JP2001042762A - Training use equipment and control method thereof, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a training use equipment and a control method thereof capable of expanding a range of application modes without loss of convenience. SOLUTION: When a count value TIMING reaches '0' during automatic performance, this equipment reads one of the following musical sound data MD from a MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) data area of RAM. When read musical sound data MD are key-on and key-off data, the equipment performs processing of sounding and muting (S1807), and when the musical sound data MD are score address data GA, it reads and displays score data VD corresponding to the data GA (step S1809), and when the musical sound data MD are memo address data MA (step S1811), it reads and displays memo data TD corresponding to the data MA from a memo data area of RAM. Thus, the contents of the memo are displayed with the score as corresponding to the automatic performance.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a training device for inputting data such as performance data from a storage medium or the like and performing an automatic performance or the like based on the performance data, a control method therefor, and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, performance data and score display data converted into electronic data are input from a storage medium or through communication, and used for training of electronic musical instruments and the like in which automatic performance and score display are performed. Devices are known (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
No. 3416).

In this device, MIDI (Musica)
l Instrument Digital Inte
rface) Data for musical score display and display control data as image data are input from a floppy disk together with automatic performance data such as data, and the automatic performance of the music is heard or the music is automatically displayed according to the progress of the music. You can do it. The performer can change the tempo in the automatic performance and give instructions for start / stop in the automatic performance of the music. In addition, the performer can also perform the music on the keyboard device while scrolling the score with a manual switch. The device is more convenient to use than a sheet music score.

[0004]

However, in performance practice, for example, there are cases where it is desired to keep notes on performance, teacher's guidance content, and the like for each performance part as a memo. At this time, if the score is on paper, it can be easily written with a pen, but with the above conventional training equipment, the score is electronic data, so it is impossible to write a memo. There was room for improvement in improving it.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and has as its object to provide a training device, a control method thereof, and a storage medium capable of expanding the use mode without deteriorating usability. Is to provide.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a training apparatus, comprising: an input means for inputting performance data; and an input means for inputting a part of the input performance data. Adding means for adding data, storage means for associating the input performance data with the added additional data, and storing the performance data and the additional data in a readable / writable memory; A performance means for reading out the performance data stored in accordance with the above-mentioned performance data and sequentially performing a performance based on the read performance data; and adding the additional data added to the part of the performance data to the performance based on the part of the performance data. And a notifying means for notifying while performing in accordance with the performance by the means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a training device, comprising: an input step of inputting performance data; and an additional step of adding additional data to a part of the input performance data. A storage step of associating the input performance data with the added additional data and storing the performance data and the additional data in a readable / writable memory; and reading the performance data stored in the storage step. A performance step of sequentially performing a performance based on the read performance data; and reporting additional data added to the part of the performance data while associating the additional data with the performance in the performance step based on the part of the performance data. And an informing step.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium comprising: an input module for inputting performance data; an additional module for adding additional data to a part of the input performance data; A storage module for associating the performance data with the added additional data and storing the performance data and the additional data in a readable and writable memory; and reading the performance data stored by the storage module. A performance module for sequentially performing a performance based on performance data, and a notification module for notifying the additional data added to the part of the performance data while associating the additional data with the performance by the performance module based on the part of the performance data. Characterized by storing a program having

According to the training apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the control method for the training apparatus according to the fourth aspect, or the storage medium according to the seventh aspect, the performance data is input, and the input performance is input. Additional data is added to part of the data,
The input performance data and the added additional data are associated with each other, and the performance data and the additional data are stored in a readable / writable memory. Further, the stored performance data is read, and a performance is sequentially performed based on the read performance data, and additional data added to the part of the performance data is added to the part of the performance data. It will be notified while corresponding to the performance based on it.

In the training apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first aspect, the input means inputs the performance data and the additional data stored in the memory by the storage means, and The means is provided with updating means capable of updating additional data added to the input performance data.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the method for controlling a training device according to the fourth aspect, wherein the inputting step includes inputting the performance data and the additional data stored in the memory by the storing step. The adding step includes an updating step capable of updating the additional data added to the input performance data.

The storage medium according to claim 8 of the present invention, in the configuration according to claim 7, wherein the input module inputs the performance data and the additional data stored in the memory by the storage module. Is characterized by further comprising an update module capable of updating additional data added to the input performance data.

The training device according to claim 2 of the present invention, and claim 5
According to the method for controlling a training device according to the first aspect of the invention, or the storage medium according to the eighth aspect, the performance data and the additional data stored in the memory are input, and the additional data added to the input performance data is updated. Is done.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the training device according to the first or second aspect, the additional data is at least one of document text data, image data, and audio data. The means notifies the additional data by a visual display or a voice display.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a training device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention.
The additional data is at least one of document text data, image data, and audio data, and the notifying step notifies the additional data by visual display or audio display.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the seventh or eighth aspect, the additional data is at least one of document text data, image data, and audio data. Is characterized in that the additional data is notified by visual display or audio display.

