APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY STARTING ADD-ON PROGRESSION TO RUN WITH INPUTTED MUSIC, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR

• US 20070119292A1
• Filed: 09/26/2006
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: NAKAMURA, Yoshinari
• Granted Patent: US 7,605,322 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/610
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0066 using a MIDI interface
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/361 Recording/reproducing of accompaniment for use with an external source, e.g. karaoke systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/141 Library retrieval matching, i.e. any of the steps of matching an inputted segment or phrase with musical database contents, e.g. query by humming, singing or playing; the steps may include, e.g. musical analysis of the input, musical feature extraction, query formulation, or details of the retrieval process
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/325 Synchronizing two or more audio tracks or files according to musical features or musical timings synchronised lyrics, e.g. for karaoke G10H2220/011

Abstract

As a player inputs a performance of a music piece by playing a musical instrument or singing a song, an add-on apparatus automatically starts an add-on progression such as an accompaniment to the music piece, a score and word display of the music piece and a picture display for the music piece. The apparatus stores a plurality of accompaniment or score-and-word or picture data files each corresponding to each of a plurality of music pieces. The apparatus recognizes the music piece under the performance inputted by the player, selects the accompaniment or score-and-word or picture date file which corresponds to the recognized music piece, and causes the accompaniment progression or score-and-word display or picture display to start automatically and run along with the progression of the music piece automatically.

Claims

1. An apparatus for automatically starting an add-on progression to run along with an inputted music progression comprising:

an add-on progression storing device which stores a plurality of add-on progression data files each corresponding to each of a plurality of music pieces, each of said add-on progression data files representing a progression of an add-on matter to a progression of each corresponding one of said plurality of music pieces;

a performance data input device for inputting performance data representing a musical performance of a music piece played by a player;

a music piece recognizing device for recognizing a music piece under said musical performance based on said inputted performance data;

an add-on progression selecting device for selecting an add-on progression data file which represents the progression of the add-on matter for said recognized music piece; and

an add-on progression causing device for causing said progression of the add-on matter to start automatically and run along with the progression of said music piece automatically according to said selected add-on progression data file upon selection of said add-on progression data file.

2. An apparatus for automatically starting a musical accompaniment progression to run along with an inputted music progression comprising:

an accompaniment storing device which stores a plurality of accompaniment data files each corresponding to each of a plurality of music pieces, each of said accompaniment data files representing a progression of a musical accompaniment to a progression of each corresponding one of said plurality of music pieces;

a performance data input device for inputting performance data representing a musical performance of a music piece played by a player;

a music piece recognizing device for recognizing a music piece under said musical performance based on said inputted performance data in comparison with reference music data;

an accompaniment selecting device for selecting an accompaniment data file which represents the progression of the musical accompaniment for said recognized music piece; and

an accompaniment causing device for causing said progression of the musical accompaniment to start automatically and run along with the progression of said music piece automatically according to said selected accompaniment data file upon selection of said accompaniment data file.

3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said music piece recognizing device recognizes also a transposition interval between said inputted performance data and said reference music data, and said accompaniment causing device causes said progression of the musical accompaniment to start and run in a key adjusted by said recognized transposition interval.

4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2 or 3, wherein said accompaniment causing device causes said progression of the musical accompaniment to fade in immediately after said music piece under said musical performance is recognized.

5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2 or 3, wherein said progression of the musical accompaniment has predetermined break-in points along the progression thereof, and said accompaniment causing device causes said progression of the musical accompaniment to start at a break-in point which comes first among said break-in points after said music piece under said musical performance is recognized.

6. An apparatus for automatically starting a description display progression to run along with an inputted music progression comprising:

a description storing device which stores a plurality of description data files each corresponding to each of a plurality of music pieces, each of said description data files representing a progression of a description display to a progression of each corresponding one of said plurality of music pieces;

a performance data input device for inputting performance data representing a musical performance of a music piece played by a player;

a music piece recognizing device for recognizing a music piece under said musical performance based on said inputted performance data in comparison with reference music data;

a description selecting device for selecting a description data file which represents the progression of the description display for said recognized music piece; and

a description display causing device for causing said progression of the description display to start automatically and run along with the progression of said music piece automatically according to said selected description data file upon selection of said description data file.

