Storage medium containing musical score displaying data, musical score display apparatus and musical score displaying program

A musical score display apparatus for displaying a musical score on the basis of musical score displaying data, said musical score displaying data comprising:

• data of note or musical score information indicative of a note or musical score symbol to be visually displayed;
• data of position information indicative of a display position on a musical score where the note or musical score symbol is to be placed;
• and
• data of attribute information designating any one of a plurality of musical stave rows where the note or musical score symbol is to be displayed,
• wherein said musical score display apparatus comprises:
• a display section;
• and
• a processing section coupled with said display section and adapted to:
• determine a note or musical score symbol to be displayed on a musical score, in accordance with the note or musical score information;
• determine a display position on the musical score where the note or musical score symbol is to be placed, in accordance with the position information;
• and
• determine any one of a plurality of musical stave rows where the note or musical score symbol is to be displayed, in accordance with the attribute information, and
• wherein said display section displays the note or musical score symbol on a musical score in accordance with determination by said processing section, whereby note or musical score symbols of a same performance part can be displayed across a plurality of musical stave rows in accordance with designation by the attribute information.

A computer program containing a group of instructions for causing a computer to perform musical score display processing based on musical score displaying data, said musical score displaying data comprising:

• data of note or musical score information indicative of a note or musical score symbol to be visually displayed;
• data of position information indicative of a display position on a musical score where the note or musical score symbol is to be placed;
• and
• data of attribute information designating any one of a plurality of musical stave rows where the note or musical score symbol is to be displayed,
• wherein said musical score display processing comprises:
• a step of determining a note or musical score symbol to be displayed on a musical score, in accordance with the note or musical score information;
• a step of determining a display position on the musical score where the note or musical score symbol is to be placed, in accordance with the position information;
• and
• a step of determining any one of a plurality of musical stave rows where the note or musical score symbol is to be displayed, in accordance with the attribute information, whereby note or musical score symbols of a same performance part can be displayed across different musical stave rows.

A machine-readable storage medium containing musical score displaying data, said musical score displaying data comprising:

• data of note or musical score information indicative of a note or musical score symbol to be visually displayed;
• data of timing information indicative of a horizontal display position on a musical score where the note or musical score symbol is to be placed;
• and
• data of attribute information designating a horizontal offset display position relative to the display position indicated by the timing information,
• whereby a horizontal display position, on a musical score, of a note or musical score symbol can be varied, in accordance with designation by the attribute information, in an apparatus arranged to use the musical score displaying data by reading out the musical score displaying data from said storage medium.

A machine-readable storage medium containing musical score displaying data, said musical score displaying data comprising:

• data of note or musical score information indicative of a note or musical score symbol to be visually displayed;
• data of position information indicative of a display position on a musical score where the note or musical score symbol is to be placed;
• data of attribute information designating a vertical offset display position relative to a specific display position,
• whereby a vertical display position, on a musical score, of a musical score symbol can be varied, in accordance with designation by the attribute information, in an apparatus arranged to use the musical score displaying data by reading out the musical score displaying data from said storage medium.

A machine-readable storage medium containing musical score displaying data, said musical score displaying data comprising:

• data of note or musical score information indicative of a note or musical score symbol to be visually displayed;
• data of timing information indicative of a horizontal display position on a musical score where the note or musical score symbol is to be placed;
• data of first attribute information designating a horizontal offset display position relative to the display position indicated by the timing information;
• and
• data of second attribute information designating a vertical offset display position relative to a specific display position,
• whereby a horizontal display position, on a musical score, of a note or musical score symbol can be varied, in accordance with designation by said first attribute information and a vertical display position, on a musical score, of a musical score symbol can be varied, in accordance with designation by said second attribute information, in an apparatus arranged to use the musical score displaying data by reading out the musical score displaying data from said storage medium.

A musical score display apparatus for displaying a musical score on the basis of musical score displaying data, said musical score displaying data comprising:

• data of note or musical score information indicative of a note or musical score symbol to be visually displayed;
• data of timing information indicative of a horizontal display position on a musical score where the note or musical score symbol is to be placed;
• and
• data of attribute information for controlling a display position of the note or musical score symbol, said attribute information including at least one of first attribute information designating a horizontal offset display position relative to the display position indicated by the timing information and second attribute information designating a vertical offset display position relative to a specific display position,
• wherein said musical score display apparatus comprises:
• a display section;
• and
• a processing section coupled with said display section and adapted to:
• determine a note or musical score symbol to be displayed on a musical score, in accordance with the note or musical score information;
• determine a horizontal display position on the musical score where the note or musical score symbol is to be placed, in accordance with the timing information;
• and
• perform at least one of a process for, in accordance with said first attribute information, changing the horizontal display position of the note or musical score symbol from the determined display position and a process for, in accordance with said second attribute information, vertically varying the display position of the note or musical score symbol,
• wherein said display section displays the note or musical score symbol on a musical stave in accordance with the process performed by said processing section.

A computer program containing a group of instructions for causing a computer to perform musical score display processing based on musical score displaying data, said musical score displaying data comprising:

• data of note or musical score information indicative of a note or musical score symbol to be visually displayed;
• data of timing information indicative of a horizontal display position on a musical score where the note or musical score symbol is to be placed;
• and
• data of attribute information for controlling a display position of the note or musical score symbol, said attribute information including at least one of first attribute information designating a horizontal offset display position relative to the display position indicated by the timing information and second attribute information designating a vertical offset display position relative to a specific display position,
• wherein said musical score display processing comprises:
• a step of determining a note or musical score symbol to be displayed on a musical score, in accordance with the note or musical score information;
• a step of determining a horizontal display position on the musical score where the note or musical score symbol is to be placed, in accordance with the timing information;
• and
• a step of performing at least one of a process for, in accordance with said first attribute information, changing the horizontal display position of the note or musical score symbol from the determined display position and a process for, in accordance with said second attribute information, vertically varying the display position of the note or musical score symbol.