The training device according to claim 3 of the present invention, claim 6
According to the method of controlling a training device according to the first aspect, or the storage medium according to the ninth aspect, at least one of document text data, image data, and audio data is notified by visual display or audio display as the additional data.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a training device (electronic musical instrument) according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of one embodiment of FIG.

This electronic musical instrument includes a key press detection circuit 3, a switch detection circuit 4, a ROM 6, a RAM 7 (input means), a timer 8, a display control circuit 9, and a floppy disk drive (FD).
D) 10 (part of storage means), hard disk drive (HDD) 11, CD-ROM (compact disk-
(Read only memory) drive 12, MIDI interface (MIDII / F) 13, communication interface (communication I / F) 14, sound source circuit 15, effect circuit 1
6. The mouse information detecting circuit 20 and the pen / tablet scanning circuit 22 are connected to the CPU 5 (part of the adding unit, the updating unit, and the storing unit) via the bus 18, respectively.

The keyboard 1 is connected to the key press detection circuit 3, and the panel switch 2 is connected to the switch detection circuit 4. The mouse information detecting circuit 20 is connected to a mouse 21 having a switch which can move freely in a plane, and the display control circuit 9 is connected to a display device 19 (notifying means) constituted by, for example, an LCD or a CRT. A timer 8 is connected to the CPU 5, and another MI is connected to the MIDII / F13.
The DI device 100 is connected. The server computer 1 is connected to the communication I / F 14 via the communication network 101.
The sound source circuit 15 is connected to the effect circuit 16 and the sound system 17 in series. The pen / tablet scanning circuit 22 is connected to a pen / tablet 23 (addition means, update means).

A key press detection circuit 3 is provided for each key of the keyboard 1 (not shown).
Is detected. The panel switch 2 includes a plurality of switches (not shown) for inputting various information.
The switch detection circuit 4 detects a pressed state of each switch of the panel switch 2. The CPU 5 controls the entire apparatus. The ROM 6 stores a control program executed by the CPU 5, table data, and the like. The RAM 7 temporarily stores various input information such as automatic performance data, image data for musical score display, text data, and calculation results. The timer 8 measures an interruption time and various times in the timer interruption processing. The display control circuit 9 causes the display device 19 to display various information such as a musical score.

The FDD 10 drives a floppy disk (FD) 24 (memory) as a storage medium. FD2
4 stores the control program, various application programs, various data, and the like. The HDD 11, which is an external storage device, stores various application programs including the control program, various data, and the like. The CD-ROM drive 12 drives a CD-ROM (not shown) in which various application programs including the control program, various data, and the like are stored.

The MID II / F 13 receives a MIDI signal from an external device such as another MIDI device 100 or the like,
It outputs a MIDI signal to an external device. Communication I / F
14 transmits and receives data to and from the server computer 102 via the communication network 101, for example. The tone generator 15 converts the automatic performance data of the music data input from the FDD 10, the CD-ROM drive 12, the MID II / F 13, or the like into a tone signal. The effect circuit 16
Various effects are added to the tone signal input from the tone generator circuit 15, and the sound system 17 such as a speaker
The sound signal and the like inputted from the device 6 are converted into sound.

The mouse information detection circuit 20 detects movement information of the mouse 21 and operation information such as switch on / off. The pen / tablet scanning circuit 22 reads a line image input by the pen / tablet 23 and transfers it to the RAM 7 as described later.

The control program executed by the CPU 5 can be stored in the HDD 11 as described above. RO
When the control program is not stored in M6, the control program is stored in the hard disk in the HDD 11, and is read into the RAM 7, whereby
The same operation as when the control program is stored in the ROM 6 can be performed by the CPU 5. By doing so, it is possible to easily add a control program or upgrade the version.

The CD-ROM drive 12 uses a CD-R
The control program and various data read from the OM
The data is stored on the hard disk in the HDD 11. This makes it possible to easily perform new installation, version upgrade, and the like of the control program. This CD-
In addition to the ROM drive 12, other devices for using various types of media, such as a magneto-optical disk (MO) device, may be provided as an external storage device.

The communication I / F 14 is, as described above, a LAN
(Local area network), the Internet, and a communication network 101 such as a telephone line.
It is connected to a server computer 102 via the communication network 101. If the above-mentioned programs and various parameters are not stored in the hard disk in the HDD 11, the communication I / F 14
02 to download programs and parameters. The client computer is
A command for requesting download of a program or parameter is transmitted to the server computer 102 via the communication I / F 14 and the communication network 101. Upon receiving the command, the server computer 102 distributes the requested program or parameter to the computer via the communication network 101, and the computer
The download is completed by receiving these programs and parameters via the / F 101 and storing them in the hard disk in the HDD 11.

In addition, an interface for directly exchanging data with an external computer or the like may be provided.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the display contents of the display device 19. The display device 19 has display areas 19A and B. The display area 19A is a score display area, and can display a score for four measures and a tempo value TM. The display area 19B is a character information display area and can display up to 1000 characters. Although a detailed configuration for these displays will be described later, in the present embodiment, additional information (additional data) relating to a predetermined range (four measures) being displayed and automatically played is, for example, a note on performance. And the like can be input as a memo and displayed, and the contents of the memo can be saved and updated.

