 13 and the sub-display 21 when "C" is pressed.

In this embodiment, FIG.
As shown in (a), the user inputs “2” in the input unit 5.
By pressing, the piano part is selected, and by pressing "A" in the input unit 5, it is set that the score is displayed only on the main display.

FIG. 3B shows a karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment in which the user sets the piano part only on the main display 13 as shown in FIG. 3A. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing musical score information displayed on the main display 13 as a result of the above.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the main display 13 displays “Iroha Niho” requested by the user.
The score information of the piano part of the karaoke song titled "Karaoke" is displayed.

The musical score information displayed on the main display 13 reads out musical score information stored in a musical score information storage means described later as image data.
The configuration may be such that it is displayed on the main display as it is in synchronization with the performance of the musical sound, or the musical score information is divided into a plurality of components and stored, and the image data is transmitted by a musical score display command as control information. If it is possible to assemble the special symbols (g clef, bass clef, time signature, etc.), the pitch, the duration of the sound, and the color change timing data etc., for example, the components are displayed on the screen. The score of a predetermined block (for example, 4 measures) of the score that can be displayed is displayed on the screen.
The user may be notified by changing the color of the note portion of the performance location while synchronizing with the performance of the musical tone.

Next, the configuration of the karaoke apparatus 100 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the karaoke apparatus 100
Is connected to the karaoke commander 1 and a host computer 19 via a communication line 20. The host computer 19 has a database 18 for storing karaoke music data. The karaoke music data is transmitted to the karaoke commander 1 via the communication line 20.

The karaoke commander 1 is connected with a moving picture reproducing player 12, a main display 13, a sub display 21, an amplifier 15, and a microphone 15. Further, a speaker 16 is connected to the amplifier 14.

A CPU 2 is provided in the karaoke commander 1, and the operation of the karaoke commander 1 is controlled by a command from the CPU 2. And this CPU2
Has a function as a release unit and a display control unit in the present invention.

The CPU 2 is connected to a remote control light receiving unit 6, an input unit 5, an LED display device 22, and a moving image reproducing player 12 for reproducing a moving image serving as a background image during a karaoke performance.

The CPU 2 has a modem 3 as a communication means for transmitting and receiving data such as karaoke music data through a communication line 20 with a host computer 19 to be described later, and a karaoke music data transmitted from the host computer 19. And a reproducing device 8 which reproduces the performance data in the karaoke song data and outputs it to the amplifier 14 and constitutes the performance means of the present invention.
Then, the moving image data from the moving image reproducing player 12, the lyrics data in the karaoke song, and the musical score information corresponding to the part specified as the part for canceling the performance in the present invention are synthesized, and the main display 13 and / or The display information generation device 7 that outputs a video signal to the sub-display 21, the ROM 10 that stores a control program of the CPU 2, and the RAM 11 as a work area are connected.

The performance cancellation part information input by the user through the remote controller 17 or the input unit 5 is stored in the RAM.
11 may be stored.

Further, the display information generation device 7 controls the display data generated by the display information generation device 7 by the CPU 2 based on the performance cancellation part information input by the user through the remote controller 17 or the input unit 5. A main display 13 and a sub-display for outputting a video in which the background image and the lyric information are combined, or a video in which the background image and the score information corresponding to the specified performance canceling part are combined as video signals, respectively. 21 are connected.
Then, as described above, the display information generating device 7, the main display 13, and the sub-display 21
This constitutes a display means in the present invention.

Further, the reproducing device 8 is connected with an amplifier 14 for amplifying the volume of the performance data and the voice data reproduced by the reproducing device 8 and synthesizing the voice and the performance sound from the microphone 15 respectively. Further, a speaker 13 for outputting the synthesized audio data to the outside is connected to the amplifier 14.

The database 18 which is installed in the host computer 19 and stores karaoke music data is transmitted from the database 18 via the communication line 20 to the hard disk 4 in the karaoke commander 1 every time new music data is created. Will be stored.

