Performance instruction apparatus and method

A performance instruction apparatus comprising:

• a supply section that supplies performance data and musical score data of a music piece and performance motion picture data representative of model performance motion with which the music piece is being performed by a model player using a predetermined musical instrument;
• a display section;
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• a control section that executes a reproductive performance of the music piece on the basis of the performance data and causes said display section to display a musical score picture on the basis of the musical score data and a performance picture representative of model performance motion on the basis of the performance motion picture data while controlling the display, by said display section, of the musical score picture and the performance picture, in synchronism with a progression of the reproductive performance of the music piece.

A performance instruction method comprising:

• a step of supplying performance data;
• a step of reproducing the performance data supplied by said step of supplying;
• a step of causing a display device to display a performance picture representative of model performance motion with which a music piece corresponding to the performance data reproduced by said step of reproducing is being played by a model player using a predetermined musical instrument;
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• a step of, in accordance with a progression of reproduction of the performance data, changing a display style, on the performance picture displayed via said display device, of each musical instrument or portion thereof to be played currently into a particular display style corresponding to a body part of a player to be used for playing the musical instrument or portion thereof.