KR101536929B1 - Electric Musical Instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

An electric musical instrument is disclosed. An electric musical instrument according to the present invention comprises: a storage unit in which configuration information set by a user for sounds outputted from an electric musical instrument by the performance of a user is stored; an input unit to which performance information on the performance of a user is inputted; a control unit which converts performance information based on configuration information; and an output unit which outputs performance information converted by the control unit. According to the present invention, mistakes occurring during the performance of a user can be corrected automatically, and a user can also emulate the performance of a renowned player while listening to the same.

Description

[0001] ELECTRIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic musical performance apparatus, and more particularly, to an electronic musical performance apparatus capable of automatically correcting a mistake in a user's musical performance process, ≪ / RTI >

Novice musicians playing electronic keyboard musical instruments such as keyboards make mistakes such as pressing a wrong key during a musical performance, and an automatic accompaniment function is provided to compensate for the mistakes of such novice musicians.

However, since the automatic accompaniment function according to the related art automatically outputs the play sound according to the performance pattern information stored in the memory, even if the player does not press any key at all, the previously-stored play sound is played.

Therefore, the automatic accompaniment function according to the related art can not provide any tension to the player, and it is difficult to expect any learning effect in the performance process.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic musical instrument capable of automatically correcting a mistake in a performance of a user, and allowing a user to perform a performance imitating performance of a performance by a famous player.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a performance apparatus comprising: a storage unit storing setting information, which is information set by a user, with respect to an output sound from the performance apparatus according to a performance of a user; An input unit for inputting performance information of a user; A controller for converting the performance information based on the setting information; And an output unit for outputting the performance information converted by the control unit.

Preferably, the information processing apparatus further includes a display unit for displaying the setting information.

The setting information is scale information of a musical piece to be played by the user.

The setting information may be performance information of another player with respect to a performance music to be played by the user.

The performance information may include at least one of a performance start time, a performance duration, and a playing strength for each note played by the other player.

According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically correct a mistake in a user's performance.

In addition, according to the present invention, a user can perform a performance imitating playing sensibility by a famous player.

1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a structure of a performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of playing a performance in a performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which scale information inputted by a user is displayed on a keyboard of a performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which scale information inputted by a user is displayed on a keyboard of a performance apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a view showing a structure in which a display unit according to the present invention is installed in an input tool such as a keyboard,
FIG. 6 is a view showing performance information of a good performer stored in a performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
7 is a view illustrating performance information of a user input to a performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating performance information in a case where a performance is automatically played in a chord progression of a famous song preset by a user in a performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It is to be noted that the same elements among the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals whenever possible. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a structure of a performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1, a performance apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input unit 110, a storage unit 130, a display unit 150, a control unit 170, a communication unit 180, 190).

The input unit 110 of the performance apparatus 100 may include a setting information input panel by a user and a setting information input panel by a user for performance, And a performance information input tool 115 of a keyboard or the like to be used by the user.

That is, the user can input setting information, which is information set by the user, to the output sound from the performance apparatus 100 according to the performance of the user through the setting information input panel, And is stored in the storage unit 130.

On the other hand, the display unit 150 such as an LED displays the setting information input by the user in a state where the display unit 150 is installed in the performance information inputting tool 115 such as a keyboard, so that the user can easily perform the performance according to the setting information .

In addition, the user performs performance using the performance information input tool 115 of a keyboard or the like, and the control unit 170 controls the performance of the performance based on the setting information stored in the storage unit 130, And converts the inputted performance information.

The performance information converted by the control unit 170 is output to the outside through an output unit 190 such as a speaker and played through a communication unit 180 such as a USB port provided in the performance apparatus 100 Information is received, which is stored in the storage unit 130. [

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a performance in a performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a performance method in the performance apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. FIG.

First, the user inputs scale information of a performance to be performed by the user through the input panel provided in the performance apparatus 100 as setting information for the corresponding performance (S210).

In this way, the setting information input by the user through the input panel is stored in the storage unit 130, and the control unit 170 controls the display unit 130 to selectively emit the LED lights installed in the respective keys according to the setting information input by the user. (Step S230).

3, when the user inputs 'C major' as the scale information of the music piece through the input panel, only the LED lights installed on the keys used to play the music corresponding to 'C major' If 'D major' is input as the scale information of the musical composition, only the LED lights installed on the keys used to play the musical piece corresponding to 'D major' are illuminated in blue.

4, when the user inputs 'C major' as the scale information of the musical piece through the input panel, when the user inputs the 'C major' as the scale information of the musical piece through the input panel, Only the lights are illuminated in green and keys (C, D, E, F, G, A and B) of the respective keys are displayed together, while keys not used for playing the performance corresponding to 'C major' The LED lights installed in the LEDs may emit light in red while displaying 'X' together.

As described above, according to the present invention, only the key that the user has to use for playing is displayed separately, so that it is possible to support the stable performance of the user.

5 is a view showing a structure in which the display unit 150 according to the present invention is installed in an input tool 115 such as a keyboard. 5A, it is preferable that the display unit 150 such as an LED is installed at the end of the keyboard so that the user can easily recognize the display unit 150 at the time of light emission. It is preferable that a transparent reinforcing panel 117 is provided on the upper surface of the keyboard and a display unit 150 such as an LED is installed under the reinforcing panel 117 as in the side structure of FIG.

Meanwhile, in implementing the present invention, the controller 170 of the performance apparatus 100 digitizes the scale information, which is the setting information input through the input panel, based on the mobility method as shown in FIG.

That is, as shown in FIG. 3, all the major scales can be expressed as 110111 with a pitch of 1 degree ( R ) as a reference. In the case of such a major scale, a root tone R Scale on the scale).

