WO2012104913A1

WO2012104913A1 - Music playback method

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Publication number: WO2012104913A1
Application number: PCT/JP2011/000588
Authority: WO
Inventors: 政昭齋藤
Original assignee: パイオニア株式会社
Priority date: 2011-02-02
Filing date: 2011-02-02
Publication date: 2012-08-09
Also published as: JP4843120B1; JPWO2012104913A1

Abstract

The invention addresses the performing of music playback suited for dance. This music playback device (20) comprises a music acquiring means (21) for acquiring music data for a musical composition and music information including the analysis results for an analysis of the beat positions in the musical composition; a determining means (22) for determining whether or not a beat undetected interval, which is an interval in which beats have not been detected for a fixed period of time or greater, is present in the musical composition; and a playback means (23) for skipping the beat undetected interval and playing back the musical composition when it has been determined that a beat undetected interval is present in the musical composition.

Description

[Name of invention determined by ISA based on Rule 37.2] Music playback method

The present invention relates to a music playback method, music playback apparatus, playback processing system, and program capable of skip playback.

Conventionally, Patent Document 1 has been proposed as a technique for performing skip reproduction. The said patent document 1 is invention regarding the disc reproducing | regenerating apparatus which reproduces | regenerates the disc in which the music information was recorded on the several block, Comprising: It discriminate | determined whether the signal in a block contains an acoustic signal, and discriminate | determined that it does not contain In this case, the block is not reproduced.

On the other hand, in recent years, street dance, in which dancers (dancers) easily dance on the street, has become popular. In such street dance, it is common to dance along with dance music.

JP 2003-45123 A

However, there may be sections in dance music that do not have some beats. Since such a section is difficult for dancers to perform rhythms and is difficult to dance, if a section without a beat continues for a long time, not only the dancer's condition is disturbed, but the atmosphere of the place may be destroyed.

Therefore, it is conceivable to employ the technique of Patent Document 1 for reproduction of dance music. However, in Patent Document 1, skip reproduction is performed depending on whether or not an acoustic signal is included. , Playback will continue regardless of whether or not there is a beat. For this reason, even if the technique of Patent Document 1 is adopted, not all sections without beats are eliminated, and there is a problem that it cannot always be said that dancers can easily dance.

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a music playback method, a music playback apparatus, a playback processing system, and a program that can perform music playback suitable for dance.

The music playback method of the present invention includes a determination step of determining whether or not a beat undetected section, which is a section in which beats are not detected for a certain period or more, exists in the music, and determines that a beat undetected section exists in the music If so, a playback step of playing the music while skipping the beat non-detection section is performed.

The music reproducing device of the present invention determines whether there is a beat undetected section that is a section in which beats are not detected for a certain period or more in the music, and determines that a beat undetected section exists in the music And a playback means for playing back the music while skipping the beat-undetected section.

According to these configurations, when there is a beat undetected section in the music, the beat undetected section is skip-reproduced, so that it is possible to reliably perform the reproduction without the beat-free section. Thereby, even when music is played as BGM at the time of dancing, the dancer's tone is not disturbed or the atmosphere of the place is not destroyed.
The “certain period” means a section defined by at least one of the number of beats and the absolute time. Therefore, the “beat not detected section” is a section in which the number of beats is L or more, a section in which the absolute time is M seconds or more, a section in which the number of beats is L or more and the absolute time is more than M seconds, and the number of beats is L or more Alternatively, it is possible to define a section in which the absolute time is M seconds or more.

In the above music playback method, the music acquisition step of acquiring music information including the music data of the music and the analysis result obtained by analyzing the beat position in the music is further executed, and the determination step is performed based on the music information. It is characterized by determining whether or not there is a beat non-detection section.

According to this configuration, since the music data and the music information are acquired, there is no need to analyze the music data. Therefore, the control load required for the analysis process can be reduced, and the cost of the apparatus that executes these steps can be reduced.

In the above music playback method, the music analysis step of analyzing the music and detecting the beat position in the music is further executed, and the determining step is performed based on the beat position detected in the music analysis step. It is characterized by determining whether an undetected section exists.

