Rhythm game control apparatus and rhythm game control program

A rhythm game control apparatus for controlling progress of a rhythm game while reproducing music and causing a display device to display one or more trigger on a display screen of the display device, the display device including a touch panel, each of the one or more trigger indicating an operation sign to prompt a player to input an operation according to a rhythm of the music, the rhythm game control apparatus comprising:

• a basic music score information memory for storing basic music score information, the basic music score information indicating a basic music score on which one or more trigger arrangement permissible mark is arranged, the trigger arrangement permissible mark indicating an arrangement permissible position for the one or more trigger;
• a music score information memory for storing music score information, the music score information indicating a music score on which the one or more trigger is arranged, the music score being used in the rhythm game;
• a music score editing screen display controller for causing the display device to display a music score editing screen on which the basic music score indicated by the basic music score information can be edited;
• a trigger arranging request receiver for receiving a trigger arranging request from the player on the music score editing screen on the basis of a trigger arranging operation by the player;
• a trigger arranger for arranging each of the one or more trigger on the basic music score in accordance with the trigger arranging request received by the trigger arranging request receiver in a case where an arranging request position of each trigger by the trigger arranging request is an arrangement permissible position at which a trigger arrangement permissible mark is arranged;
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• an edited music score information register for registering the music score information in the music score information memory, the music score information indicating the music score for which the trigger arranger arranges the one or more trigger on the basic music score and the basic music score is thereby edited.