JP2000293183A - Karaoke singing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To associate a song melody according to the arrangement of lyrics, and to allow a singer to sing well even when the user does not know the lyrics well by deciding the display positions of lyrics based on inputted lyrics data based on inputted song melody data, and displaying the lyrics at the decided positions by a lyrics displaying means. SOLUTION: The musical sound of a KARAOKE music formed by a sound source device 18 is outputted from a speaker 5, and a lyrics telop developed on a character display part(VRAM) 20 by a CPU 10 is displayed on a monitor 6. The musical sound data include a musical sound track for instructing a musical sound to be formed by the sound source device 18, a lyrics track for instructing the lyrics telop to be displayed on the monitor 6, and a guide melody track for storing a melody (song melody) to be sung by a singer. Then, the characters of the lyrics telop are displayed so as to be shifted up and down based on tone height instructed by the guide melody so that singing can be supported by expressing the melody with the arrangement of the characters.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus for displaying a lyric telop so that a melody can be associated with the melody.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recent karaoke apparatuses have a function of generating a musical tone and playing a karaoke song, and displaying the lyrics of the karaoke song on a monitor in accordance with the performance.

[0003]

However, the conventional karaoke apparatus only displays several lines of lyrics and changes the color in accordance with the progress of the song. It was impossible to imagine from the display alone, and I could not sing without knowing the melody.

Therefore, when singing a song that does not clearly memorize the melody, it is often set to play the guide melody along with the accompaniment. However, when the guide melody is pronounced, the guide melody covers the singing. There was a problem that the singing was not enhanced. Also, if the song has a fast tempo, it may be difficult to understand how the lyrics and the melody correspond.

An object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke apparatus that can imagine a melody by displaying lyrics.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a karaoke apparatus including a storage unit, a performance unit, a sound source unit, and a lyrics display unit, wherein the storage unit includes performance data and singing data described together with timing data. The music data including the melody data and the lyrics data is stored.The playing means sequentially reads the music data and inputs the performance data to the sound source means, and also inputs the singing melody data and the lyrics data to the lyrics display means. A musical tone is generated based on the received performance data, and the lyrics display means determines a display position of the lyrics based on the input lyrics data based on the input singing melody data, and displays the lyrics at the determined position. Features.

A second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first aspect of the present invention, the lyric display means includes means for determining the upper and lower display positions of the lyric based on the pitch of the singing melody data.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a storage means, a performance means,
A karaoke apparatus provided with a sound source means and a lyrics display means, wherein the storage means stores music data including performance data, singing melody data and lyrics data described together with timing data, and the playing means sequentially reads out the music data. The performance data is input to the sound source means and the singing melody data and the lyrics data are input to the lyrics display means, and the sound source means generates a musical tone based on the input performance data,
The lyrics display means creates a score image based on the input singing melody data, and displays lyrics based on the input lyrics data together with the created score image.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a storage means, a performance means,
A karaoke apparatus provided with a sound source means and lyrics display means, wherein the storage means stores music data composed of performance data and lyrics data described together with timing data, and the lyrics data is determined according to the character data and the singing melody. The playing means sequentially reads out the music data, inputs the performance data to the sound source means, inputs the singing melody data and the lyric data to the lyrics display means, and the sound source means outputs the data based on the input performance data. A musical tone is generated, and the lyrics display means displays characters of character data at the position of the display position data based on the input lyrics data.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the lyrics data, upper and lower display position data are determined in accordance with a pitch of a singing melody.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage means, a performance means,
A karaoke apparatus provided with a sound source means and lyrics display means, wherein the storage means stores music data composed of performance data and lyrics data described together with timing data, and the lyrics data includes character data and score image data.
The performance means sequentially reads out the music data and inputs the performance data to the sound source means, and also inputs the singing melody data and the lyrics data to the lyrics display means, and the sound source means generates a musical tone based on the input performance data and displays the lyrics. The means displays the score image and the lyrics based on the input lyrics data.

In the present invention, the display position of the lyrics is determined according to the melody of the song. Lyrics are usually displayed horizontally at equal intervals from left to right.For example, each character can be shifted up and down according to the pitch of the corresponding singing melody, or shifted left and right according to the note length. Then, the melody can be expressed by the display position of the characters of the lyrics.