According to this configuration, since the music is analyzed, the present invention can be realized by a single device. Thereby, music reproduction can be performed without considering adaptability to an apparatus or application for performing music analysis.

In the music playback method, the beat undetected section including at least one of the start position and the end position of the music is a first undetected section, and the beat undetected section that does not include both the start position and the end position of the music is When the second undetected section is set, different period lengths are set for the fixed period compared with the first undetected section and the fixed period compared with the second undetected section.

In the above music playback method, the fixed period compared with the second undetected section is set to have a longer length than the fixed period compared with the first undetected section.

According to these configurations, it is possible to vary the discrimination criterion of the beat non-detection section between the start part or the end part of the music and the middle part of the music. For example, by setting the discrimination criterion for the middle part of the music longer than the discrimination criterion for the start or end of the music (set a certain period compared to the second undetected section to be longer than the first undetected section). , It is possible to prevent skip playback from being repeated many times during the music. As a result, it is possible to solve the problem that the dancer is difficult to dance due to frequent interruption of music.

In the above music playback method, when a plurality of music is played back continuously, the Nth (where N is an integer satisfying N ≧ 1) music end position and the (N + 1) th music start position. When there is a section in which no beat is detected, the determination step is a total length of a section in which a beat including the end position of the Nth song is not detected and a section in which a beat including the start position of the (N + 1) th song is not detected. However, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not there is a beat non-detection section depending on whether or not it is longer than a certain period.

According to this configuration, there is a section in which beats of less than a certain period are not detected at the end position of the Nth song and the start position of the (N + 1) th song, so that a portion without a beat continues for a long time. Can be prevented. As a result, even when the music is played continuously, the dancer's tone is not disturbed and the atmosphere of the place is not destroyed.

In the above-described music playback method, when it is determined that there is a beat undetected section in the music, the playback step adds at least one of the sections immediately before or immediately after the beat undetected section as a skip section. The music is reproduced by skipping the skip section.

According to this configuration, it is possible not to skip only the beat undetected section but to skip a skip section in which an arbitrary section is added before and after the beat undetected section, thereby preventing rhythm disturbance due to skip reproduction.
Note that the length and position of any section added to the skip section and its position (before and / or after the beat undetected section) are set according to various music information (including time signature, bar position, bar position, etc.) It is preferred that

In the above music playback method, the fixed period is determined by the number of beats, and the skip period is an arbitrary number of beats before and / or after the beat non-detection period so that the number of beats is an integral multiple of a certain constant. It is a section in which numbers are added.

According to this configuration, by setting the skip period so that the number of beats is an integral multiple of a certain constant, the music flow (rhythm) can be maintained, and the dancer does not feel uncomfortable.
The “certain constant” is a constant corresponding to the time signature of the music (“4” for a 4-beat music, “3” for a 3-beat music such as waltz). Is preferred. The “integer multiple” is preferably “4”. This is because music is generally composed of four measures including waltz and tango.

In the music playback method, the beat undetected section including at least one of the start position and the end position of the music is a first undetected section, and the beat undetected section that does not include both the start position and the end position of the music is When the second undetected section is set, the reproduction step skips the first undetected section for the first undetected section and skips the skip section for the second undetected section.

According to this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate skip playback according to the playback location of the music. For example, if an arbitrary section is added to a beat-undetected section and skipped at the beginning or end of a song, the image of the song may be corrupted, or music playback may start or end in a halfway state. Therefore, it is preferable that only the beat non-detection section is skipped. On the other hand, in the middle part of the music, if a section that does not match the time signature, such as 17 beats and 19 beats, is skipped, there is a possibility that the flow of the music will be greatly disturbed. It is preferable.

In the above music playback method, the skip section is a section in which the start position and end position are set so as to coincide with the bar start position or bar start position of the music.

According to this configuration, since the music is generally set in 4 measures, skipping in units of measures or measures can prevent the music flow from being disturbed to the maximum.

