Electronic musical instrument and performance control program systems and methods

An electronic musical instrument comprising:

• a plurality of performance operators that are arranged in a performance region;
• divided mode designation means for designating a divided mode with which the performance region is divided into the first region and the second region that is different from the first region;
• region selection means for selecting one of either the first region or the second region as divided by the divided mode designation means;
• query performance data output means for outputting query performance data that includes at least the pitch information that is based on the pitch information of the first region or the second region, as selected by the region selection means;
• response performance data acquisition means for acquiring the response performance data that includes at least the pitch information that is specified by a performance operator that is in the region selected by the region selection means;
• condition determination means for determining whether or not predefined conditions have been satisfied using the response performance data that has been acquired by the response performance data acquisition means and/or the query performance data that have been output by the query performance data output means;
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• reporting means for reporting the results of the determination by the condition determination means;
• wherein the region selection means selects a new region that is different from the region that is currently selected, when the condition determination means determines that the predefined conditions have been satisfied.

A performance control program process comprising:

• designating a divided mode in which a specified performance region that contains a plurality of performance operators is divided into a first region and a second region, where the second region is different from the first region and has a performance operator to specify pitch information that is the same as pitch information that is designated by a performance operator of the first region;
• outputting query performance data that include at least the pitch information that can be designated by a performance operator that is contained in the first region and/or a performance operator that is contained in the second region in the divided mode;
• identifying which of either the first region or the second region has been operated after the query performance data have been output;
• acquiring response performance data after the query performance data have been output by the query performance data output step, and the performance operator of the first region or the second region has been operated, wherein the performance data that included at least the pitch information that is specified by the operated performance operator is acquired as response performance data;
• determining whether or not predefined conditions have been satisfied based on at least one of the response performance data that have been acquired by the response performance data acquisition step, the query performance data that has been output by the query performance data output step, or the region that has been identified by the region identification step;
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• reporting the results of the determination of whether or not the predefined conditions are satisfied.

A performance control program process comprising:

• designating a divided mode with which a specified performance region that contains a plurality of performance operators is divided into a first region and a second region that is different from the first region;
• selecting one of either the first region or the second region;
• outputting query performance data comprising the performance data that includes at least the pitch information that can correspond to a performance operator that is contained in the selected one of the first and second regions;
• acquiring response performance data, wherein after the query performance data have been output and an operator that belongs to the selected region has been operated, performance data that include at least the pitch information that is specified by the operated performance operator is acquired as the response performance data;
• determining whether or not predefined conditions are satisfied, based on the acquired response performance data and/or the query performance data;
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• selecting a new region that is different from the region that is currently selected, when a determination has been made that the predefined conditions have been satisfied;
• reporting the results of the step of determining whether or not predefined conditions are satisfied.