The display device 19 further displays various menu buttons, and selection of these menu buttons is performed by operating a pointer 19g movable by the mouse 21 and mouse buttons. The various menu buttons include a play / stop (start / stop) button 19a for starting or stopping the execution of the automatic performance, a pause button 19b for temporarily stopping or canceling the automatic performance, and a speeding up the performance tempo. A tempo up button 19c, a tempo down button 19d for delaying the performance tempo, a previous page button 19e for displaying and playing the previous page (previous four measures), and displaying and playing the next page (next four measures). Button 19f for the next page.

FIG. 3 is an external view showing the structure of the pen / tablet 23. The pen / tablet 23 includes a display unit 23C capable of displaying, and the display unit 23C
It is configured to function also as a character input area 23A and a tablet input area 23B where screen input is possible at 3e. The character input area 23A is an area for inputting characters and the like to be displayed on the display area 19B of the display device 19. When the character input area 23A is moved on the surface by the pen 23e, a trace of the operation is displayed. For example, in FIG. 3, a trajectory similar to Hiragana “ha” is displayed. The tablet input area 23B is an area for inputting an instruction using various menu buttons. The tablet input area 23B includes a character input area 23.
A recognition button 23a for instructing execution of a recognition process of a character drawn in A, a character candidate display area 2 for displaying a character candidate as a recognition result and inputting a character selection
3b, a next candidate display button 23c for instructing the display of the next candidate, and a write button 23d for inputting an instruction to write the selected character into the RAM 7.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the data format of the music data storage section of the FD 24. The music data storage of the FD 24 includes a header area 24A and a MIDI data area 24.
B, a score data area 24C and a memo data area 24D.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of data stored in the music data storage section of the FD 24. FIG. 5 (a)
4 is stored in the header area 24A and the MIDI data area 24B shown in FIG. 4, and the score data VD (score display data) shown in FIG. 5B is the score data shown in FIG. Stored in area 24C,
The memo data TD (additional data) shown in FIG.
Is stored in the memo data area 24D shown in FIG.

The tone data MD shown in FIG. 5A is data of one music piece for performing an automatic performance, and is, for example, MID.
It is composed of I code. The musical sound data MD includes header data H1, musical score address data GA, memo address data MA, key-on (event) data, timing data, key-off (event) data, and end data.

The header data H1 includes beat data indicating a beat, tempo data indicating an initial tempo value, and the like.
The key-on data is data for instructing the tone generator 15 to generate a musical tone. The key-off data is data for instructing the generation of the generated musical sound. The timing data is data for defining the generation timing of the subsequent key-on data or key-off data. The end data is data for indicating the end of the song.

The musical score address data GA is 4
The musical sound data MD of the bar is the musical score data V shown in FIG.
This is instruction data for specifying which of the four measures in D corresponds to the measure. Memo address data MA
Is instruction data for specifying which of the four measures in the memo data TD shown in FIG. 10C corresponds to the subsequent four measures of the musical sound data MD.

The musical score data VD shown in FIG. 3B is data for displaying the musical score in synchronization with the performance, and is composed of header data H2 and image data composed for every four measures. The header data H2 is instruction data for specifying which of the four measures in the musical sound data MD shown in FIG. Therefore, the correspondence between the musical tone address data GA and the musical score data VD is defined by the correspondence between the musical score address data GA and the header data H2.

FIG. 3C shows data (additional data) for displaying characters in accordance with the musical score display, and is composed of header data H3 and memo data TD composed of text data. The header data H3 is instruction data for specifying which of the four measures in the musical score data VD shown in FIG. Therefore, according to the correspondence between the memo address data MA and the header data H3, the tone data M of each four measures is obtained.
The correspondence between D and the memo data TD is defined, and the correspondence between the musical score data VD and the memo data TD is also defined.

The FD 24 previously stores the musical sound data MD and the musical score data VD.
D is not stored. The memo data TD is stored in the FD 24 only after an automatic performance or the like. However, the memo data TD containing any precautionary statement is stored in FD2.
4 may be stored in advance.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the configuration of the storage area of the RAM 7. The storage area of the RAM 7 is, as shown in FIG.
It is composed of an image processing area 7A, a MIDI data area 7B, a musical score data area 7C, a memo data area 7D, a register 7E, a memo buffer 7F, and the like. Image processing area 7
A includes a character recognition buffer 7A '.

The image processing area 7A is used as a work area for processing image data, and the character recognition buffer 7A 'temporarily stores handwritten information input by the pen / tablet 23. The MIDI data area 7B corresponds to the header area 24A and the MIDI data area 24B of the FD 24 shown in FIG. 4, and the score data area 7C and the memo data area 7D respectively correspond to the score data area 24 shown in FIG.
C, and corresponds to the memo data area 24D. Each data area 7
B, 7C, and 7D store the tone data MD, the score data VD, and the memo data TD read from the FD 24, respectively.