The display position may be determined at the time of display by reading the singing melody data by the lyric display means as in the first and second aspects of the invention. The music data may be written in advance.

Since the singing melody data includes at least information on the pitch and note length of the singing melody, it is also possible to create a score image of the singing melody based on the information. By displaying lyrics in correspondence with the musical score image, it is possible to sing without knowing the music. The score image may be created when the lyric display means reads and displays the singing melody data, as in the invention of claim 3,
As in the invention of claim 6, the music data may be written in advance.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the karaoke apparatus. The karaoke device shown in FIG.
The musical sound of the karaoke tune formed by the sound source device 18 is transmitted to the speaker 5.
Output from the CPU 10 and the CPU 10 causes the character display unit (VR
AM) The lyrics telop developed on 20 is displayed on the monitor 6. The singer sings along with the musical tone output from the speaker 5 while watching the lyrics displayed on the monitor 6.

The performance of a karaoke song is performed based on song data. The music data includes a musical tone track indicating a musical tone formed by the sound source device 18, a lyrics track indicating a lyrics telop displayed on the monitor 6, and a guide melody track storing a melody (song melody) to be sung by the singer. include. The guide melody stored in the guide melody track is usually pronounced as a small musical tone together with the musical tone track to assist the singer in singing. In the karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment, the characters of the lyrics telop are shifted up and down based on the pitch indicated by the guide melody track, so that the melody is expressed in a line of characters to support singing. I have.

The karaoke apparatus of this embodiment is a system composed of a plurality of components, and includes a karaoke apparatus main body 1, a control amplifier 2, an audio signal processing apparatus 3,
VD (Digital Video Disk) changer 4,
It comprises a speaker 5, a monitor 6, a microphone 7, and an infrared remote controller 8. The karaoke apparatus main body 1 controls the operation of the entire karaoke apparatus. The CPU 11, which is a control device of the karaoke apparatus main body 1, has a ROM 11, a RAM 12, a hard disk storage device 1 via an internal bus.
7, a communication control unit 16, a remote control receiving unit 13, a display panel 14, a panel switch 15, a sound source device 18, an audio data processing unit 19, a character display unit 20, and a display control unit 21. A control amplifier 2, an audio signal processing device 3, and a DVD changer 4 are connected via an interface.

The ROM 11 stores a starting program and the like necessary for starting the apparatus. A system program for controlling the operation of the apparatus, a karaoke performance execution program, and the like are stored in the hard disk storage device 17. When the power of the karaoke apparatus is turned on, a system program and a karaoke performance program are read into the RAM 12 by the above-mentioned startup program.

In the hard disk storage device 17, in addition to a program storage area for storing the above-mentioned programs, a music data storage area for storing music data and the like are set. The music data storage area can store music data for thousands of music, and stores music data of new music that the distribution center 9 periodically downloads.

The RAM 12 has a program storage area for reading a program from the hard disk storage device 17 when the apparatus is started up, a reservation list for registering the song number of the requested karaoke song, and an execution song for reading the song data of the karaoke song to be played. A data storage area and the like are set.

The communication control section 16 is connected to the distribution center 9 via an ISDN line. The distribution center 9 periodically makes a telephone call to the karaoke apparatus and distributes music data of new songs, upgraded programs, and the like.

The remote controller 8 is provided with key switches such as numeric keys, and when a user operates these switches, a code signal corresponding to the operation is output by infrared rays. The remote control receiving unit 13 receives the infrared signal sent from the remote control device 8, restores the code signal,
Input to PU10. When a music number is input from the remote control device 8, the CPU 10 registers the music number in a reservation list set in the RAM 12.

Display panel 14 and panel switch 15
Is provided on the front of the karaoke apparatus main body 1. The panel switch 15 includes a numeric keypad for inputting a music number and a mode switch similar to the remote controller 8. The display panel 14 displays the currently playing music number and the number of reserved music.

The character display section 20 has a VRAM corresponding to the display area of the monitor 6. The lyrics of the karaoke song developed into the character pattern are written in the VRAM. The operation of developing the lyrics stored in the lyrics track of the music data as character codes into character patterns is performed by the CPU.
10 does. After developing the character code into a pattern, the CPU 10 writes this into an address on the VRAM corresponding to the display coordinates. This character pattern is input to the display control unit 21 as a video signal. During karaoke performance, the DVD changer 4 reproduces a background image, and this image signal is also input to the display control unit 21. The display control unit 21 superimposes the character pattern on the background video in a superimposed manner and displays it on the monitor 6.

