Music playback device, music playback method, and program

A music playback method comprising:

• playing a music piece, the music piece including a plurality of parts that are acoustically separable from each other;
• recording, as cue point information, a position of a cue point within the music piece and at least one part, of the plurality of parts, to be played from the cue point, the position of the cue point and the at least one part to be played being set in response to an operation of a user;
• and
• causing the music piece to be played from the cue point and causing only one or more, but not all, of the plurality of parts to be played when the music piece is played from the cue point, in accordance with the operation of the user and the cue point information.

A non-transitory tangible storage medium storing a program causing a computer to function as a music playback device, the music playback device comprising:

• a music playback section configured to play a music piece, the music piece including a plurality of parts that are acoustically separable from each other;
• a cue point setting section configured to record, as cue point information, a position of a cue point within the music piece and at least one part, of the plurality of parts, to be played from the cue point, the position of the cue point and the at least one part to be played being set in response to an operation of a user;
• a playing position regulating section configured to cause the music piece to be played from the cue point in accordance with the operation of the user and the cue point information;
• and
• a playing part regulating section configured to cause only one or more, but not all, of the plurality of parts to be played when the music piece is played from the cue point, in accordance with the cue point information.