The playback processing system of the present invention is a playback processing system comprising the above-described music playback device and a dedicated application that is installed and used in a computer connected to the music playback device and provides music to the music playback device. The dedicated application includes music providing means for providing music information including the music data of the music and the analysis result obtained by analyzing the beat position in the music to the music playback device, and the determining means is the music acquired from the dedicated application. Based on the information, it is determined whether or not a beat undetected section exists in the music.

According to this configuration, since the music data is analyzed on the dedicated application side, the analysis processing on the music playback device side becomes unnecessary. Thereby, cost reduction of a music reproduction apparatus can be achieved.

The program of the present invention causes a computer to execute each step in the above-described music reproduction method.

By using this program, it is possible to realize a music playback method that can perform music playback suitable for dance.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a music playback system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a control block diagram of a music reproducing device. It is explanatory drawing of the skip reproduction | regeneration in the start part of music, an end part, and the middle part. It is explanatory drawing of the skip reproduction | regeneration in the case of reproducing | regenerating a music continuously. It is a figure which shows an example of the corresponding | compatible table which linked | related the non-beat detection area and the skip area. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of skip reproduction based on the correspondence table of FIG. 5. It is explanatory drawing of the skip reproduction | regeneration match | combined with the bar position and the bar position. It is explanatory drawing which shows the modification of the skip reproduction | regeneration match | combined with the measure position.

Hereinafter, a music playback method, a music playback device, a playback processing system, and a program according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a dance-dedicated audio device used for dance practice is assumed as a music playback device, and dance music is mainly played back as music.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a playback system SY to which a music playback device 20 of the present invention is applied. As shown in the figure, the playback system SY includes a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) 10 that provides music and a music playback device 20 that plays back music.

The PC 10 includes music analysis means 11 and music provision means 12 as main functional configurations. Note that these functions are realized by the dedicated application 15 installed in the PC 10. The music analysis means 11 analyzes the music file and generates analysis data (music feature value). As analysis data, beat position information, BPM (Beats Per Minute) information, key information indicating the ratio of major (major) and minor (minor) parts, genre information, and the like are generated. The beat position information is, for example, information indicating the time from the beginning of the music to each beat position in the music, and if the beat position is known, the way of holding the information is not selected. The BPM information is the average value of the BPM detected for the music, the most detected BPM for the music, and the BPM corresponding to each playback section of the music (when the BPM is changed in the middle of the music). Information indicating any of the above. Note that the user may be able to set which of these is adopted as the BPM information. Further, only one of the beat position information and the BPM may be generated.

The music providing means 12 reproduces the music data together with the analysis data that is the analysis result of the music analysis means 11 and accompanying information (meta information such as the title, artist name, album name, etc.) attached to the music. Provide (send) to the device 20. In the following description, analysis data and accompanying information are collectively referred to as music information. The data provided by the music providing means 12 may be stored in an external storage medium such as a USB memory and read by the music reproducing device 20.

On the other hand, the music playback device 20 includes a music acquisition means 21, a discrimination means 22, and a playback means 23 as main functional configurations. The music acquisition means 21 acquires music data and music information provided by the music provision means 12. The music acquisition unit 21 may be configured to acquire music data or the like from the PC 10 via a cable, a wireless LAN, or the like, or may be configured to acquire music data or the like by reading an external storage medium such as a USB memory.

The discriminating means 22 discriminates whether or not a beat undetected section, which is a section in which no beat is detected for a certain period or longer, exists in the music to be played. The determination is performed based on beat position information and BPM information included in the music information. The presence / absence of a beat non-detection section is determined regardless of the sound level (strength). That is, even if a playback section with a low sound level continues for a certain period or longer, if a beat position is present (a beat is detected), it is not treated as a beat undetected section. In addition, in the present embodiment, the “certain period” serving as a criterion for determining whether or not there is a beat undetected section is determined by the number of beats. Specifically, with respect to the start portion and the end portion of the music, when no beat is continuously detected for 16 beats or more, the section is determined as a beat undetected section. In the middle part of the music, when no beat is continuously detected for 32 beats or more, the section is determined as a beat undetected section.

