Music performance assistance apparatus for indicating how to perform chord and computer program therefor

A server apparatus connectable with a client terminal, said server apparatus comprising:

• a first storage section that stores basic screen display data for allowing said client terminal to display a basic screen including a plurality of chord names;
• a transmission section that transmits the basic screen display data to said client terminal;
• a second storage section that stores, for each chord, playing-manner screen display data for displaying a playing manner screen indicative of a model playing manner corresponding to the chord;
• a reception section that receives, from said client terminal, request information requesting the playing manner screen corresponding to a desired one of the plurality of chord names included in the basic screen;
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• a control section that, in response to the request information received by said reception section, reads out, from said second storage section, the playing-manner screen display data for the playing manner screen corresponding to the desired chord name and transmits the read-out playing-manner screen display data to said client terminal.

A client terminal apparatus connectable with a server apparatus, said client terminal apparatus comprising:

• a display device;
• a reception section that receives basic screen display data for displaying a basic screen including a plurality of chord names, said display device displaying the basic screen indicating the plurality of chord names on the basis of the basic screen display data received by said reception section;
• and
• a control section that performs control to:
• select, on the basis of an instruction by a user, a chord name from among the plurality of chord names indicated on the basic screen displayed on said display device;
• transmit, to said server apparatus, request information requesting a playing manner screen indicative of a model playing manner corresponding to the selected chord name;
• and receive playing-manner screen display data transmitted by said server apparatus in response to the request information for displaying the playing manner screen,
• wherein said display device displays, along with the basic screen, the playing manner screen indicative of the model playing manner corresponding to the selected chord name on the basis of the playing-manner screen display data received from said server apparatus.

A computer program comprising computer program code means for performing all steps of a music performance assistance method when said program is run on a computer, said music performance assistance method the steps of:

• displaying, on a display device, a basic screen indicating a plurality of chord names;
• selecting a chord name from among the plurality of chord names indicated on the basic screen displayed on said display device, on the basis of an instruction by a user;
• reading out playing-manner screen display data corresponding to the chord name selected by said step of selecting, from a memory that stores, for each chord, playing-manner screen display data for displaying a playing manner screen indicative of a model playing manner corresponding to the chord;
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• displaying, along with the basic screen, a playing manner screen indicative of a model playing manner corresponding to the selected chord name on the basis of the playing-manner screen display data read out from said memory.

A computer program comprising computer program code means for performing all steps of a music performance assistance method when said program is run on a computer provided in a server apparatus connectable with a client terminal, said server apparatus comprising a first storage section that stores basic screen display data for allowing said client terminal to display a basic screen indicating a plurality of chord names and a second storage section that stores, for each chord, playing-manner screen display data for displaying a playing manner screen indicative of a model playing manner corresponding to the chord, said music performance assistance method comprising the steps of:

• reading out basic screen display data from said first storage section and transmitting the read-out basic screen display data to said client terminal;
• receiving, from said client terminal, request information requesting a playing manner screen corresponding to a desired one of the plurality of chord names included in the basic screen;
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• in response to the request information received from said client terminal, reading out, from said second storage section, the playing-manner screen display data for the playing manner screen corresponding to the desired chord name and transmitting the read-out playing-manner screen display data to said client terminal.

A computer program comprising computer program code means for performing all steps of a music performance assistance method when said program is run on a computer provided in a client terminal apparatus connectable with a server apparatus, said client terminal apparatus comprising a display device, said music performance assistance method comprising the steps of:

• receiving basic screen display data for displaying a basic screen including a plurality of chord names transmitted by said server apparatus, said display device displaying the basic screen indicating the plurality of chord names on the basis of the basic screen display data received by said step of receiving;
• selecting, on the basis of an instruction by a user, a chord name from among the plurality of chord names indicated on the basic screen displayed on said display device and transmitting, to said server apparatus, request information requesting a playing manner screen indicative of a model playing manner corresponding to the selected chord name;
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• receiving the playing-manner screen display data for displaying the playing manner screen transmitted by said server apparatus in response to the request information and displaying, along with the basic screen, the playing manner screen indicative of the model playing manner corresponding to the selected chord name on the basis of the received playing-manner screen display data.