Automatic arrangement apparatus for converting pitches of musical information according to a tone progression and prohibition rules

• US 5,561,256 A
• Filed: 02/02/1995
• Issued: 10/01/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Maruyama, Kazunori, Aoki, Eiichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoop, Jr., William M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DONELS, JEFFREY
• Application Number:
  US08/382,569
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: 84/609, 84/613, 84/619, 84/634, 84/637, 84/657
• US Class Current: 84/619
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/38 Chord
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/576 Chord progression

Abstract

In an automatic arrangement apparatus having an accompaniment information memory for memorizing an accompaniment pattern, a specific basic part such as a melody part for arrangement of a musical tune, a chord progression and an arrangement condition are applied to select an accompaniment pattern conformed with the arrangement condition from the accompaniment information memory thereby to produce musical information in the form of a pattern sequence of plural parts relative to the basic part, and the pattern sequence of the plural parts is converted in tone pitch in accordance with the chord progression. In the automatic arrangement apparatus, a tone resulting in an inappropriate tone pitch difference for the arrangement of the musical tune is prohibited under a first prohibition rule related to a relationship between the plural pares, and a tone resulting in an inappropriate chord progression for the arrangement of the musical tune is prohibited under a second prohibition rule related to the chord progression. The musical information is corrected to appropriate musical information for the arrangement of the musical tune if the tone prohibited under the prohibition rules is included therein.

Claims

1. An automatic arrangement apparatus comprising:

means for producing musical information in the form of a pattern sequence of plural parts relative to a specific basic part for arrangement of a musical tune;

conversion means for converting in tone pitch the musical information in accordance with a tone progression;

memory means for memorizing a first prohibition rule related to a relationship between the plural parts to prohibit a tone resulting in an inappropriate tone pitch difference for the arrangement of the musical tune and a second prohibition rule related to the tone progression to prohibit a tone resulting in an inappropriate tone progression for the arrangement of the musical tune;

determination means for determining whether a tone prohibited under the prohibition rules is included in the musical information or not; and

correction means for correcting the musical information of the plural parts to appropriate musical information for the arrangement of the musical tune if the tone prohibited under the prohibition rules is included therein.

2. An automatic arrangement apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said memory means is adapted to further memorize a third prohibition rule related to an order of two parts in tone pitch to prohibition a successive tone when two parts of the plural parts are reversed in tone pitch for a predetermined tone length, and wherein said determination means is arranged to further determine whether a successive tone prohibited under the third prohibition rule is included in the musical information or not, and said correction means is arranged to further correct the musical information of the plural parts to appropriate musical information for the arrangement of the musical tune if the successive tone prohibited under the third prohibition rule is included therein.

3. An automatic arrangement apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first prohibition rule is defined to prohibit a tone resulting in a tone pitch difference of a minor 9th interval and to prohibit a tone resulting in a parallel 5th progression.

4. An automatic arrangement apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second prohibition rule is defined to prohibit a successive tone when the tone progression changes from a dominant 7th chord to a tonic chord.

5. An automatic arrangement apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said correction means is arranged to correct the tone prohibited under the prohibition rules to a chord constituent tone if it is included in the musical information of the plural parts.