When the discriminating means 22 determines that there is a beat non-detection section in the music piece, the playback means 23 skips the beat non-detection section and plays the music piece. The skip reproduction will be described in detail after FIG.

Next, the control configuration of the music playback device 20 will be described with reference to FIG. The music playback device 20 includes an input interface (hereinafter referred to as “input I / F”) 31, a main processing unit 32, a music data processing unit 33, a memory 34, a decoding unit 35, and a playback control unit as main control configurations. 36, an output interface (hereinafter referred to as “output I / F”) 37, and an audio output device 38.

The input I / F 31 acquires music data and music information provided from the PC 10. The main processing unit 32 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a microcomputer, and controls each unit in the music playback device 20. The music data processing unit 33 performs processing related to synchronized playback of beats (synchronization between music, synchronization between music and audio effects, etc.). The memory 34 stores music data and music information provided from the PC 10. The decoding unit 35 decodes the music data read from the memory 34. The reproduction control unit 36 performs reproduction control based on the music data decoded by the decoding unit 35. The skip reproduction by the reproduction means 23 is realized mainly by the reproduction control unit 36. The output I / F 37 outputs the reproduction signal reproduced by the reproduction control unit 36 to the audio output device 38. As the audio output device 38, speakers, headphones, or the like can be used. Further, the audio output device 38 is not provided in the music reproducing device 20, but may be configured as a separate body.

Next, a basic form of skip reproduction by the reproduction means 23 (reproduction control unit 36) will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, the note mark indicates the beat position. In addition, the illustrated horizontal line indicates the time axis, the dotted arrow arranged along the horizontal line indicates the skip target section, and the solid arrow arranged along the horizontal line indicates the reproduction target section. FIG. 3A is a diagram showing skip reproduction when a beat undetected section (first undetected section) is present at the start of the music. As for the start position of the music, when a section in which no beat is detected continues for 16 beats or more, this is determined to be a beat undetected section. In this case, the music is skipped from the start position and the reproduction is started from the first detected beat position.

FIG. 3B is a diagram showing skip reproduction when a beat undetected section (first undetected section) exists at the end of the music. In this case as well, as in the case of the start portion, when the section in which no beat is detected is 16 beats or more, this is determined to be a beat undetected section. In this case, it skips from the beat position next to the last detected beat position (blank beat position calculated based on BPM) to the end position.

FIG. 3C is a diagram showing skip reproduction in the case where a beat undetected section (second undetected section) exists in the middle portion of the music (section not including both the start position and end position of the music). . In this case, when a section in which no beat is detected continues for 32 beats or more, it is determined as a beat non-detected section. If there is a beat non-detection section in the middle of the music, skipping from the beat position next to the last detected beat position (blank beat position) and starting playback from the next detected beat position.

In the basic form of skip playback shown in FIG. 3, the “certain period” that is a reference when discriminating the beat-undetected section is the same section length at the start part and the end part of the music, but different section lengths are used. It is also good. However, it is preferable to set the discrimination criterion for the beat non-detection section in the middle of the music longer than the discrimination criteria for the start or end of the music. Thereby, it is possible to solve the problem that it becomes difficult for the dancer to dance by skipping and replaying many times in the middle of the music.

Next, skip playback in the case of continuous playback will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4A is a diagram showing a basic form of continuous playback, that is, continuous playback when the basic form of skip playback shown in FIG. 3 is applied. As shown in the figure, for example, there is a section in which no beat for 8 beats is detected at the end of the Nth song (where N is an integer satisfying N ≧ 1), and at the start of the (N + 1) th song. When there are sections in which no beats for 12 beats are detected, since they are all less than 16 beats, they are not determined to be beat undetected sections. Therefore, all of the data including the end part of the Nth music and the start part of the (N + 1) th music are reproduced.