The register 7E stores various flags, count values, addresses, and the like, which will be described later. Note buffer 7F
Stores the character input and selected by the pen / tablet 23.

In this configuration, the operation of the electronic musical instrument is performed as follows.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the main routine. This process is started when the power is turned on.

First, initialization is performed, that is, various registers are initialized (step S701). For example, a flag RUN, a flag PAUSE, a count value TI
MING and the like are set to “0”. Next, FIG.
Key processing (step S702), the switch (S
W) The process (step S703) and the pen / tablet process (step S704) in FIG. 15 are sequentially executed, and the process returns to the step S702.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the keyboard processing executed in step S702 of FIG.

First, a key scan process is executed by the key press detection circuit 3 (step S801), and it is determined whether or not there is a key event (key on or key off) by the keyboard 1 (step S802). If the result of this determination is that there is no key event, this process is immediately terminated, while if there is a key event, it is determined whether or not the key event is key-on (step S803).

If the result of the determination is that the key event is key-on, sound generation processing is executed (step S80).
4). That is, pitch data and a key-on signal corresponding to a depressed key are supplied to an empty tone generation channel of the tone generator circuit 15 to generate a tone signal. As a result, a musical sound is generated from the sound system 17. On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S803 is that the key event is not key-on but key-off, mute processing is executed (step S805). That is, a key-off signal is supplied to a tone generation channel that is generating a tone signal corresponding to a released key, and the tone signal is attenuated. After the sound generation processing or the mute processing, the present processing ends.

According to this processing, a manual performance sound can be generated according to the performance operation of the keyboard 1. For example, it is possible to perform a manual performance along with the automatic performance while watching the musical score displayed on the display device 19.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a switch (SW) process executed in step S703 of FIG.

First, switch scan processing is executed by the switch detection circuit 4 (step S901), and it is determined whether or not there is any switch event (step S901).
902). The switch event includes the display device 1
9 includes a screen input by the mouse 21. As a result of the determination, if there is no switch event, the process is immediately terminated. On the other hand, if there is any switch event, a process corresponding to the switch event is executed by the processes of FIGS. S90
3), end this processing.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the start / stop SW processing executed in step S903 in FIG. This process is started when the play / stop button 19a (FIG. 2) on the display screen of the display device 19 is turned on.

First, it is determined whether or not the flag RUN indicating that the automatic performance is being executed is set to "1" (step S1001). As a result of the determination, the flag RUN is set to "1". ”, The flag RUN is set to“ 0 ”and the count value TIM is set.
ING is set to "0" (step S1002), the displayed musical score is erased (step S1003), and this processing ends. On the other hand, if the flag RUN is set to "1" as a result of the determination in step S1001, the flag RUN is set to "1" (step S10).
04), this process ends.

According to this processing, the reproduction /
When the stop button 19a (FIG. 2) is turned on, the automatic performance is stopped. On the other hand, when the play / stop button 19a (FIG. 2) is turned on while the automatic performance is stopped, the automatic performance is started.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the tempo change SW process executed in step S903 in FIG. This process is started when either the tempo up button 19c or the tempo down button 19d is turned on on the display screen of the display device 19. This process is a process for changing the interrupt cycle of the timer 8 before or during the automatic performance, that is, the execution interval of the interrupt process of FIG. 18 described later.

First, it is determined whether or not the tempo change instruction by the buttons 19c and 19d is a tempo up (step S1101). As a result, if the tempo change instruction is a tempo up, the timer 8 is turned off. The interrupt cycle is shortened (for example, the storage value of a register (not shown) in the timer 8 is reduced) (step S1102), and the display of the tempo value TM on the display device 19 is changed accordingly (step S1104). Then, the present process ends. On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S1101 is that the tempo change instruction is tempo down, the interrupt cycle of the timer 8 is lengthened (by increasing the value stored in the register) (step S1104), and the process proceeds to step S1103. Proceed to.

According to this processing, the performance tempo can be arbitrarily changed before or during the automatic performance.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the scroll processing executed in step S903 in FIG. This process is started when either the previous page button 19e or the next page button 19f is turned on on the display screen of the display device 19.

First, the automatic performance is stopped (step S12).
01) It is determined whether or not the turned on switch is the previous page button 19e. If the result of this determination is that the switch that was turned on is the previous page button 19e, a search is made for the musical score address and memo address one unit before the data of the four measures currently being played and displayed (step S1203). That is, the musical score address and memo address of the four bars one page (four bars) before are searched from the tone data MD. Next, by setting each searched address in the register 7E in the RAM 7, the reading position of the performance data is set to the beginning of the four bars one page before (step S1204), and the reproduction is started from the beginning position (step S1204). Step S1205), this process ends.

On the other hand, as a result of the discrimination in step S1202, if the turned on switch is not the previous page button 19e but the next page button 19f, contrary to the above, the data of the four bars currently being played and displayed is displayed. The musical score address and memo address one unit ahead are searched from the musical sound data MD (step S1206), and the searched reading position is set at the beginning of the four bars one page ahead, and the processing after step S1204 is similarly executed. .