The display control unit 21 not only superimposes the video signal of the character display unit 20 and the video signal of the DVD changer 4 but also fades a part or all of the video signal input from the character display unit 20. It can be in and out. Fade in / part of the screen
When out, as shown in FIG.
When a fade signal is input after the two coordinates are input to the display control unit 21, only the section between the coordinates is faded in / out.

When writing a character pattern of lyrics to the character display unit (VRAM) 20, the lyrics display area is faded out before the display start timing, and one line of lyrics is written in this area. Thereafter, when the display start timing comes, this area is faded in and the lyrics are displayed on the monitor 6. Also, when erasing lyrics from the monitor 6, after the display area is faded out, the VRAM
Deletes the character pattern from.

The DVD changer 4 is set to 6
About the number of DVDs can be set, and some of the DVDs have the background video recorded thereon, and the other several have the music data of the standard karaoke songs recorded. When the standard music is requested, the DVD changer 4 first reads the music data and
Is written in the execution music data storage area, and then the background video DVD is reproduced.

The tone generator 18 forms a musical tone based on the music data (event data of the musical tone track), applies the effect specified by the effect control track to the musical tone thus formed, and outputs it to the control amplifier 2.

The audio data processing section 19 forms an audio signal having a specified length and a specified pitch based on the audio data included in the music data. The sound data is a signal waveform that is difficult to form electronically, such as a human voice such as a back chorus, and is stored as it is as a PCM signal. The audio signal reproduced by the audio data processing unit 19 is input to the control amplifier 2.

Two microphones 7a and 7b are connected to the control amplifier 2, and the singing voice of the karaoke singer is input. The control amplifier 2 applies a predetermined effect (vocal effect) to the singing voice, and equalizes and mixes the singing voice and the karaoke performance sound, respectively, and then amplifies and outputs the amplified sound to the speaker 5.

The audio signal processing device 3 is a device for inputting a singing voice from the control amplifier 2 and applying various effects. A simple effect such as an echo can be applied by the control amplifier 2 alone. However, the audio signal processing device 3 performs processing such as correcting a pitch shift and creating and applying a harmony song of another part. Do. The pitch-corrected singing voice, the newly created harmony singing voice, and the like are input to the control amplifier 2 again.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of music data.
FIG. 1A shows the entire configuration of music data, FIG. 2B shows the configuration of each track, and FIG. 1C shows the contents of the event data (lyric event data) of the lyrics track. FIG. The music data includes a header, a tone track, a guide melody track, a lyrics track, an audio control track, an effect control track, an audio data section, and the like. The header is a portion in which various data related to the music data is written, and includes data such as a music title, a genre, a release date, and a music performance time.

A musical tone track, a guide melody track,
Each track of the lyrics track, the voice control track, and the effect control track is all described as sequence data including a plurality of event data and timing data Δt indicating a read timing of each event data. Each event data is described in MIDI format. The sequence program counts .DELTA.t at a predetermined tempo clock, and when .DELTA.t is counted up, reads out event data subsequent thereto and outputs it to a predetermined processing unit. Δt may be described by the time from the beginning of the music or by the interval from the immediately preceding event. Since the event data of the tone track and the guide melody track is data for generating a tone,
Can be described in the general format. The other data is not a normal MIDI message, but this track is also described in a MIDI format as a system exclusive message in order to unify the implementation and facilitate the work process.

The music tracks are piano, electric guitar,
It has tracks of various parts (tone colors) such as a drum set, and event data such as note-on / off data for instructing sound generation and mute is written for each part track. In the effect control track, data for controlling an effector built in the tone generator 18 and a vocal effector of the control amplifier 2 are written.

In FIG. 3C, the lyrics track includes
Lyric event data is described for each line of lyrics displayed on the monitor 6. Each lyric event data is 1
It is read immediately before the display start timing of the lyrics for the line. That is, the timing data is described so as to count up immediately before the display start timing. The lyrics event data includes the following contents.

Character string: The character code of the lyrics for one line to be displayed. However, this character string also includes ruby attached above or below the lyrics body, and the character code of ruby is sandwiched between mark codes indicating ruby (indicated by [] in the figure). Ruby is typically added above or below kanji or the alphabet.