On the other hand, FIG. 4B is a diagram showing a modified example of continuous reproduction. In this modification, the total of the section where the beat at the end of the Nth music is not detected (8 beats in the figure) and the section where the beat at the start of the N + 1th music is not detected (12 beats in the figure) is constant. If it is longer than the period (for example, 16 beats or more), the section is determined to be a beat undetected section and skipped. In other words, in this modification, skipping is started from the beat position (blank beat position) next to the beat position detected at the end of the Nth music piece, and playback is started from the first detected beat position of the (N + 1) th music piece. It will be.

In the modified example of the continuous reproduction shown in FIG. 4B, the “certain period” serving as a discrimination criterion for the beat non-detection section extending over the two music pieces is set as the beat non-detection section at the start part or the end part of the music piece. Although the section length is the same as the discrimination criterion, a different section length may be used.

In addition, when a plurality of music pieces are continuously played, a beat synchronization process for adjusting the BPM may be performed. The synchronization process is performed by the music data processing unit 33. In addition, the user may be able to set whether or not to perform beat synchronization processing.

Next, with reference to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, a modified example 1 of skip reproduction by the reproduction means 23 will be described. This modification is characterized by skipping only the skip section which is a section obtained by adding an arbitrary number of beats before and after the beat undetected section, instead of skipping the beat undetected section itself. The following description will focus on the differences from the basic form. Here, reference is made to the beat undetected section in the middle of the music. Also, the time signature of the music is assumed to be 4 time signatures.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the correspondence table 50 in which the beat non-detection section and the skip section are associated with each other. The correspondence table 50 defines skip sections corresponding to detected beat non-detection sections so that the number of beats is an integral multiple of 16. For example, when the beat non-detection section (N) is 32 beats or more and less than 33 beats, the skip section is 32 beats. When the beat non-detection section (N) is 33 beats or more and less than 49 beats, the skip section is 48 beats, and when the beat undetected section (N) is 49 beats or more and less than 65 beats, the skip section is 64 beats. . Note that the skip interval is set so that the number of beats is an integral multiple of 16. This is because 4-beat time dance music is assumed, and in general, music is composed of 4 bars including waltz and tango. This is due to the fact that it is often configured as a unit.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of skip reproduction (Modification 1) based on the correspondence table 50 shown in FIG. In the figure, a note mark indicates a detected beat, and a cross indicates an undetected beat. In addition, one bar is indicated by four consecutive note marks, and one bar is indicated by repeating the note mark for one bar four times. As shown in the upper part of FIG. 6A, when there are beat undetected sections for 32 beats over three major bars, the skip section is 32 beats based on the correspondence table 50. That is, in the example of the figure, the beat non-detection section = the skip section. Thereby, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 6A, skip reproduction from the fifth beat of the first bar to the sixth beat of the third bar is performed.

On the other hand, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 6B, when there are 40 beat undetected sections, the skip section is 48 beats based on the correspondence table 50. In this case, a section obtained by adding a section of 48-40 = 8 beats after the beat non-detection section is a skip section. That is, for the 8 beats after the end of the beat non-detection section (indicated by a dotted line in the figure), beats are detected, but the skip section is a skip target section in order to make the skip section an integral multiple of 16 beats. Thereby, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 6B, skip reproduction from the ninth beat of the first major bar to the tenth beat of the fourth major bar is performed.

In this way, by setting the skip section so that the beat is an integral multiple of 16 for a 4-beat music piece, the music flow can be maintained regardless of the section length of the beat non-detection section. . In other words, rhythm disturbance due to skip playback can be prevented, and problems such as dancers becoming difficult to dance can be solved.

In the first modification shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the skip section is determined so that the number of beats is an integral multiple of 16. However, in the case of a three-beat musical piece such as waltz, an integer of 3 × 4 = 12 It is preferable to define the skip section so that the number of beats is doubled. That is, it is preferable to determine the skip section based on the music analysis result (such as BPM information included in the music information).