According to this processing, the performance of four measures one unit before or one unit ahead, the musical score display and the memo display can be arbitrarily performed during the automatic performance.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the temporary stop processing executed in step S903 in FIG.
This processing is performed by the pause button 1 on the display screen of the display device 19.
It starts when 9b is turned on.

First, it is determined whether or not the flag RUN is set to "1" (the automatic performance is being executed) (step S1301). As a result of the determination, the flag RUN is set to "1". If not, the process is immediately terminated. On the other hand, if the flag RUN is set to "1", the flag PAUSE indicating "1" indicating that the automatic performance is temporarily stopped is set to "1". It is determined whether or not there is (step S1302).

If the result of the determination is that the flag PAUSE is not set to "1", the generation of the automatic performance sound is stopped and the pause state is set (step S1303), and the flag PAUSE is inverted (in this case, "0"). From "1"
To) (step S1304), and this process ends. On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S1302, the flag PA
If USE is set to "1", the pause is released, that is, an automatic performance sound is generated from the pause position of the automatic performance (step S1305), and the flag PAUSE is inverted (in this case, from "1" to "1"). 0 ”) (step S
1304), this process ends.

According to this processing, the automatic performance can be temporarily stopped and released.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the medium processing executed in step S903 in FIG. This processing is started, for example, when an instruction to read data from a medium or to eject a medium is input on an initial screen (not shown) of the display device 19.

First, it is determined whether or not the input instruction is a data read instruction (step S1401). As a result of the determination, if the input instruction is a data read instruction, the instruction is inserted into the FDD 10. The musical tone data MD, musical score data VD, and memo data TD are read from the FD 24 and stored in the RAM 7 (step S1402), and the process ends. On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S1401 is that the input instruction is not a data read instruction but a medium discharge instruction, then each area (M
The data stored in the IDI data area 7B, the musical score data area 7C, and the memo data area 7D) is written to the FD 24 (step S1403), the FD 24 is ejected from the FDD 10 (step S1404), and the process ends.

According to this processing, for example, first, each tone data, musical score, and memo data of the FD 24 are stored in the RAM 7, and the contents of the memo data TD are newly input or updated at the time of the automatic performance. Finally, it can be stored in the FD 24. Further, the data once stored in the FD 24 can be read again, and the contents of the memo data TD can be updated as many times as necessary.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the pen / tablet process executed in step S704 in FIG.

First, in this embodiment, since character input and recognition are performed in the pause state, it is determined whether the flag PAUSE is set to "1" (step S).
1501). If the result of this determination is that the flag PAUSE is set to "1", it is determined whether or not the pen tablet 23 has a pen touch (step S150).
2) If the pen tablet 23 has a pen touch as a result of the determination, the touch position is the pen tablet 2
It is determined whether or not the input area is the third character input area 23A (step S1503).

As a result of the determination, the touched position is
If it is the character input area 23A of the tablet 23, the touch position is input (step S1504), and the process ends. The input of the touch position is performed, for example, in the character input area 23.
The coordinates of the touch position from the top of A (upper left corner) are stored in RAM 7
Is stored in a buffer (not shown) in the image processing area 7A. Therefore, step S150
While the processing from 1 to S1504 is repeated, the locus of the pen touch is stored.

On the other hand, when the flag PAUSE is set to "0" as a result of the determination in step S1501,
If the result of determination in step S1502 is that there is no pen touch on the pen tablet 23, this processing is immediately terminated.

As a result of the discrimination in step S1503, the touch position is set to the character input area 23A of the pen / tablet 23.
If not, the touch position is the tablet input area 2
It is determined whether it is 3B (step S1505).
As a result of the determination, if the touch position is not in the tablet input area 23B, the present process is immediately terminated. On the other hand, if the touch position is in the tablet input area 23B,
The tablet process shown in FIG. 16 to be described later is executed (step S1506), and this process ends.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the tablet process executed in step S1506 in FIG.

First, it is determined whether or not an input has been made in the character input area 23A of the pen / tablet 23 (whether any locus has been drawn) (step S1601). As a result of the determination, an input has been made in the character input area 23A. In this case, the image corresponding to the input is displayed in reverse in the character input area 23A (trajectory is displayed) (step S1602), and the image is taken into the character recognition buffer 7A 'of the RAM 7 (step S1603). On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S1601 is that no input has been made in the character input area 23A and after the processing in step S1603, the flow proceeds to step S1604.

In step S1604, the recognition button 23a of the tablet input area 23B of the pen / tablet 23
Is touched to determine whether or not recognition is instructed.
As a result of the determination, when the recognition execution is instructed, it is determined whether or not there is image data in the character recognition buffer 7A '(step S1613). As a result, the image is stored in the character recognition buffer 7A'. If there is data, characters are recognized from the image input to the character input area 23A (step S1605), and character candidates are displayed in the character candidate display area 23b of the tablet input area 23B (step S1605).
1606). On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S1604 is that no instruction to execute recognition has been issued, step S1
If the result of determination in 613 is that there is no image data in the character recognition buffer 7A ', or after the processing in step S1606, the flow advances to step S1607.

