Apparatus for automatically starting add-on progression to run with inputted music, and computer program therefor

An apparatus for automatically starting a musical accompaniment progression to run along with an input music progression, comprising:

• an accompaniment storing device that stores a plurality of accompaniment data files each corresponding to one of a plurality of music pieces, each of said accompaniment data files representing a progression of a musical accompaniment corresponding to a progression of one of said plurality of music pieces;
• a performance data input device for inputting performance data including pitch-and-duration string data representing a musical performance of a music piece played by a player;
• a music piece recognizing device for recognizing a music piece under said musical performance based on said input performance data in comparison with reference music data including pitch-and-duration string data of reference music pieces, the recognized music piece having predetermined break-in time points;
• an accompaniment selecting device for selecting an accompaniment data file that represents the progression of the musical accompaniment for said recognized music piece;
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• an accompaniment device for detecting the progression points of said input performance data in reference to the predetermined break-in time points of said recognized music piece, and automatically starting the progression of the musical accompaniment in synchronism with a predetermined break-in time point that comes first among the predetermined break-in time points after a music piece recognition period in which the music piece recognizing device recognizes the music piece, thereby automatically running said progression of the musical accompaniment along with the progression of said music piece according to said selected accompaniment data file upon selection of said accompaniment data file.

A computer readable medium storing a computer program for an apparatus for automatically starting an add-on progression to run along with an input music progression, the apparatus including a storage device that stores a plurality of add-on progression data files each corresponding to one of a plurality of music pieces, each of said add-on progression data files representing a progression of an add-on matter, which includes at least one of an accompaniment, a description display, or a picture display corresponding to the respective music piece, corresponding to a progression of one of said plurality of music pieces, said computer program containing:

• an inputting instruction configured to input performance data including pitch-and-duration string data representing a musical performance of a music piece played by a player;
• a recognizing instruction configured to recognize a music piece under said musical performance based on said input performance data in comparison with reference music data including pitch-and-duration string data of reference music pieces, the recognized music piece having predetermined break-in time points;
• a selecting instruction configured to select one of the add-on progression data files that represents the progression of the add-on matter for said recognized music piece;
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• an add-on progression instruction for detecting the progression points of said input performance data in reference to the predetermined break-in time points of said recognized music piece, and automatically starting the progression of the add-on matter in synchronism with a predetermined break-in time point that comes first among the predetermined break-in time points after a music piece recognition period in which the recognizing instruction recognizes the music piece, thereby automatically running the progression of the add-on matter along with the progression of said music piece according to said selected add-on progression data file upon selection of said add-on progression data file.

A computer readable medium storing a computer program for an apparatus for automatically starting a musical accompaniment progression to run along with an input music progression, the apparatus including a storage device that stores a plurality of accompaniment data files each corresponding to one of a plurality of music pieces, each of said accompaniment data files representing a progression of a musical accompaniment corresponding to a progression of one of said plurality of music pieces, said computer program containing:

• an inputting instruction configured to input performance data including pitch-and-duration string data representing a musical performance of a music piece played by a player;
• a recognizing instruction configured to recognize a music piece under said musical performance based on said input performance data in comparison with reference music data including pitch-and-duration string data of reference music pieces, the recognized music piece having predetermined break-in time points;
• a selecting instruction configured to select one of the accompaniment data files that represents the progression of the musical accompaniment for said recognized music piece;
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• an accompaniment instruction for detecting the progression points of said input performance data in reference to the predetermined break-in time points of said recognized music piece, and automatically starting the progression of the musical accompaniment in synchronism with a predetermined break-in time point that comes first among the predetermined break-in time points after a music piece recognition period in which the recognizing instruction recognizes the music piece, thereby automatically running the progression of the musical accompaniment along with the progression of said music piece according to said selected accompaniment data file upon selection of said accompaniment data file.