Here, the configuration of karaoke music data and musical score information as musical tone information stored in the hard disk 4 as musical score information storage means in the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the hard karaoke music data 50 includes a header 50a as identification information,
Performance data 50b configured as data conforming to the DI (Music Instrumental Digital Interface) standard, music score data 50c corresponding to a plurality of parts constituting the performance data 50b, and lyrics data 50d for displaying lyrics telop. Is done.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, the performance data 50b includes, for example, a guitar part 50e, a piano part 50f, a trumpet 50g, and a bass part 5.
Various parts constituting the musical sound, such as 0h, are overlapped. The type of the part differs depending on the content of the karaoke song.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5C, the musical score data 50c is, for example, chord data 50i corresponding to a guitar part 50e and a piano part 50f so as to correspond to each part constituting the performance data 50. , A musical score data 50k corresponding to the trumpet part 50g, and a musical score data 501 corresponding to the base part.

The musical score information 50c is, as complete image data, as shown in FIG.
The music data 50 may be added to the karaoke music data 50, or only the music score data 50c may be stored in the hard disk 4. In the latter case, only the control data for controlling the display of the musical score data 50c as the image data may be added to the karaoke music data 50.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5D, the performance data 50b in the karaoke music data 50 for one music includes a plurality of measures which can be displayed on one screen of the main display 13 and / or the sub-display 21. P1 through P
n.

The predetermined score data 50c is shown in FIG.
The musical data 50b shown in (d) is developed as a plurality of musical score data 50c from S1 to Sn so as to correspond to the bar data that can be displayed on one screen. This is based on the premise that the musical score data 50c is provided as image data, and is not limited to the configuration in which the karaoke music data 50 has only control data for displaying musical score information.

The musical score data 50c is displayed together with the reproduction of the performance data 50b. As mentioned above, there are several methods for realizing the musical score data 50c. That is, the score data 50c is added as image data in the karaoke song data 50 (see FIG. 5).
(See (a)) Alternatively, the musical score data 50c as image data is stored in the hard disk 4 separately from the karaoke music data 50, and the karaoke music data 50 contains the image data stored in the hard disk 4. Is read out, and only control data for displaying and displaying the score data is added.

With reference to FIG. 6, a description will be given of the data structure relating to the color change control of the musical tone information included in each part of the performance data 50b in the karaoke music data 50 in the former configuration. It should be noted that the karaoke song data 50 includes, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG.
c is attached.

As shown in FIG. 6, the color change control data in the performance data 50b includes score display instruction data 50m for displaying one screen of score data 30c on the main display 13 and / or the sub-display 21. Next to the musical score display instruction data 50m, the musical tone generation instruction data 50n for generating musical tones is included.
Is incorporated. Subsequent to the tone generation instruction data 50n, color change data 50p for changing the color of the score displayed on the display is incorporated. By alternately combining the tone generation instruction data 50n and the color change data 50p, the color of the musical score can be changed in synchronization with the performance sound. When the color change of the musical score data for one screen is completed, the musical sound erasure instruction data 50q is incorporated in order to erase the musical score.

Next, referring to FIG. 7, instead of attaching the score data 50c as image data to the karaoke song data 50, the score data 50c is displayed on the karaoke song data 50 with reference to FIG. Only the control data to display the music data, and the musical score data 50c as the image data is stored in the hard disk 4.
The content of the control data in the performance data 50b on the assumption that the configuration is stored for each component will be described.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the performance data 50
b denotes staff display instruction data 51a for reading image data of a staff portion from the hard disk 4 and displaying it on a display, and symbol display instruction data 51b for displaying symbols such as musical notes on the displayed staff. The tone generation instruction data 51c for generating musical tones, and the color change instruction data 51d for changing the color of the notes on the displayed staff in synchronization with the progress of the music, are composed of one screen. The musical tone generation instruction data 51c and the color change instruction data 51d are alternately combined until the performance corresponding to the displayed musical score ends. This is configured for each part constituting the performance data 50b.

