Performance instructing apparatus
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1. A performance instructing apparatus comprising:
- music piece-reproducing means for reproducing a music piece according to automatic performance data;
display means for displaying a drawing of a display keyboard such that keys of said display keyboard are arranged in the same direction as a direction in which keys of a keyboard through which a player enters pitch information are arranged with respect to the player, and for displaying a key operation region corresponding to each key of said display keyboard, said key operation region representing a period from a point of time when said each key is to be depressed by the player to a point of time when said each key is to be released by the player; and
scroll means for scrolling said key operation region in a direction normal to the direction in which said keys of said display keyboard are arranged such that the region approaches said display keyboard as the music piece is reproduced by said music piece-reproducing means.
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Abstract
A performance instructing apparatus is provided which reproduces a music piece according to automatic performance data, and displays a drawing of a display keyboard that is oriented in the same direction as a keyboard through which a player enters pitch information, and a key operation region corresponding to each key of the display keyboard. The key operation region represents a period from a point of time when the key is to be depressed by the player to a point of time when the key is to be released. The key operation region is scrolled such that the region approaches the display keyboard as the music piece is reproduced.
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1. A performance instructing apparatus comprising:
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music piece-reproducing means for reproducing a music piece according to automatic performance data; display means for displaying a drawing of a display keyboard such that keys of said display keyboard are arranged in the same direction as a direction in which keys of a keyboard through which a player enters pitch information are arranged with respect to the player, and for displaying a key operation region corresponding to each key of said display keyboard, said key operation region representing a period from a point of time when said each key is to be depressed by the player to a point of time when said each key is to be released by the player; and scroll means for scrolling said key operation region in a direction normal to the direction in which said keys of said display keyboard are arranged such that the region approaches said display keyboard as the music piece is reproduced by said music piece-reproducing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A performance instructing apparatus comprising:
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music piece-reproducing means for reproducing a music piece according to automatic performance data; display means for displaying a drawing of a display keyboard that is oriented in the same direction as a keyboard through which a player enters pitch information, and for displaying a key operation region corresponding to each key of said display keyboard, said key operation region representing a period from a point of time when said each key is to be depressed by the player to a point of time when each key is to be released by the player; and scroll means for scrolling said key operation region such that the region approaches said display keyboard as the music piece is reproduced by said music piece-reproducing means; and key display mode-changing means for changing a display mode in which said key is displayed, when said corresponding key operation region reaches said each key of said display keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A performance instructing method comprising:
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a music piece-reproducing step of reproducing a music piece according to automatic performance data; a display step of displaying a drawing of a display keyboard such that keys of said display keyboard are arranged in the same direction as a direction in which keys of a keyboard through which a player enters pitch information are arranged with respect to the player, and for displaying a key operation region corresponding to each key of said display keyboard, said key operation region representing a period from a point in time when said each key is to be depressed by the player to a point of time when said each key is to be released by the player; and a scroll step of scrolling said key operation region in a direction normal to the direction in which said keys of said display keyboard are arranged such that the region approaches said display keyboard as the music piece is reproduced by said music piece-reproducing step.
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30. A machine readable storage medium storing a program for instructing execution of a performance instructing method comprising:
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a music piece-reproducing step of reproducing a music piece according to automatic performance data; a display step of displaying a drawing of a display keyboard that is oriented in the same direction as a keyboard through which a player enters pitch information, and for displaying a key operation region corresponding to each key of said display keyboard, said key operation region representing a period from a point of time when said each key is to be depressed by the player to a point of time when said each key is to be released by the player; and a scroll step of scrolling said key operation region such that the region approaches said display keyboard as the music piece is reproduced by said music piece-reproducing step.
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31. A performance instructing apparatus comprising:
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a music piece-reproducing device which reproduces a music piece according to automatic performance data; a display which displays a drawing of a display keyboard such that keys of said display keyboard are arranged in the same direction as a direction in which keys of a keyboard through which a player enters pitch information are arranged with respect to the player, and displays a key operation region corresponding to each key of said display keyboard, said key operation region representing a period from a point of time when said each key is to be depressed by the player to a point of time when said each key is to be released by the player; and a controller which controls said display to scroll said key operation region in a direction normal to the direction in which said keys of said display keyboard are arranged such that the region approaches said display keyboard as music piece is reproduced by said music piece-reproducing device.
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32. A performance instructing apparatus comprising;
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a music piece-reproducing device which reproduces a music piece according to automatic performance data; a display which displays a drawing of a display keyboard such that keys of said display keyboard are arranged in the same direction as a direction in which keys of a keyboard through which a player enters pitch information are arranged with respect to the player, and displays a key operation point corresponding to each key of said display keyboard, said key operation point representing timing in which said each key is to be operated by the player; and a controller which controls said display to scroll said key operation point in a direction normal to the direction in which said keys of said display keyboard are arranged such that point approached said display keyboard as the music piece is reproduced by said music-reproducing device.
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