In step S1607, it is determined whether the next candidate display button 23c in the tablet input area 23B of the pen / tablet 23 has been touched and a next candidate display instruction has been given. When the next candidate display instruction is given as a result of the determination, it is determined whether or not there is a next candidate (step S161).
4) If the result of the determination indicates that there is a next candidate, the next candidate for the character is displayed in the character candidate display area 23b (step S1).
608), and proceed to step S1609. On the other hand, if the next candidate display instruction has not been issued as a result of the determination in step S1607, or if there is no next candidate as a result of the determination in step S1614, the process immediately proceeds to step S1609.
Proceed to.

In step S1609, it is determined whether the character candidate display area 23b of the tablet input area 23B of the pen / tablet 23 has been touched and a character has been selected from the displayed character candidates. If the character is selected as a result of the determination, the selected character is
Write to the memo buffer 7F of M7 (step S16)
10). As a result, the character is stored as text data. Further, a plurality of characters written by repeating this process become memo data TD which is displayed later in the display area 19B of the display device 19.

Note that the memo data T is stored in the memo buffer 7F.
When writing D, in the initial state where no memo data TD is stored in the memo buffer 7F, the display position of the memo data to be written this time on the display device 19 can be designated by the panel switch 2, the mouse 21, or the like. May be. Also, the memo data TD is already stored in the memo buffer 7F.
Is stored, the original data may be partially overwritten or all of the original data may be erased.

On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S1609 is that the character candidate display area 23b has not been touched and no character has been selected, or immediately after the processing in step S1610, the flow immediately proceeds to step S1611.

In step S1611, the write button 23d in the tablet input area 23B of the pen / tablet 23
Is touched and a write instruction is issued.
As a result of the determination, when a write instruction is issued, a RAM transfer process of FIG. 17 described later is executed (step S161).
2) While ending this processing, if no writing instruction is given, this processing is immediately ended.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the RAM transfer process executed in step S1612 of FIG.

First, it is determined whether or not the number of characters stored in the memo buffer 7F of the RAM 7 is less than 1000 characters (step S1701). As a result of the determination, if the number of characters is less than 1000 characters Memo buffer 7
The data of F is transferred and written to the memo data area 7D of the RAM 7 (step S1702), and the process ends. The memo data area 7D stores the four-bar score data VD in which the automatic performance is currently paused and the score is displayed.
Is stored in association with. This is, as described above, the score address data GA and the memo address data M
This is made possible by the correspondence between the header data H2 and the header data H3 via A. In this way, it is possible to add, as text data, music data VD, such as points to keep in mind regarding performances, for every four measures.

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S1701, the number of characters stored in the memo buffer 7F is one.
If the number of characters is not within 000 characters, the display device 19 displays “exceeding the number of characters” without performing the data transfer and writing processes.
(Step S1703), and the process ends.

According to the processing shown in FIGS. 15 to 17, the data is stored and displayed on the display device 19 in association with the score displayed together with the automatic performance.
The content to be displayed in the display area 19B can be input by the pen / tablet 23 in a manner similar to writing a memo. Moreover, the input characters are converted into text data and stored in association with the score data VD.
Even if the reading and writing of data is repeated between the RAM 7 and the FD 24, the correspondence is ensured. Further, even if the memo data TD is already included in the data once stored in the FD 24, the data is read out again and FIG.
17 to update the memo data TD.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the interrupt processing. This processing is started and executed in response to a timer interrupt that occurs, for example, 480 times within a quarter note time interval. Therefore, the timer interrupt occurrence interval,
That is, the execution interval of this process is set to the set tempo value TM.
It fluctuates according to.

First, it is determined whether or not the flag RUN is set to "1" (step S1801). If the result of this determination is that the flag RUN is set to "1" (during execution of automatic performance), It is determined whether the flag PAUSE is set to “0” (step S1802).
As a result, if the result flag RUN of the determination in the step S1801 is not set to “1”, or if the result flag PAUSE of the determination in the step S1802 is not set to “0”, this process is immediately performed. To end.

On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S1802 is that flag PAUSE is set to "0",
That is, when the automatic performance is being executed and the pause is not being performed, the count value TIMING set in step S1815 described below is decremented by “1” (step S1803), and the count value TIMING reaches “0”. It is determined whether or not this is the case (step S1804). As a result of the determination, if the count value TIMING has not reached “0”, the present process is immediately terminated. On the other hand, if the count value TIMING has reached “0”, the MI
One next tone data MD is read from the DI data area 7B (step S1805), and it is determined whether the read tone data MD is either key-on data or key-off data (step S1806).

As a result of the determination, the read tone data M
If D is either key-on data or key-off data, the data is transmitted to the tone generator circuit 15 to execute sound generation or mute processing (step S18).
07) While the flow proceeds to step S1808, if the read musical sound data MD is not either key-on data or key-off data, the flow immediately proceeds to step S1808.