At the timing when the color change of the musical score for one screen is completed, the symbol erasure instruction data 51e for erasing the musical notes on the staff is incorporated. Next to the symbol erasure instruction data 51e, symbol display instruction data 51b for displaying symbols such as notes for the next one screen is incorporated. As described above, the tone generation instruction data 51c and the color change instruction data 51d are alternately combined. Then, at the timing when the performance of one music is completed, the staff deletion instruction data 51f for deleting the staff itself from the display is incorporated, and the performance data 50b is completed.

In such a configuration, the hard disk 4 stores the staff data 52a as image data and the symbol data 52b such as treble clef and musical note to be displayed on the staff separately. Have been.

Next, a specific operation of the karaoke apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The CPU 2 in the karaoke commander 1 of the karaoke apparatus 100 is controlled by the remote controller 17 or the input unit 5.
And waits for whether or not the user has input the music selection information via the CPU (S22). Next, upon receiving the input of the music selection information (S22), it is determined whether or not a key for canceling the performance has been input. Is determined (S23). This is, for example,
As described above, before and after pressing the music selection number, the input unit 5
Is determined based on whether or not the [A] key on the remote controller 17 or the performance release key on the remote controller 17 has been input.

If the CPU 2 determines that the key for canceling the performance has not been pressed by the user (S23: NO), the CPU 2 reads the karaoke music data 50 corresponding to the input music selection information from the hard disk 4, and
The data is stored in the RAM 11 and the performance data 50b in the karaoke song data 50 is transmitted to the reproducing device 8, while the lyrics data 50d is transmitted to the display information generating device 7.

Then, the karaoke performance sound amplified via the amplifier 14 is displayed on the display (the main display 13 and / or the sub-display 21) from the speaker 16 while displaying the background image read from the moving image reproduction player 12. The karaoke performance is started by outputting (S32). Then, when the karaoke performance ends, the operation ends.

On the other hand, in S23, when the user presses the [A] key on the input unit 5 or the performance release key on the remote controller 17, it detects that the key for releasing the performance has been input (S23). : YE
S), the CPU 2, for example, as shown in FIG.
The identification information (in this case, the part name) of each part of the selected song, for example, identification information indicating a piano, a guitar, a trumpet, or the like is displayed on the main display 13 via the display information generating device 7 (S24). .

Therefore, the user can select a part of the score information to be displayed on the display via the input unit 5 or the remote controller 17.

That is, in the present embodiment, the guitar part can be selected by pressing the “1” key on the input unit 5 or the remote controller 17, and by pressing the “2” key. , The piano part can be selected, and by pressing the key “3”, the trumpet part can be selected.

The type of musical instrument to be released depends on the performance configuration of the karaoke song. For example, in addition to the above-described musical instrument part selection, bass part selection can be added. Therefore, although not specifically shown, depending on the content of the karaoke song, the base part can be selected by pressing the “4” key on the input unit 5 or the remote controller 17. It is also possible. The number of numeric keys to be selected can be increased by the number of parts constituting the karaoke song.

In the present embodiment, the input unit 5
Alternatively, by pressing the “A” key on the remote controller 17, the score information can be set to be displayed on the main display 13. By pressing the “B” key, the score information can be displayed on the sub-display 21. The score information can be displayed on the main display 13 by pressing the “C” key.
And it can be set to be displayed on the sub-display 21.

Therefore, for example, when the user presses the “2” key on the input unit 5 or the remote controller 17 to select the piano, and further presses the “A” key, the musical score information is displayed. Upon detecting that the setting has been made to be displayed on the main display 13 (S25: piano), the CPU 2 performs, for example, the performance of the piano part 50f in the karaoke music data 50 selected by the user shown in FIG. 5B. Is canceled (S26), and the musical score information of the part is controlled to be displayed on the main display 13 (S27). Note that the operation of S26 is
It functions as the releasing means in the present invention.