In addition, as in Modification 1 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, it is preferable that a configuration in which a skip interval is defined by adding an arbitrary number of beats to a beat non-detection interval is applied only to an intermediate portion of the music. That is, it is preferable to skip the beat non-detection section itself for the start part and the end part of the music, and skip the skip period adjusted to be an integral multiple of 16 beats for the middle part of the music. According to this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate skip playback according to the playback location of the music. In other words, if an arbitrary section is added to the beat-undetected section and skipped at the beginning or end of the song, the image of the song may be corrupted or the music playback may start or end in a halfway state. There is a risk of it. On the other hand, about the middle part of a music, when the beat undetected area for 40 beats exists like the example of FIG.6 (b), the music flow is skipped by skipping the area which does not match a time signature. There is a risk that it will be greatly disturbed. For this reason, the discomfort (disturbance of music rhythm) caused by skip reproduction can be reduced as much as possible by setting a skip section that matches the time signature only in the middle of the music.

Moreover, in the modification 1 shown in FIG.5 and FIG.6, although the section which added arbitrary sections after the beat non-detection section was made into the skip section, arbitrary sections were added before the beat non-detection section. Also good. Moreover, you may add an arbitrary area equally before and behind a beat non-detection area. Further, the skip section may be set so that the start position and end position of the skip section coincide with the measure position (measure start position) or measure position (measure start position) of the music. Hereinafter, these examples will be described as modified examples 2 and 3.

FIG. 7A is an explanatory diagram of skip reproduction (modification 2) for skipping in accordance with the measure position of the music. As shown in the upper part of the figure, when there is a beat undetected section for 32 beats from the middle of the measure, the first beat of the first measure including the beat undetected section starts with the last beat including the beat undetected section. Set up to the 4th beat as a skip section. As a result, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 7A, skip reproduction from the fourth beat of the first bar to the ninth beat of the third bar is performed.

On the other hand, FIG. 7B is an explanatory diagram of skip reproduction (modification example 3) for skipping in accordance with the major position of the music. As shown in the upper part of the figure, when there is a beat undetected section for 21 beats from the middle of the first measure, the beat undetected section from the first beat of the first measure including the beat undetected section is displayed. Up to the 16th beat of the last major bar (second and third bars) is set as the skip section. Thereby, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 7B, skip reproduction from the 16th beat of the first bar to the first beat of the fourth bar is performed.

As described above, according to the modification shown in FIG. 7, the start position and the end position of the skip section are set to coincide with the bar position or the bar position of the music, thereby disturbing the flow of the music. Can be prevented. In particular, as in the third modification, skipping in units of measures makes the skip interval an integer multiple of 16, so that the rhythm can be prevented from being disturbed due to skip reproduction.

In the second and third modifications shown in FIG. 7, for the same reason as in the first modification, the configuration in which the skip section is set in units of measures or measures may be applied only to the middle part of the music. preferable. In addition, for each of the first, second, and third modifications, the user may be able to set whether or not to adjust the skip period (if no adjustment is made, the beat non-detection period is equal to the skip period).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a beat-undetected section exists in the music, the beat-undetected section is skip-played, so that it is possible to reliably perform the playback without the beat-free section. . As a result, even when the music is played back during the dance, the dancer's tone is not disturbed or the atmosphere of the place is not destroyed. In addition, since the music playback device 20 according to the present embodiment is configured to acquire music data including the music data of the music and the analysis result obtained by analyzing the beat position in the music from the PC 10 serving as the host device, the music data There is no need to analyze. Thereby, cost reduction of the music reproduction apparatus 20 can be achieved.

In the above-described embodiment, the “certain period” serving as a criterion for determining whether or not there is a beat-undetected section is determined based on the number of beats, but may be determined based on absolute time. For example, in the case of BPM120, 16 beats corresponds to 8 seconds and 32 beats corresponds to 16 seconds. Therefore, if no beats are detected for 8 seconds or more for the start part and the end part of the music, the section is determined as a beat-undetected section. For example, when a beat is not detected for 16 seconds or longer in the middle part of the music, it may be determined that the section is a beat-undetected section.

In addition, “a certain period” may be defined as a section determined by both the number of beats and the absolute time. For example, it is possible to define the beat number and absolute time by AND condition or OR condition such as the section where the beat number is L beats and the absolute time is M seconds or more, the beat number is L beats or more or the absolute time is M seconds or more It is.

