JPH11153992A - Electronic musical instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] In a conventional electronic musical instrument, a performance style selecting means allows a player to select performance style information in a predetermined order, and is generally built in a musical instrument body. The display and selection are performed in the order of registration of the automatic accompaniment rhythm. For example, in a case where a player wants to perform a performance with a specific tone or a performance that emphasizes a specific effect, etc., it is difficult to understand unless the contents are examined after reading the data once. SOLUTION: Performance style information is retrieved and displayed by using a plurality of parameters, and by selecting the selected information, for example, when a player wants to perform at a specific tempo or at a specific timbre, a specific style is specified. By directly selecting performance style information having parameter values, performance style information according to the intention of the player can be easily selected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention incorporates a plurality of performance style information having a plurality of setting parameters such as timbre, volume, rhythm type, and performance form as a group, and reads out the information to set a musical instrument body. Or an electronic musical instrument capable of outputting the same information to the outside.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 shows the structure and operation of a conventional electronic musical instrument having a performance style designating function. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 31 denotes a performance style storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of performance style information having a plurality of parameters such as timbre, automatic accompaniment, performance mode, and tempo. 32 reads out the performance style information stored in the performance style storage means 31,
Performance style readout means for setting or outputting information to the instrument body or externally. Reference numeral 33 denotes performance style selection means for instructing the performance style reading means 32 to select performance style information to be read from a plurality of pieces of performance style information stored in the performance style storage means 31.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a screen for selecting performance style information.

[0004]

In this electronic musical instrument, the performance style selecting means 33 allows the player to select performance style information in a predetermined order, and is generally built in the main body of the musical instrument. The display and selection are performed in the order of registration of the automatic accompaniment rhythm.

FIG. 4 shows an example of this selection screen.
For example, when a player wants to perform a performance with a specific tone or a performance that emphasizes a specific effect, there is a problem in that the data must be read once and the contents thereof must be examined before it is known. The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems. By searching and displaying performance style information with a plurality of parameters, and selecting this, for example, when a player wants to perform at a specific tempo or a specific timbre. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic musical instrument capable of easily selecting performance style information according to a player's intention by directly selecting performance style information having a specific parameter value when performing performance by the user.

[0006]

In order to solve this problem, an electronic musical instrument according to the present invention has a performance in which a plurality of performance style information having parameters such as timbre information, automatic accompaniment information, performance form information, and tempo information are stored. Style storage means, performance style read means for reading the designated performance style information from the performance style information stored in the performance style storage means, and setting the instrument style or outputting the information to the outside; and the performance style read means On the other hand, the performance style selection means for selecting and instructing the specified performance style information from the performance style information stored in the performance style storage means, and the performance style information stored in the performance style storage means, Search or sort by any of the parameters of the information, the search Selected playing style information from the playing style information other rearranged, and a playing style specifying means for specifying the play style selection means.

[0007] Thus, when the player wants to perform a performance with a specific tempo or a specific timbre or a performance that emphasizes a specific effect, it is possible to directly select performance style information having a specific parameter value, and Can easily select the performance style information according to.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a performance style storage means for storing a plurality of performance style information having parameters such as timbre information, automatic accompaniment information, performance form information, and tempo information. A performance style reading means for reading the designated performance style information from the performance style information stored in the performance style storage means, and setting the instrument style or outputting the information to the outside; Performance style selection means for selecting and instructing the specified performance style information from the performance style information stored in the performance style storage means, and playing style information stored in the performance style storage means as parameters of the performance style information. Search or sort by any of these parameters and perform the searched or sorted performance A performance style designating means for designating the performance style information selected from the tile information to the performance style selecting means; searching and displaying the performance style information with the plurality of parameters; Thus, for example, when the player wants to perform at a specific tempo or perform at a specific tone, the performance style according to the player's intention can be selected by directly selecting the performance style information having the specific parameter value. An electronic musical instrument that can easily select style information can be provided.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an electronic musical instrument with a performance style designating function according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes performance style storage means, which stores a plurality of pieces of performance style information having parameters such as timbre information, automatic accompaniment information, performance form information, and tempo information. Reference numeral 12 denotes performance style reading means for reading the designated performance style information from the performance style information stored in the performance style storage means 11 and outputting the information to the instrument main body or to the outside. 1
Numeral 3 is a performance style selection means for instructing the performance style reading means 12 to select the designated performance style information from the performance style information stored in the performance style storage means 11. Numeral 14 denotes performance style designating means for searching or rearranging the performance style information stored in the performance style storage means 11 by using any of the parameters of the performance style information. The performance style information selected from the information is designated to the performance style selection means 13.

FIG. 2A shows an example in which the performance style information stored in the performance style storage means 11 is retrieved and displayed by its parameter "used timbre", and FIG. 2B similarly shows the parameter "performance style". This is an example of search display by
The performance style information is the data number (# 11, # 13, #
37 ...) Regardless of the order, search and display are performed for each used tone color and performance mode of the part specified by the player.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention, the performance style information is retrieved and displayed with the plurality of parameters,
By selecting this, for example, when the performer wants to perform at a specific tempo or at a specific timbre, the performance style information having a specific parameter value is directly selected. An effective operation and effect is obtained in that the performance style information according to the above can be easily selected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an electronic musical instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a diagram showing search display / selection of performance style information according to “use tone color order”; FIG. 2B is a diagram showing search display / selection of performance style information according to “play style order”;

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a conventional electronic musical instrument.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing display / selection of performance style information of a conventional electronic musical instrument.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Performance style storage means 12 Performance style readout means 13 Performance style selection means 14 Performance style designation means 31 Performance style storage means 32 Performance style readout means 33 Performance style selection means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Tone information, automatic accompaniment information, performance form information,
Performance style storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of performance style information having parameters such as tempo information; read out the designated style information from the performance style information stored in the performance style storage means; Playing style reading means for outputting information to
Performance style selection means for selecting and instructing the performance style reading means from the performance style information stored in the performance style storage means; and performance style information stored in the performance style storage means. Is searched or rearranged with an arbitrary parameter among the parameters of the performance style information, and the performance style information selected from the searched or rearranged performance style information is designated to the performance style selecting means. An electronic musical instrument comprising a style designating means.