Then, the background video is read from the moving picture reproduction player 12, the background video is displayed, and the performance of the karaoke music is started (S32). Then, when the karaoke performance ends, the operation ends.

Here, control for displaying the musical score information of the piano part on the main display 13 will be described.

As described above, the karaoke song data 50
However, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), when the music data 50c is added to the karaoke music data 50, the CPU 2 stores the karaoke music data 50 selected by the user in the RAM 11. Then, a performance release flag is set for the piano part 50f in the performance data 50b selected to release the performance, and the performance data 50b is transmitted to the reproducing device 8. In the reproduction device 8, each part except the flagged piano part 50f is reproduced. Further, the CPU 2 causes the display information generating device 7 to transmit the score data 50c as image data.

Further, the CPU 2 sends the piano part portion as image data to the display information generating device 7 and displays the score information. In order to control the display of the score information, FIG. The display of the guitar part is controlled on the display based on the musical sound data, and the color of the musical score is changed while synchronizing with the karaoke performance.

On the other hand, the karaoke song data 50 is not provided with the score data 50c as image data, but the score data 50c is previously decomposed into the respective components on the hard disk 4 in the karaoke commander 1. A description will now be given of the display control of the score information on the display on the assumption that only the control data for displaying the score data 50c is added to the karaoke song data 50.

The CPU 2 reads the performance data 50b in the karaoke music data 50 selected by the user, sends it to the reproducing device 8, and also controls the control data included in the performance data 50b configured as shown in FIG. , The staff data 52a and the symbol data 52b as image data stored in the hard disk 4 are read out, the musical score information is displayed on the main display 13, and the symbol display instruction data 51b, the musical tone generation instruction data 51c, And the color change instruction data 51d,
Perform the color change while synchronizing with the performance.

In S25, when the user presses "1" on the input unit 5 or the remote controller 17 based on the release part selection screen displayed on the display, the guitar is selected as the musical score information to be displayed. When the CPU 2 detects that it has performed (S25: guitar), the CPU 2
For example, as shown in FIG.
The performance of the guitar part 50e at 0 is set to be canceled (S28), and the musical score information of the guitar part 50e is controlled to be displayed on the main display 13 (S29).

Then, the background video is read from the moving picture reproduction player 12, the background video is displayed, and the performance of the karaoke music is started (S32). Then, when the karaoke performance ends, the operation ends.

In S25, when the user presses "3" on the input unit 5 or the remote controller 17 to detect that the trumpet is selected as the musical score information to be displayed (S25: trumpet), C
For example, as shown in FIG. 5B, the PU 2 is set to release the performance of the trumpet part 50g in the karaoke song data 50 (S30), and controls to display the musical score of the trumpet part on the main display 13. (S31).

Then, the background image is read out from the moving image reproducing player 12, the background image is displayed, and the performance of the karaoke music is started (S32). Then, when the karaoke performance ends, the operation ends.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various application examples are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, in the present embodiment, the score information can be displayed only on the main display 13, the score information can be displayed only on the sub-display 21, or can be displayed on both displays. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In a plurality of displays, one display displays a background image, lyrics telop, and score information, and another display displays
It is also possible to simply prepare one or more displays for displaying only the score information from a plurality of displays, such as displaying only the score information.

It is also possible to divide the musical score data as image data into a plurality of constituent elements such as a staff portion and a musical note portion, and to attach predetermined data to the karaoke music data 50 for distribution.

[0094]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the musical performance apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, the user can listen to the musical information played by the performance means,
In addition to enjoying singing along with the musical information, when playing the musical instrument by yourself and participating in the musical information, the part of the musical information that is being played by the playing means that you want to play with the release means Is released, and the display means displays the musical score information of the part whose performance has been released by the releasing means. Therefore, it is possible to more easily play the instrument while watching the musical score display. That is, the user can more easily play the desired music.