Further, in the above embodiment, the “certain period” is assumed to be the same section length for all the songs, but the “certain period” may be varied according to the songs. For example, it is conceivable to change the “certain period” in accordance with music information (genre information, key information, accompanying information), the length of music, and the like. The “genre information” can be determined by the dedicated application 15 based on beat patterns (appearance rate of beats), tempo, tonality, and the like. The “genre” referred to here is a concept that includes not only a classification such as “dance genre”, “popular”, and “singing song” but also a detailed classification in “dance genre”. In other words, music classified as “dance genre” is classified into detailed genres such as “hip hop”, “house”, “break”, “rock”, “pop”, and “jazz”. In this way, by changing the “certain period” according to the music, it is possible to realize skip reproduction suitable for the music. Further, the playback mode for determining whether or not to perform skip playback may be automatically switched according to the music (music information).

In addition, the section length of the “certain period” may be arbitrarily changed by the user. In this case, the section length can be set for each of the start part, the end part, the middle part of the music, and the music connection part (discrimination criterion for the beat non-detection section straddling two music when the music is continuously played back). Is preferred. Further, it is conceivable that the setting is changed by using a setting function provided in the dedicated application 15 or an operation means (such as an operation panel or a remote control) provided in the music reproducing apparatus 20 main body. Also, the playback mode for determining whether or not to perform skip playback may be arbitrarily set by the user.

In addition, when a speech (narrative) portion in a music can be specified based on music information or the like, the speech portion may be configured not to be skipped. Further, it may be possible for the user to arbitrarily set whether or not to perform skip reproduction for the speech portion.

In addition, even when a beat is detected, a section where the beat position is not determined may be skipped. For example, a section where the BPM is moving up and down in short time units may be regarded as a section where no beat is detected.

Moreover, although the music reproduction apparatus 20 of said embodiment acquired the music data and music information of a music from PC10, even if a music is analyzed and the beat position in a music is detected by the music reproduction apparatus 20 side. good. According to this configuration, since the present invention can be realized only by the music playback device 20, music playback can be performed without considering the adaptability between the music playback device 20 and the PC 10 or the dedicated application 15 that performs music analysis. it can.

In addition, the analysis result of the music may not be stored in advance, but the analyzed part may be sequentially reproduced while analyzing the music. According to this configuration, since it is not necessary to analyze in advance, the present invention can also be applied to music reproduced from a CD or the like.

In the above embodiment, the presence / absence of an undetected beat section is determined regardless of the sound level (strength). However, the sound level may be determined in consideration. That is, when the sound level is below a certain level, it may be skipped as a section where no beat is detected regardless of the presence or absence of a beat.

In the above-described embodiment, a section obtained by adding an arbitrary section to a beat undetected section is defined as a skip section. However, a skip section may be defined as a section including at least a part of a beat undetected section. That is, it is not always necessary to include all the beat undetected sections in the skip section. For example, in FIG. 7 (a), the case where skip playback is performed in accordance with the measure position of the music has been described, but as shown in FIG. 8 (a), from the first beat of the first measure including the beat non-detection section, You may set up to the 4th beat of the last measure before the last measure including the beat non-detection interval as a skip interval. Also, as shown in FIG. 8B, a skip period is set from the first beat of the next bar after the first bar including the beat-undetected section to the fourth beat of the last bar including the beat-undetected section. You may do it. In these cases, even if skip playback is performed, a section without beats may occur (see the lower part of FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b)). It is thought not to give. In addition, the user may arbitrarily set the skip section setting method.

Further, it is possible to provide each component of the PC 10 and the music playback device 20 shown in the above embodiment as a program. Further, the program can be provided by being stored in various storage media (CD-ROM, flash memory, etc.). That is, a program for causing each of the PC 10 and the music reproducing device 20 to function as well as a storage medium storing the program are also included in the scope of the right of the present invention.

