Karaoke apparatus with individual scoring of duet singers

A karaoke apparatus accompanying a singer with a karaoke music according to music information, comprising:

• means for providing the music information containing accompaniment data and reference data;
• means for generating the karaoke music according to the accompaniment data while a plurality of singers sing altogether along with the karaoke music;
• means for collecting one singing voice of one singer and another singing voice of another singer during progression of the karaoke music;
• means for extracting from said one singing voice a music property characteristic to a singing skill of said one singer, and for separately extracting from said another singing voice another music property characteristic to a singing skill of said another singer;
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• means for comparing each music property with the reference data to evaluate the singing skill of said one singer and said another singer so that the singing skill of said one singer and said another singer can be scored individually and independently from one another while said one singing voice and said another singing voice are mixed to each other.

A method of accompanying a karaoke music on a singer according to music information, comprising the steps of:

• providing the music information containing accompaniment data and at least first reference data and second reference data, respectively, corresponding to a first part and a second part of the karaoke music;
• generating the karaoke music according to the accompaniment data while a first singer sings the first part along with the karaoke music and a second singer sings the second part along with the karaoke music;
• collecting a first singing voice of the first singer and a second singing voice of the second singer during progression of the karaoke music;
• extracting from the collected first singing voice a first music property characteristic to a singing skill of the first singer, and separately extracting from the second singing voice a second music property characteristic to a singing skill of the second singer;
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• comparing the first music property with the first reference data to evaluate the singing skill of the first singer, and comparing the second music property with the second reference data to evaluate the singing skill of the second singer so that the singing skill of the first singer and the singing skill of the second singer can be scored individually and independently from one another while the first singing voice and the second singing voice are mixed to each other.

A machine readable media containing instructions for causing a karaoke machine to perform operation of accompanying a karaoke music on a singer according to music information, wherein the operation comprises the steps of:

• providing the music information containing accompaniment data and at least first reference data and second reference data, respectively, corresponding to a first part and a second part of the karaoke music;
• generating the karaoke music according to the accompaniment data while a first singer sings the first part along with the karaoke music and a second singer sings the second part along with the karaoke music;
• collecting a first singing voice of the first singer and a second singing voice of the second singer during progression of the karaoke music;
• extracting from the collected first singing voice a first music property characteristic to a singing skill of the first singer, and separately extracting from the second singing voice a second music property characteristic to a singing skill of the second singer;
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• comparing the first music property with the first reference data to evaluate the singing skill of the first singer, and comparing the second music property with the second reference data to evaluate the singing skill of the second singer so that the singing skill of the first singer and the second singer can be scored individually and independently from one another while the first singing voice and the second singing voice are mixed to each other.