Musical accompaniment playing apparatus having phoneme memory for chorus voices

A musical accompaniment playing apparatus comprising:

• a first MIDI sound source for generating a musical accompaniment signal as a first audio signal, in accordance with the MIDI standard;
• a second MIDI sound source for generating, in accordance with the MIDI standard, a back chorus signal to be reproduced in harmony with the musical accompaniment as a second audio signal;
• a first phoneme information memory for storing first phoneme information for setting phonemes of each musical instrument used for a musical accompaniment reproduction;
• a second phoneme information memory for storing second musical information for setting phonemes of voice elements used for a back chorus reproduction;
• a playing information memory for storing first playing information of the first audio signal to be generated by the first MIDI sound source and second playing information of the second audio signal to be generated by the second MIDI sound source;
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• control means for allowing the first MIDI sound source to output the first audio signal in accordance with the first phoneme information and the first playing information, and for allowing the second MIDI sound source to output the second audio signal in accordance with the second phoneme information and the second playing information.