Portable communication terminal apparatus with music composition capability
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorsEiichiro Aoki, Shigehiko Mizuno, Shigeki Akahori
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Abstract
In a portable communication terminal apparatus, a transmitter and receiver conducts either of a transmission and receipt of a message. A tone generator generates a sequence of tones to sound a music melody of a song in association with either of the transmission and the receipt of the message. A music composer is provided for inputting a motif melody comprised of a rhythm and a pitch and for composing the music melody of the song based on the inputted motif melody. The music composer may automatically input either of the rhythm and the pitch of the motif melody. A display device displays the inputted the motif melody in a sequence of beat points for editing.
Claims43
A portable communication terminal apparatus comprising:
- a transmitter and receiver section that is provided for conducting either of a transmission and receipt of a message;
- a tone generator section that is provided for generating a sequence of tones to sound a music melody of a song in association with either of the transmission and the receipt of the message;
- and
- a music composing section that is provided for inputting a motif melody comprised of a rhythm and a pitch and for composing the music melody of the song based on the inputted motif melody.
A method of operating a portable communication terminal apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- conducting either of a transmission and receipt of a message;
- generating a sequence of tones to sound a music melody of a song in association with either of the transmission and the receipt of the message;
- inputting a motif melody comprised of a rhythm and a pitch;
- and
- composing the music melody of the song based on the inputted motif melody.
A machine readable medium for use in a portable communication terminal apparatus having a processor, the medium containing program instructions executable by the processor for causing the portable communication terminal apparatus to perform a process comprising the steps of:
- conducting either of a transmission and receipt of a message;
- generating a sequence of tones to sound a music melody of a song in association with either of the transmission and the receipt of the message;
- inputting a motif melody comprised of a rhythm and a pitch;
- and
- composing the music melody of the song based on the inputted motif melody.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.