7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein said music piece recognizing device recognizes also a transposition interval between said inputted performance data and said reference music data, and said description display causing device causes said progression of the description display to start and run in a key adjusted by said recognized transposition interval.

8. An apparatus for automatically starting a picture display progression to run along with an inputted music progression comprising:

a picture storing device which stores a plurality of picture data files each corresponding to each of a plurality of music pieces, each of said picture data files representing a progression of a picture display to a progression of each corresponding one of said plurality of music pieces;

a performance data input device for inputting performance data representing a musical performance of a music piece played by a player;

a music piece recognizing device for recognizing a music piece under said musical performance based on said inputted performance data;

a picture selecting device for selecting a picture data file which represents the progression of the picture display for said recognized music piece; and

a picture display causing device for causing said progression of the picture display to start automatically and run along with the progression of said music piece automatically according to said selected picture data file upon selection of said picture data file.

9. A computer readable medium for use in a computer including a storage device which stores a plurality of add-on progression data files each corresponding to each of a plurality of music pieces, each of said add-on progression data files representing a progression of an add-on matter to a progression of each corresponding one of said plurality of music pieces, said medium containing program instructions executable by said computer for causing said computer to execute:

a process of inputting performance data representing a musical performance of a music piece played by a player;

a process of recognizing a music piece under said musical performance based on said inputted performance data;

a process of selecting an add-on progression data file which represents the progression of the add-on matter for said recognized music piece; and

a process of causing said progression of the add-on matter to start automatically and run along with the progression of said music piece automatically according to said selected add-on progression data file upon selection of said add-on progression data file, whereby said add-on progression automatically starts and runs along with said inputted music progression.

10. A computer readable medium for use in a computer including a storage device which stores a plurality of accompaniment data files each corresponding to each of a plurality of music pieces, each of said accompaniment data files representing a progression of a musical accompaniment to a progression of each corresponding one of said plurality of music pieces, said medium containing program instructions executable by said computer for causing said computer to execute:

a process of inputting performance data representing a musical performance of a music piece played by a player;

a process of recognizing a music piece under said musical performance based on said inputted performance data;

a process of selecting an accompaniment data file which represents the progression of the musical accompaniment for said recognized music piece; and

a process of causing said progression of the musical accompaniment to start automatically and run along with the progression of said music piece automatically according to said selected accompaniment data file upon selection of said accompaniment data file, whereby said musical accompaniment automatically starts and runs along with said inputted music progression.

11. A computer readable medium for use in a computer including a storage device which stores a plurality of description data files each corresponding to each of a plurality of music pieces, each of said description data files representing a progression of a description display to a progression of each corresponding one of said plurality of music pieces, said medium containing program instructions executable by said computer for causing said computer to execute:

a process of inputting performance data representing a musical performance of a music piece played by a player;

a process of recognizing a music piece under said musical performance based on said inputted performance data;

a process of selecting a description data file which represents the progression of the description display for said recognized music piece; and

a process of causing said progression of the description display to start automatically and run along with the progression of said music piece automatically according to said selected description data file upon selection of said description data file, whereby said description display automatically starts and runs along with said inputted music progression.

12. A computer readable medium for use in a computer including a storage device which stores a plurality of picture data files each corresponding to each of a plurality of music pieces, each of said picture data files representing a progression of a picture display to a progression of each corresponding one of said plurality of music pieces, said medium containing program instructions executable by said computer for causing said computer to execute:

a process of inputting performance data representing a musical performance of a music piece played by a player;

a process of recognizing a music piece under said musical performance based on said inputted performance data;

a process of selecting a picture data file which represents the progression of the picture display for said recognized music piece; and

a process of causing said progression of the picture display to start automatically and run along with the progression of said music piece automatically according to said selected picture data file upon selection of said picture data file, whereby said picture display automatically starts and runs along with said inputted music progression.