[0095] For the user, more easily,
You can enjoy the feeling of participating in the performance of musical information.

[0096] According to the musical performance apparatus of the second aspect, the user can check the identification information of the part displayed on the part display means regardless of the musical instrument to be played.
By operating the release part designating means based on this, it is possible to create an environment in which it is easier to play a musical instrument with respect to musical tone information.

Further, according to the musical performance apparatus of the third aspect, for example, the musical score information is stored in the musical score information storage unit as image data for each musical tone information unit, so that the performance is released by the release unit. The released score information can be reliably displayed on the display means.

According to the musical performance apparatus of the fourth aspect, the musical score information corresponding to the part that the user wants to play on the musical instrument is attached to the musical information of each musical piece, so that the musical performance information can be more reliably provided. In addition, the score information whose performance has been canceled by the canceling means can be reliably displayed on the display means. Further, for example, when the musical sound information is transmitted via the communication means, the musical sound information and the musical score information can be transmitted together more rationally.

Further, according to the musical tone performance of the fifth aspect, the musical score information is not provided as complete image data, but, for example, the staff information and the special information displayed on the staff information are displayed. Each piece of note information making up the score information, such as symbol information (g clef, bass clef, time signature), note information, etc., is separately provided, and each piece of music information is controlled by the display control means. Since the tone information of a predetermined part of the information can be formed and displayed on the display means, for example, when the tone information is transmitted by the communication means, the transmission capacity of the communication means is taken into consideration. , An appropriate system can be constructed.

According to the musical sound performance apparatus of the present invention, the musical score information as the image information and the control information for displaying the musical score information are separately provided, and the control with a relatively small information amount is provided. By attaching the information to the musical tone information, especially for a system that transmits the musical tone information via the communication means, the transmission can be performed by attaching the control information to the musical tone information to be transmitted, thereby reducing the communication cost. And a very suitable system can be realized.

Further, according to the musical performance apparatus of the seventh aspect, the musical performance of the musical instrument can be performed more easily and in time with the progress of the musical information while the display control means sees the musical score information for changing the color. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an appearance of a karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing details of the appearance of a karaoke commander in the karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display screen in the karaoke apparatus of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of karaoke song data stored in a hard disk.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of karaoke song data stored in a hard disk.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of karaoke music data and musical score data stored in a hard disk.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the karaoke apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 Karaoke commander 2 CPU 3 Modem 4 Hard disk 5 Input unit 6 Remote control light receiving unit 7 Display information generating device 8 Playback device 10 ROM 11 RAM 12 Video playback player 13 Main display 14 Amplifier 15 Microphone 16 Speaker 17 Remote control 18 Database 19 Host computer 20 Communication Line 21 Sub-display 22 LED display

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A musical performance apparatus having performance means for playing musical tone information composed of a plurality of parts, wherein: a releasing means for releasing a performance of a predetermined part of the musical tone information; Display means for displaying the musical score information of the selected part. 2. A selection means capable of selecting desired tone information, a part display means for displaying identification information of a part constituting the tone information selected by the selection means, and a part displayed by the part display means. 2. The musical sound performance apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a release part designating unit for designating release of a performance of a predetermined part from among the parts. 3. The musical performance apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a musical score information storage unit for storing the musical score information. 4. The musical performance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said musical score information is added to corresponding musical tone information. 5. A display control means for controlling display of musical score information by said display means.
A musical tone playing device according to any one of claims 4 to 5. 6. The musical performance apparatus according to claim 5, wherein control information for controlling display of the musical score information is attached to the musical tone information. 7. The display control means according to claim 1, wherein said musical score information displayed by said display means is color-changed in accordance with the performance of said musical tone information based on color change instruction information in said control information. A musical performance apparatus according to claim 5 or claim 6.