In step S1808, it is determined whether or not the read musical tone data MD is the musical score address data GA. As a result of the determination, if the read musical tone data MD is the musical score address data GA, the musical score address data GA is determined. The score data VD corresponding to the GA is read from the score data area 7C of the RAM 7, and is transmitted to the display control circuit 9 to display the score data VD on the display device 19 (step S1809). Music data MD is music address data G
If it is not A, the process immediately proceeds to step S1810.

In step S1810, it is determined whether or not the read musical sound data MD is memo address data MA. As a result of the determination, if the read musical sound data MD is memo address data MA, The memo data TD corresponding to the MA is read from the memo data area 7D of the RAM 7 and transmitted to the display control circuit 9 to display the memo data TD on the display area 19B of the display device 19 (step S1811). As a result, the contents of the memo are displayed together with the corresponding music score. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S1812. On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S1810, if the read musical tone data MD is not the memo address data MA, the process immediately proceeds to step S1812.

In step S1812, it is determined whether or not the read musical sound data MD is end data. If the result of the determination is that the read musical sound data MD is end data, the end processing of FIG. The process is executed (step S1813), and the process proceeds to step S1814. On the other hand, if the read tone data MD is not end data, the process immediately proceeds to step S1814.

In step S1814, it is determined whether or not the read tone data MD is timing data.
As a result of the determination, if the read musical tone data MD is timing data, the data value is counted as the count value TIM.
ING is set (step S1815), and this process is ended. On the other hand, if the read musical tone data MD is not timing data, the process returns to step S1805.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the end processing executed in step S1813 in FIG.

First, the flag RUN and the flag PAUSE
Is reset to "0", and each buffer such as the memo buffer 7F of the RAM 7 is cleared (step S19).
01), display contents such as a score and a memo on the display device 19 are deleted (step S1902). This processing ends.

According to the processing of FIG. 18 and FIG.
In addition to the automatic performance performed by tone control such as sound generation / muting according to the score data VD read out from the memory 7, the contents of the memo data TD added to the score data VD are displayed together with the score along with the performance.

According to the present embodiment, in the automatic performance and the musical score display based on the inputted automatic performance data, the memo data TD is added to each of the four bars of the musical score data VD, and the memo data TD is added simultaneously with the musical score display. Can be displayed.
Therefore, for example, notes on performance, teaching contents of teachers, notes such as notes can be displayed every four measures. Moreover, the memo data T added to the musical score data VD
Since D can be stored in the FD 24 and read out and used again, it is particularly suitable for a plurality of performance exercises. Further, the memo data TD can be input by the pen / tablet 23 in a manner similar to memo writing on paper, so that the usability is good. Specifically, the present device is particularly useful as a training device.

In this embodiment, the automatic performance and the musical score display are described based on the automatic performance data. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The invention may be applied. In this case, for example, the configuration of the data to be handled may be that shown in FIG. 20 instead of that shown in FIG. 5, and the interrupt processing may be that shown in FIG. 21 instead of that shown in FIG.

That is, without using the musical tone data MD, musical score data VD 'composed of header data H1', timing data and memo address is used, and the memo data TD 'has the same configuration as that shown in FIG. 5 (c). . Further, in the interrupt processing, as shown in FIG. 21, the processing of steps S1805 to S1809 of FIG. 18 is replaced with the processing of step S2101, and processing of reading and displaying the musical score data is performed. The other processing is the same as in FIG.

By doing so, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained except for the automatic performance such as musical score display and memo display.

A storage medium storing a software program for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or an apparatus, and the computer (or CPU 5 or MPU) of the system or the apparatus stores the storage medium in the storage medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention is also achieved by reading and executing the stored program.

In this case, the program itself read from the storage medium realizes the novel function of the present invention,
The storage medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

The storage medium for supplying the program is, for example, a hard disk of the HDD 11 or C
Disk of D-ROM12, MO, MD, FD24, C
A portable storage medium such as a DR (CD-Recordable), a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, and a ROM can be used. The program may be directly transferred from the portable storage medium to the RAM 7 as in the present embodiment, or may be transferred from the storage medium to the hard disk in the HDD 11. Further, the program may be supplied from the server computer 102 via another MIDI device 100 or the communication network 101.

When the computer executes the readout program, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS and the like running on the computer are executed based on the instructions of the program. Part or all of the processing may be performed, and the functions of the above-described embodiments may be realized by the processing.

Further, after the program read from the storage medium is written into the memory provided on the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the program is read based on the instructions of the program. CPU5 provided on function expansion board or function expansion unit
May perform some or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments may be realized by the processing.

In the present embodiment, the memo writing of the text data by the pen / tablet 23 has been exemplified as the additional data, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the image data may be displayed and stored as it is. Further, voice data of special sound may be used as the additional data. In that case, the storage area for audio data is R
It may be provided in the AM 7 to generate sound instead of display.

