Musical performance data search system

• US 6,846,979 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2002
• Issued: 01/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Kondo, Masao
• Primary Examiner(s): Fletcher, Marlon
• Application Number:
  US10/080,357
• Publication Number:
  US 20020112596A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• Field of Search: 84600-602, 84609-613, 846/15, 84617-618, 84634-637, 84649-653, 84655-656, 844/77.R
• US Class Current: 84/609
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0041 in coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/081 Genre classification, i.e. descriptive metadata for classification or selection of musical pieces according to style analysis genre G10H2210/036
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/131 Library retrieval, i.e. searching a database or selecting a specific musical piece, segment, pattern, rule or parameter set

Abstract

A search list of records is displayed on a display screen DP. Some records may have the same music title as one item, but are different in other items (genre, rhythm, tempo and the like). A favorite list can be formed by a selection process using a mark FMa (reversible by a favorite switch ST0) on each record. A first or second list can be formed by a search process after a search switch SM5 or ST5 is operated. A desired list is selected by using list selection switches ST1 to ST4 and a desired record is designated by a cursor CR to decide a style. The cursor CR can be moved by one record after another by a normal cursor motion switch SM2 or SM3, and jumped to a record group having different item contents by a special cursor motion switch SM1 or SM4.

Claims

1. A performance data search system for an automatic musical accompaniment apparatus, comprising:

a performance data storage device that stores a plurality of records and performance data settable to music;

a presenting device which presents a group of records stored in said performance data storage device; and

a data reader which reads the performance data corresponding to a record selected from the presented group of records,

wherein each of the records contains a music title, at least two of the records in the presented group of records contain the same music title, and different performance data are associated with the records having same music title, and

wherein the performance data is an accompaniment data for playing the automatic musical accompaniment apparatus.

2. The performance data search system according to claim 1, wherein the record each have a plurality of items representative of setting information of music.

3. The performance data search system according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of items include music title and a music genre.

4. The performance data search system according to claim 1, wherein the group of records is formed by collecting records added with specific information.

5. The performance data search system according to claim 4, wherein the specific information indicates that the record was selected by a user.

6. The performance data search system according to claim 1, wherein the group of records is formed by collecting records satisfying search conditions.

7. The performance data search system according to claim 6, wherein selecting one of plural sets of search conditions stored indicates selecting a group of records.

8. The performance data search system according to claim 6, wherein a record group to be searched is selected from already existing record groups.

9. The performance data search system according to claim 1, further including

a first operation unit for selecting a next record in the order of records in the list and a second operation unit for selecting a record having different contents in a particular item of the record, in the order of records in the list,

wherein data reader reads performance data corresponding to the record selected by said first or second operation unit.

10. The performance data search system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the accompaniment data includes at least one of introduction data, main data, fill-in data and ending data.

11. The performance data search system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the performance data comprises MIDI data.

12. The performance data search system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the accompaniment data includes at least one of introduction data, main data, fill-in data and ending data.

13. A storage medium storing a program executable by a computer for executing a performance data search for an automatic musical accompaniment apparatus, the program comprising instructions for:

storing a plurality of records and performance data settable to music in a performance data storage device;

presenting a group of records stored in the performance data storing device; and

reading performance data corresponding to a record selected from the presented group of records,

wherein each of the records contains a music title, at least two of the records in the presented group contain the same music title, and different performance data are associated with the records having the same music title, and

wherein the performance data is an accompaniment data for playing the automatic musical accompaniment apparatus.

14. The storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein the performance data comprises MIDI data.

15. The storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein the accompaniment data includes at least one of introduction data, main data, fill-in data and ending data.