Multifunction musical information processing apparatus

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• means for displaying on a screen a staff notation, a keyboard, and a plurality of musical notes and a rest;
• means for producing musical information by designating a key of the keyboard and one of the musical notes and rest;
• means for storing the musical information produced by said producing means;
• means for designating one of a variety of musical instruments by which the musical information stored in said first memory means is to be reproduced:
• means for storing symbols each corresponding to a different one of the musical instruments;
• means for generating an instruction for reproducing the musical information stored in said first memory means;
• means for controlling said display means to display one of the symbols corresponding to the designated musical instrument stored in said symbol storage means in response to the instruction generated by said instruction generating means;
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• means for reproducing the musical information stored in said musical information storage means in a tone color of the musical instrument by designating the position of its corresponding symbol displayed on said display means.