Display start timing: The above-mentioned lyrics monitor 6
This is information that indicates the display start timing for. As described above, the character pattern of the lyrics is written in the VRAM before the display start timing, and the lyrics are displayed on the monitor 6 by fading in at the display timing. The display start timing may be described by the time from the start of the performance of the music, or may be described by the time from the readout timing of the event data.

The following fonts, number of character points, display colors, and display coordinates are specified for each character in the character string.

Font: Information indicating the shape of a character string to be displayed, such as Mincho and Gojik.

Number of character points: Information indicating the size of a character string to be displayed.

Information indicating a display color and a color of a character example to be displayed.

Display coordinates: Information indicating which position on the monitor 6 a character is to be displayed, and indicates the coordinates of the lower left corner of each character. These coordinates correspond to the dots of the monitor 6, that is, the addresses of the VRAM.

The lyrics of one line are usually displayed in one horizontal row, and the display Y coordinate, the number of character points, and the font are the same. However, only the ruby has different display coordinates and character point numbers, and the character point number and display coordinates are set so that small characters are displayed above or below the corresponding kanji (alphabet). The font and display color may be the same or different.

A mode for displaying ruby and a mode for not displaying ruby can be set by the user. In the mode for not displaying ruby, when the character code pattern is developed, it is surrounded by the above-mentioned ruby mark code []. The ruby is not displayed by not expanding the pattern of the characters.

The color change curve is information for changing the color of the lyrics according to the progress of the karaoke tune, and is represented by a time function of the X coordinate value. That is, the singer can sing along with the progress of the karaoke song by singing the character whose color has begun to change. The color is changed from “display color” to “changed color”.

The erasing timing is a timing for erasing one line of lyrics specified by the lyrics event data. This deletion is performed by causing the display control unit 21 to fade in the display area of the lyrics. Note that the time of the color change curve and the time indicating the erasing timing may both be described as the time from the start of the music performance, or may be described as the time from the timing of reading out the lyrics event data. , The time from the display start timing of the character string.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of the monitor 6 during a karaoke performance. 4 to 7 are flowcharts showing the operation of the karaoke apparatus. The operation of the karaoke apparatus will be described with reference to these figures.

FIG. 4A shows processing corresponding to the mode switch operation of the remote controller 8 and the panel switch 15. When the ruby switch is turned on (s1), the ruby flag is inverted (s2). If the ruby flag is set, the lyrics ruby will be displayed. When the guide melody switch is turned on (s3), the guide melody flag is inverted (s4). When the guide melody flag is set, the guide melody is generated by the sound source device 18 and a karaoke performance including the guide melody is executed. If the guide melody flag is reset, a karaoke performance with only accompaniment without a guide melody is executed. When the lyrics melody guide switch is turned on (s5), the lyrics melody guide flag is inverted (s6). When the lyrics melody guide flag is set, the words of the lyrics are displayed shifted to the height corresponding to the melody, and the melody is displayed in a line of the lyrics so as to be associated with the melody. If the lyrics melody guide flag is reset, the lyrics are displayed straight as usual.

FIG. 4B shows a process for performing a karaoke song. When a music number is input by the user (s10), the music data of the music number is read from the hard disk 17 or DVD into the RAM 12 (s1).
1). The karaoke performance (s14) is executed based on the read music data. If the lyrics melody guide flag is set (s12), the reading process (s11) and / or the next karaoke performance process (s14) are performed. s1
Preprocessing (s13) of lyrics information is executed in parallel with 4).

The pre-processing of the lyrics information will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this processing, the data of the lyrics track and the guide melody track of the music data are used. First, the lyric track is read from the beginning, and the first lyric event data is read (s20).
The character data of the lyrics event data is read from the head (s21), and the color change timing of this character is determined from the color change curve (s22). Since the color change curve is implemented so that the time when the color change of each character starts (the timing at which the left end color change is performed) becomes the singing timing of the character, the time at which the color change of the character starts is determined. Determine the color change timing. Then, the guide melody track is read from the beginning, and a search is made for note-on event data whose color change timing and event timing match (s23). The degree of the coincidence does not have to be a perfect coincidence, and it is sufficient that they coincide with an error of about one second.

