Musical score display and method of displaying musical score

• US 5,400,687 A
• Filed: 02/11/1993
• Issued: 03/28/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: Ishii, Katsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoop, Jr., William M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DONELS, JEFFREY
• Application Number:
  US08/016,246
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 84/486, 84/470 R, 84/471 R, 84/477 R, 84/483.1
• 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 2210/086 for transcription of raw audio or music data to a displayed or printed staff representation or to displayable MIDI-like note-oriented data, e.g. in pianoroll format
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/015 Musical staff, tablature or score displays, e.g. for score reading during a performance. graphical musical score editing G10H2220/121; musical score displays resulting from a transcription G10H2210/086
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/165 Memory card, i.e. removable module or card for storing music data for an electrophonic musical instrument

Abstract

Musical score can be displayed by a simple operation, thus permitting musical score to be easily seen when playing the music. Namely, musical score data of a plurality of pieces of music are stored in the musical score display, and when a piece of music is selected, the musical score data of this piece of music is read out and displayed, and thus musical score data can be easily selected and displayed. Musical score data that has been read out and displayed can be changed according to a feeding of a page. The displayed musical score, and the musical score page feed can be easily effected while playing the music. As a result, displayed musical score is changed according to a progress of a musical repeat for example Da Capo, Dal Segno, Al Fine, bis, etc.

Claims

1. A musical score display comprising:

storage means for storing musical score data representing a musical score of a piece of music,

wherein the musical score data includes at least two musical repeat data in which a musical performance is repeated therebetween;

display instructions means for instructing a display of musical score data stored in said storage means;

first detection means for detecting an instruction by said display instruction means;

reading means for reading the musical score data from said storage means according to the detection by said first detection means;

converting means for converting the musical score data read by said reading means into data for display;

display means for displaying the data converted by said converting means;

change instruction means for instructing a change of the musical score data displayed by said display means;

second detection means for detecting an instruction by said change instruction means;

first read control means for instructing said reading means to read musical score data other than the musical score data displayed by said display means according to detection by said second detection means;

repeat detection means for detecting display of the at least two musical repeat data on said display means; and

second read control means for instructing said reading means to read musical score data corresponding to a repeat progress of the at least two musical repeat data displayed on said display means according to detection by said repeat detection means.

2. The musical score display of claim 1, wherein said display instruction means instructs a reading of musical score data.

3. The musical score display of claim 1, wherein said change instruction means instructs a change in musical score data read by said reading means.

4. The musical score display of claim 1, wherein said change instruction means executes a forward/reverse operation with respect to musical score data displayed by said display means.

5. The musical score display of claim 1, wherein said storage means stores musical score data of a plurality of pieces of music and title data representing titles of said pieces of music, the musical score display further comprising second reading means for reading the title data and second converting means for converting the title data read by said second reading means into data for display, and said display means displays the title data converted by said converting means.

6. The musical score display of claim 5, further comprising selecting means for selecting the title data displayed by said display means.

7. The musical score display of claim 6, wherein said reading means reads musical score data corresponding to the title data selected by said selecting means from said storage means.

8. The musical score display of claim 1, wherein said storage means is removably mountable to the musical score display.

9. The musical score display of claim 1, wherein said change instruction means instructs a change of the musical score data displayed by said display means in accordance with a progress of automatic playing.

18. The musical score display of claim 1, wherein said second read control means instructs said reading means to read and display a first of the at least two musical repeat data, if a second of the at least two musical repeat data is displayed in said display means.

19. The musical score display of claim 18, wherein the first musical repeat data is repeat top data, and the second musical repeat data is repeat end data.

20. The musical score display of claim 18, wherein the first musical repeat data is repeat end data, and the second musical repeat data is repeat top data.

10. A method of displaying musical score comprising the steps of:

(a) storing musical score data representing a musical score of piece of music, wherein the musical score data includes at least two musical repeat data in which musical performance is repeated therebetween;

(b) instructing a display of the stored musical score data of said step (a);

(c) detecting said display instruction of said step (b);

(d) reading out said stored musical score data according to detection of said display instruction of step (c);

(e) converting said read musical score data of said step (d) into data for display;

(f) displaying said converted data of said step (e);

(g) instructing a change in the displayed musical score data of said step (f);

(h) detecting said change instruction of said step (g);

(i) reading musical score data other than said displayed musical score data, according to detection of said change instruction of step (h);

(j) converting said read musical score data of said step (i) into data for display;

(k) displaying said converted data of said step (j);

(l) detecting display of the at least two musical repeat data in the displaying of said step (f) or (k);

(m) instructing reading of said stored musical score data corresponding to a repeat progress of the at least two musical repeat data displayed in said step (f) or (k) according to the display detection in said step (l);

(n) converting said read musical score data of said step (m) into data for display; and

(o) displaying said converted data of said step (n).

11. The method of displaying musical score of claim 10, wherein said step (b) instructs reading of musical score data.

12. The method of displaying musical score of claim 10, wherein said step (g) instructs a change in said read musical score data.

13. The method of displaying musical score of claim 10, wherein said step (g) executes forward/reverse operation with respect to displayed musical score data.

14. The method of displaying musical score of claim 10, wherein said step (a) stores musical score data of a plurality of pieces of music and title data representing titles of said pieces of music, the method of displaying musical score further comprising the steps of:

(p) reading said title data; and

(q) converting the read title data into data for display and displaying said converted title data in said step (f).

15. The method of displaying musical score of claim 14, further comprising the step of (r) selecting the displayed converted title data.

16. The method of displaying musical score of claim 15, wherein stored musical score data corresponding to the selected title data is displayed in step (d).

17. The method of displaying musical score of claim 10, wherein said step (g) instructs change in the displayed musical score data in accordance with a progress of an automatic playing.

21. The method of displaying musical score of claim 10, wherein said step (m) instructs reading and displaying of a first of the at least two musical repeat data, if a second of the at least two musical repeat data is displayed in said step (f) or (k).

22. The method of displaying musical score of claim 21, wherein the first musical repeat data is repeat top data, and the second musical repeat data is repeat end data.

23. The method of displaying musical score of claim 21, wherein the first musical repeat data is repeat end data, and the second musical repeat data is repeat top data.