In the above embodiment, a dance-only audio device is exemplified as the music playback device 20, but the present invention can also be applied to audio devices other than devices intended for dance practice. Further, the music playback device 20 is not limited to a dedicated device, and may be realized as a function of another device such as a mobile terminal or a car navigation system.

In the above embodiment, the music provided from the PC 10 is reproduced. However, the music providing source is not limited to the PC 10, and may be a server on the Web, a server on the LAN network, or the like. Further, the playback system SY shown in the above embodiment may be realized by a single device (such as an electronic musical instrument or a computer) such as mounting the function of the music playback device 20 on the PC 10 side. Other modifications can be made as appropriate without departing from the scope of the present invention.

10 ... PC 11 ... music analysis means 12 ... music providing means 15 ... dedicated application 20 ... music reproduction device 21 ... music acquisition means 22 ... determination means 23 ... reproduction means 50 ... correspondence table SY ... reproduction system

Claims

A determination step for determining whether or not there is a beat non-detection section that is a section in which beats are not detected for a certain period or longer in the music;
When it is determined that the beat-undetected section is present in the music, a playback step of playing the music while skipping the beat-undetected section is performed.
Further executing a music acquisition step of acquiring music information including the music data of the music and the analysis result obtained by analyzing the beat position in the music;
The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining step determines whether or not the beat undetected section exists in the music based on the music information.
Analyzing the music and further performing a music analysis step of detecting beat positions in the music;
The music according to claim 1, wherein the determination step determines whether or not the beat undetected section exists in the music based on the beat position detected by the music analysis step. Playback method.
The beat undetected section including at least one of the start position and the end position of the music is defined as a first undetected section, and the beat undetected section that does not include both the start position and the end position of the music is defined as a second undetected section. When the detection interval
2. The music reproducing method according to claim 1, wherein different period lengths are set for the certain period compared with the first undetected period and the certain period compared with the second undetected period. .
5. The music playback method according to claim 4, wherein the fixed period compared with the second undetected section is set to have a longer period than the fixed period compared with the first undetected section. .
A section in which a plurality of songs are played back continuously, and no beat is detected at the end position of the Nth song (where N is an integer satisfying N ≧ 1) and the start position of the N + 1th song, respectively. Is present,
Whether the total length of the section in which the beat including the end position of the Nth song is not detected and the section in which the beat including the start position of the N + 1th song is not detected is equal to or longer than the predetermined period. The music playback method according to claim 1, wherein whether or not the beat non-detection section exists is determined according to.
If it is determined that the beat undetected section exists in the music, the playback step adds at least one section immediately before or immediately after the beat undetected section to make a skip section. The music reproducing method according to claim 1, wherein the music is reproduced while skipping a section.
The certain period is determined by the number of beats,
The skip section is a section in which an arbitrary number of beats is added before and / or after the beat non-detection section so that the number of beats is an integral multiple of a certain constant. Music playback method.
A beat undetected section including at least one of a start position and an end position of the music is defined as a first undetected section, and a beat undetected section that does not include both the start position and the end position of the music is defined as a second undetected section. When
9. The music reproduction according to claim 8, wherein the playback step skips the first undetected section for the first undetected section and skips the skip section for the second undetected section. Method.
The music playback method according to claim 7, wherein the skip section is a section in which a start position and an end position are set so as to coincide with a bar start position or a bar start position of the music.
Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not there is a beat undetected section that is a section in which beats are not detected for a certain period or more in the music;
A music playback device, comprising: a playback means for playing back the music by skipping the beat non-detection section when it is determined that the beat non-detection section exists in the music.
A music playback device according to claim 11;
A dedicated processing application system installed on a computer connected to the music playback device and used to provide the music to the music playback device;
The dedicated application is
Music providing means for providing the music reproducing device with music information including the music data of the music and the analysis result obtained by analyzing the beat position in the music,
The discrimination means includes
A reproduction processing system that determines whether or not the beat undetected section exists in the music based on the music information acquired from the dedicated application.
A program for causing a computer to execute each step in the music reproducing method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.