If there is matching note-on event data, the pitch of the note-on event data is read out (s25), and the Y of the character is determined based on the pitch value.
A coordinate conversion value is calculated (s26). Then, the display Y coordinate value of the character in the lyrics event data is corrected with the calculated Y coordinate conversion value (s27), and the process proceeds to s28.

The correction value of the Y coordinate may be calculated based on the absolute pitch, or may be determined so that the pitch can be expressed vertically. As the absolute pitch, for example, C3
There is a method in which a pitch at the center of the keyboard is set as a standard value, and a pitch (pitch difference) from the pitch is set as a correction amount in the vertical direction (Y coordinate). In addition, as a method of expressing the pitch up and down, the pitch is not limited to the absolute pitch, but when the pitch is higher than the previous sound, it is one step above, and when it is down, it is one step below. There is a correction method so that it can be clearly understood.

On the other hand, if note-on event data matching the character color change timing cannot be found, this character is considered to be a character sung in the same note as the previous character, The display Y coordinate of the character (corrected in the previous process) is read (s30),
The display Y coordinate value of this character is rewritten with this Y coordinate value (s31), and the process proceeds to s28.

The above processing is performed on all the characters in the lyrics event data (s28 → s21), and the above processing is performed on all the lyrics event data in the lyrics track (s29 → s20), and the processing ends. .

As described above, this processing may be executed independently, but is performed in parallel with the reading of music data from the hard disk 17 and the DVD 4 and / or the karaoke performance based on this music data. The waiting time of the user may be shortened.

Referring to FIG. 6, the karaoke performance processing of s14 in FIG. 4B will be briefly described. This process is an interrupt process in which each track is processed synchronously and in parallel. This process is executed for each count of the tempo clock. The timing data is counted (s40).
When the timing data counts up (s4
1) The event data following the timing data is read (s42). If the read event data is event data of a musical tone track, the data is output to the tone generator 18 (s44) to control generation of musical tones. If the read event data is data of a guide melody track, it is determined whether or not a guide melody flag is set (s45). If the guide melody flag is set, this data is output to the tone generator 18 (s44) to generate a guide melody. If the guide melody flag has been reset, this data is discarded and the routine returns. On the other hand, if the read data is data of a track other than the tone track and the guide melody track, the corresponding processing (s
46) is executed and the routine returns.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing executed when the lyric event data is read. A lyrics display area is determined based on the character size and display coordinates, and this area is faded out (s50).
This fade-out is performed by inputting the coordinates of a fade area and a fade signal to the display control unit 21. Next, the character code is expanded into a pattern,
M is written to a predetermined address (s51). Then, it waits until the display start timing comes (s52), and when the display start timing comes, it sends a fade-in instruction to the display control unit 21 to display the lyrics on the monitor 6 (s52).
53). Then, lyrics color change processing is executed based on the color change curve (s54). After the color of all the lyrics in one line is changed, the process waits in s55 until the erasing timing is reached.
When the erasing timing comes, a fade-out signal is transmitted to the display control unit 21 (s56), and the operation ends.

In this embodiment, the characters of the lyrics are only shifted vertically and not moved right and left. However, the characters may be shifted left and right according to the length of the sound.

In the above embodiment, the ruby is shifted up and down according to the pitch similarly to the lyrics main body.
Ruby may not be preprocessed.

In this case, the staff may be displayed based on the guide melody data, and the lyrics may be displayed below the staff. FIG. 8 shows a display example at this time. FIG. 3A shows an example in which lyrics are displayed below the staff notation in correspondence with notes. FIG. 7B shows an example in which the characters of the lyrics are displayed in a musical note. In the case of FIG. 3A, the characters of the lyrics are moved to the left and right in accordance with the note length of the corresponding note (guide melody data), and in the case of FIG. It is moving to the pitch and note length.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the lyrics preprocessing when displaying a musical score as shown in FIG. This process is executed instead of the process of FIG. In this process,
The lyrics track data and the guide melody track data of the music data are used. First, the lyrics track is read from the beginning, and the first lyrics event data is read (s60). The character data of the lyric event data is read from the beginning (s61), and the color change timing of all characters is determined from the color change curve (s62). Each character is rearranged according to the color change timing, that is, the interval between the characters is changed according to the time difference between the color change color change timings (s64), and each character data is displayed according to this arrangement. The X coordinate is rewritten (s65). Then, the color change curve is changed accordingly. in this case,
Since the color change may be performed at a constant speed, the color change curve is a straight line.

