Device and method for playing music from a score

A device with keyboard function, for simultaneously reading and playing a work of music, from a written conventional score of said work, said score comprising staffs or staff sets, the device including

• a microcomputer;
• and
• a graphic tablet for holding hold a paper sheet, or a set of sheets to be handled successively, said sheet comprising written music score, and recognizes any X and Y axis positions of the score touched by the tip of the pointer handled by a performer to provide X and Y signals, each of the X and Y signals thus activated being transmitted to said microcomputer, which has software preprogrammed according to the said score, said preprogramming being such that any X and Y pair activated on the page triggers a signal that initiates a signal stream to a sound generator, optionally built into the device, which then outputs the note closest to the contact point with the pointer on the score or the appropriate chord of accompaniment sounds.