Music score display device

• US 5,315,911 A
• Filed: 07/24/1992
• Issued: 05/31/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Ochi, Mitsunori
• Primary Examiner(s): Witkowski, Stanley J.
• Application Number:
  US07/919,305
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 84/477 R, 84/478, 84/470 R, 84/465, 84/467, 84/609, 84/615, 84/644
• US Class Current: 84/477.00R
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 15/002 Electrically operated systems
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 15/023 Electrically operated
• CPC Class Codes: G10G 1/00 Means for the representation of music
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0008 Associated control or indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/015 Musical staff, tablature or score displays, e.g. for score reading during a performance

Abstract

A music score display device has a storage device for storing music score data, a display device for displaying the music score data for each specified section, and a comparator for comparing the musical playing data supplied from a player with the music score data. The music score display device further has a retrieval device for retrieving a playing position according to the compared result of the comparator, and a display controller for controlling display section of the display device based on the retrieval result of the retrieval device.

Claims

1. A music score display device comprising:

storage means for storing music score data;

display means for displaying the music score data for each of specified display sections;

input means for inputting musical playing data including at least tone pitch data, the musical playing data comprising manual performance data;

comparison means for comparing the musical playing data inputted from the input means with the music score data;

determining means for determining a playing position according to the compared result of the comparison means; and

display control means for controlling a display section of the display means based on the determined playing position from the determining means.

2. A music score display device according to claim 1, wherein said comparison means compares a specified number of data of said musical playing data and said music score data.

3. A music score display device according to claim 2, wherein said specified number of data are extracted from an accord position of said musical playing data and said music score data, and said search means detects a ratio of the specified number of data and a number of data of the accord position, and detects said playing position according to the ratio.

4. A music store display device according to claim 1, wherein said score data includes tone pitch data, and said comparison means compares the tone pitch data of the playing data with the tone pitch data of the score data.

5. A music score display device according to claim 1, wherein said determining means determines the playing position at which an accordance ratio of the compared result is larger than a predetermined value.

6. A music score display device according to claim 1, wherein said determining means includes second storage means for storing the playing data and means for comparing the stored playing data with the score data.

7. A music score display device according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays a plurality of the specified display sections of the score data.

8. A music score display device according to claim 1, wherein said display control means controls a display section of the display means so that new score data is displayed on the display means after playing of displayed score data is finished.

9. A music score display device according to claim 1, further comprising designation means for designating a display-starting position on the score data.

10. A music score display device according to claim 1, wherein said input means is operated by a player, and said search means detects an error in operation of the input means by the player according to the retrieved playing position.

11. An electronic musical instrument having a music score display function comprising:

storage means for storing music score data;

display means for displaying the music score data for each of specified display sections;

input means for inputting musical playing data including at least tone pitch data, the musical playing data comprising manual performance data;

musical instrument means, played by a player, for outputting the musical playing data;

comparison means for comparing the musical playing data inputted from the input means with the music score data;

determining means for determining a playing position according to the compared result of the comparison means; and

display control means for controlling a display section of the display means based on the determined playing position from the determining means.

12. An electronic musical instrument according to claim 11, wherein said storage means is externally attachable.

13. A music store display device comprising:

input means for inputting playing data comprising manual performance data;

storage means for storing musical playing data;

display means for displaying musical playing data for each of specified display section;

comparing means for comparing the displayed musical playing data and the inputted playing data to determine correspondence therebetween; and

control means for determining a section of the stored musical playing data corresponding to the inputted playing data and controlling the section of the store musical data corresponding to the inputted playing data.