Next, the guide melody data during the period in which the lyrics are displayed is read, and a score image is created (s68). The position of this score image is determined so that the character string of the lyrics event data and the X coordinate are displayed in correspondence. Then, the musical score image is stored in the RAM 12 in correspondence with the lyrics event data (s69). The above processing is performed for all the lyrics event data in the lyrics track (s70 → s60), and the processing ends.

In the above processing, the display mode as shown in FIG. 8B can be obtained by rewriting the display Y coordinate of the character according to the pitch.

In this embodiment, the display position of the lyrics is changed or the score image is created immediately before the performance of the karaoke song. However, this is performed in advance, and the display position of the lyrics is changed. Music data including music data and musical score images may be stored. In this case, guide melody data (singing melody data) is not required for the music data.

Further, in the present invention and the embodiment, the pitch and the note length of the singing melody are expressed by changing the display position of the lyrics (characters), but other elements of the singing melody are displayed by the lyrics. It is also possible to express with. For example,
The indication of the strength such as f (forte) or p (piano) may be represented by the size of the character, or the indication of the expression such as dolce or legato may be represented by a font such as font or italic.

[0066]

As described above, according to the present invention, the display position of the lyrics is determined based on the singing melody and displayed, so that the singing melody can be associated with the arrangement of the lyrics, and the melody is well known. You can sing well without it. In addition, this makes it possible to sing without uttering the guide melody, so that there is an advantage that the singing can be heard well without being covered by the guide melody.

Further, by displaying the score image together with the lyrics, anyone who can read the score can sing without knowing the music at all. In addition, since the correspondence between the melody and the score can be understood by karaoke, it is also possible to develop the sense of sound.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of music data of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of lyrics display on a monitor of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of lyrics display on a monitor of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the karaoke apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

6 monitor, 10 CPU, 20 lyrics display section, 21
Display control unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A karaoke apparatus comprising a storage means, a performance means, a sound source means, and a lyrics display means, wherein the storage means comprises music data composed of performance data, singing melody data, and lyrics data described together with timing data. The performance means sequentially reads out the music data, inputs the performance data to the sound source means and inputs the singing melody data and the lyrics data to the lyrics display means, and the sound source means stores the data based on the input performance data. A karaoke apparatus that generates musical tones and determines the display position of the lyrics based on the input lyrics data based on the input singing melody data, and displays the lyrics at the determined positions. 2. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said lyric display means includes means for determining upper and lower display positions of the lyric based on the pitch of the singing melody data. 3. A karaoke apparatus provided with storage means, performance means, sound source means, and lyrics display means, wherein the storage means comprises music data composed of performance data, singing melody data, and lyrics data described together with timing data. The performance means sequentially reads out the music data, inputs the performance data to the sound source means and inputs the singing melody data and the lyrics data to the lyrics display means, and the sound source means stores the data based on the input performance data. A karaoke device that generates musical tones and generates a musical score image based on the input singing melody data, and displays lyrics based on the input lyrics data together with the generated musical score image. 4. A karaoke apparatus comprising storage means, performance means, sound source means, and lyrics display means, wherein the storage means stores performance data described together with timing data and music data composed of lyrics data. The lyrics data includes character data and display position data determined according to the singing melody. The playing means sequentially reads out the music data, inputs the performance data to the sound source means, and converts the singing melody data and the lyrics data into lyrics. The sound source means generates a musical tone based on the input performance data, and the lyrics display means displays the characters of the character data at the position of the display position data based on the input lyrics data. apparatus. 5. The upper and lower display position data of the lyric data is determined according to the pitch of a singing melody.
A karaoke apparatus according to claim 1. 6. A karaoke apparatus comprising storage means, performance means, sound source means, and lyrics display means, wherein the storage means stores performance data described together with timing data, and music data composed of lyrics data. The lyrics data includes character data and musical score image data. The playing means sequentially reads out the music data, inputs the performance data to the sound source means, and inputs the singing melody data and the lyrics data to the lyrics display means. Is a karaoke apparatus that generates musical tones based on input performance data, and the lyrics display means displays a musical score image and lyrics based on the input lyrics data.