Further, in carrying out the present invention, the control unit 170 numerically scales each musical scale in the scale information subjected to numerical processing as described above from a root note (R).

For example, if 'C major' is taken as an example, the control unit 170 calculates the scale at C R (1) D (1) E (0) F (1) G (1) A by processing digitized, and stored in the '1 R (1) 2 ( 1) 3 (0) 4 (1) 5 (1) 6 (1) 7 (0)' to the conversion and stores it in section 130.

In the state where the setting information inputted by the user is stored in the storage unit 130 as described above, the user presses the key and performs the performance. Thus, the input unit 110 continuously inputs the performance information corresponding to the depression of each key (S250).

If the user makes a mistake of pressing the 5 # key (i.e., the black key marked X) despite the fact that the user has to press the 5 (G) key in FIG. 4, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, it is confirmed that the performance information does not match with the setting information, and by performing rounding or semi-down processing automatically, (5 [G] or 6 [A]) which is the closest to the performance information 5 # in step S270.

Meanwhile, the output unit 190 of the performance apparatus 100 outputs a sound corresponding to the converted performance information, thereby allowing the user to hear a normal play sound despite the user's mistake (S290).

In implementing the present invention, it is also possible for the user to input chord information (for example, 1 (C), 3 (E), or 5 (G)) in the case of inputting the setting information in step S210 There will be.

In this case, when the performance information input by the user in step S250 is 1 (C), 2 # (D #), and 5 # (G #), the controller 170 transmits the chord information stored in the storage unit 130 As a result of comparison, it is confirmed that 2 # (D #) and 5 # (G #) in the performance information are not matched with the chord information, and 2 * (D #) is subjected to semi- (G #) is subjected to a conversion process so as to be equal to 5 (G #), and a semitone lowering process is performed on the 5 # (G # .

Meanwhile, in implementing the present invention, the setting information input by the user in the above-described step S210 may be performance information of other performers with respect to the music to be played by the user.

Specifically, the communication unit 180 of the performance apparatus 100 receives a data file in which performance information of a name player stored in a user PC or an external server is recorded. The data file includes a file name And is stored in the storage unit 130 together.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, in this data file, as performance information of the great performer, information on the performance start time for each note played by the master recorder (time information of the note pressed by the player: (The length of time the player depresses the key corresponding to each note: the length of the play), the scale number_of the octave information, and the playing strength of the corresponding note (the key corresponding to each note Strength: striking strength).

Concretely, the performance information for each note played by the speaker can be configured as the following data structure.

- Data structure -

[Start of the node | Playing length | Scale number _ octave | Striking Strength]

Using the data structure as described above, the data structure of each played note corresponding to 1 to 5 in FIG. 6 can be configured as shown in Table 1 below.

Play sound No Performance information [Node start point | Playing length | Scale number _ octave | Striking Strength] One [01.01.01 | 00.02.03.48 | 1 (A #) _2 | 68.75] 2 [01.01.03 | 00.03.01.88 | 5 (F) _3 | 42.19] 3 [01.02.01 | 00.03.00.28 | 1 (A #) _3 | 52.34] 4 [01.02.03 | 00.02.02.27 | 2 (C) _4 & lt ; / RTI > 55.47] 5 [01.02.03 | 00.02.02.31 | 5 (F) _4 | 62.50]

In implementing the present invention, the control unit 170 may extract the data structure as shown in Table 1 by analyzing the data file inputted through the communication unit 180, and store the extracted data structure in the storage unit 130 There will be.

On the other hand, a user who wishes to practice playing a performance song of a famous performer as a reference selects the corresponding data file using the input panel of the user (S210) and starts playing.

Accordingly, the performance information by the user is input to the input unit 110 of the performance apparatus 100, and the controller 170 analyzes the performance information by the user as shown in FIG.

7, when the code played by the user is 1 (A #), 5 (F), 1 (A #), the controller 170 selects one of the performance information Selects the performance information in Table 1 showing the style law closest to the code played by the user and converts the performance information of the user into performance information in Table 1. [

Thus, the output unit 190 outputs the performance information in Table 1, so that the user can play the musical performance through the performance apparatus 100 with the same sensitivity as the actual name player.

In the meantime, when the user plays only a chord or bass (root) at intervals of four to eight bars, the controller 170 automatically determines the chord progression of a famous song preset by the user (Money code).

In addition, in carrying out the present invention, a user may directly produce an accompaniment style and a chord progression, store the data file produced by the user in the storage unit 130, and then transmit and distribute the data file to the external equipment through the communication unit 180 You can do it.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms used in the present invention are used only to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

100: performance apparatus, 110: input section,
115: input tool, 117: reinforcement panel,
130: storage unit, 150: display unit,
170: control unit, 180: communication unit,
190: Output section.

Claims (5)

In the performance apparatus,
A storage unit for storing setting information, which is information set by the user, with respect to an output sound from the performance apparatus according to a performance of a user;
An input unit for inputting performance information of a user;
A controller for converting the performance information based on the setting information;
An output unit for outputting performance information converted by the control unit;
A performance information input tool used by the user to perform performance and provided with a display unit selectively emitting light according to the setting information; And
A communication unit for receiving a data file including performance information of the player;
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Wherein the control unit extracts performance information of each of the performance players including performance start time information, performance duration information, scale number, octave information, and performance intensity for each performance sound from the data file,
The storage unit stores performance information of the great performer extracted for each play sound,
Wherein the control unit converts the performance information corresponding to the performance of the user into performance information corresponding to the performance code information of the user and stored in the storage unit,
And the output unit outputs the performance information of the user converted and processed by the control unit to the performance information of the bright player.
delete The method according to claim 1,
The setting information includes:
And the scale information of the musical piece to be played by the user.
The method according to claim 1,
The setting information includes:
And the performance information of the other player with respect to the performance music to be played by the user.
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