For example, if it is desired to display and save the score of the self-play performed in accordance with the automatic performance in association with the automatic performance data, the data of the self-play may be used as additional data. In that case, a storage area for self-performance data is provided in the RAM 7, and the self-performance data is automatically performed simultaneously with the automatic performance of the original data, or independently.
It would be more useful to be able to hear and compare the two. Further, the musical score may be displayed by converting the self-performance data into a musical score.

Note that in the present embodiment, the memo data TD
Although the unit of the musical score to which is added is four measures, the present invention is not limited to this, and various settings are possible. It is not always necessary to make the display unit and the unit to which the memo data TD is added coincide.

In this embodiment, the memo data TD is input by the pen / tablet 23.
The display screen of the display device 19 may be configured to allow direct screen input by a touch sensor, and the memo data TD may be directly input and displayed.

Although the present embodiment is configured as an electronic musical instrument incorporating a musical score display device, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be realized as a commercially available personal computer on which a software program and various related information for realizing the present invention are installed. Alternatively, it may be configured as a dedicated device combining the pen tablet 23, the display device 19, and the like. Also in these cases, as a method of distributing the above programs and various related information,
These may be stored in a portable storage medium as described above and distributed, or may be stored in advance in a nonvolatile memory such as a ROM 6 provided in a commercially available personal computer, or may be transmitted via a communication I / F 14. A method of distributing is conceivable.

Note that an external switch having the same function as the various menu buttons on the display device 19 shown in FIG. 2 may be provided on the panel switch 2 to perform operations such as scrolling. In addition, a function such as a cursor display of a musical tone generation position or automatic page turning may be added during an automatic performance by a known method. Note that identification information may be added to the memo data TD to be stored to prevent an unspecified user from displaying the memo data TD.

[0113]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
According to the training device according to the third aspect, the control method of the training device according to the fourth aspect, or the storage medium according to the seventh aspect, the additional data added to the part of the performance data is based on the part of the performance data. Since the notification is made while corresponding to the performance, the usage mode can be expanded without deteriorating the usability.
For example, it is possible to inform the user of notes on the performance, the contents of the teacher's instruction, etc. simultaneously with the performance in the form of a memo.

According to the training device of claim 2 of the present invention, the method of controlling a training device of claim 5, or the storage medium of claim 8, the contents of the additional data are updated as necessary. The input and storage of each data can be repeated while performing, and this is particularly suitable for, for example, a plurality of performance exercises.

According to the training device of claim 3 of the present invention, the control method of the training device of claim 6, or the storage medium of claim 9, document text data, image data And at least one of the audio data.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a training device (electronic musical instrument) of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of display contents of a display device.

FIG. 3 is an external view showing a configuration of a pen / tablet 23.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data format of a music data storage unit of the FD.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of data stored in a music data storage unit of the FD.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a storage area of a RAM.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a flowchart of a main routine.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a keyboard process executed in step S702 in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a switch (SW) process executed in step S703 of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of a start / stop SW process executed in step S903 of FIG. 9;

11 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a tempo change SW process executed in step S903 of FIG.

12 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of a scroll process executed in step S903 in FIG.

13 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a temporary stop process executed in step S903 of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a view showing a flowchart of a medium process executed in step S903 of FIG. 9;

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a pen executed in step S704 of FIG. 7;
It is a flowchart of a tablet process.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a flowchart of tablet processing executed in step S1507 in FIG.

FIG. 17 illustrates an example of R executed in step S1612 of FIG.
It is a figure showing the flow chart of AM transfer processing.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of interrupt processing.

FIG. 19 is a view showing a flowchart of end processing executed in step S1813 of FIG. 18;

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of another configuration of data stored in the FD.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing another example of the flowchart of the interrupt processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Panel switch 3 Key press detection circuit 5 CPU (part of addition means, update means, storage means) 7 RAM (input means) 9 Display control circuit 10 Floppy disk drive (FDD) (part of storage means) 11 Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 sound source circuit 16 effect circuit 17 sound system 19 display device (notifying means) 20 mouse information detecting circuit 21 mouse 22 pen / tablet scanning circuit 23 pen / tablet (adding means, updating means) 24 floppy disk (FD) ( memory)

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting performance data, an additional means for adding additional data to a part of the input performance data, and an input means for inputting the performance data and the added additional data. Storing means for storing the performance data and the additional data in a readable and writable memory, and reading the performance data stored by the storage means,
Performance means for sequentially performing a performance based on the read performance data; and additional data added to the part of the performance data,
An informing means for informing the user of the performance of the performance data based on the part of the performance data while associating the performance with the performance of the performance means. 2. The input means inputs performance data and additional data stored in the memory by the storage means, and the additional means can update the additional data added to the input performance data. The training device according to claim 1, further comprising an updating unit. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the additional data is at least one of text data, image data, and audio data, and the notifying unit notifies the additional data by a visual display or an audio display. The training device according to 1 or 2. 4. An input step of inputting performance data, an additional step of adding additional data to a part of the input performance data, and a step of inputting the input performance data and the added additional data. Storing the performance data and the additional data in a readable and writable memory while associating with each other, and reading the performance data stored in the storage step;
A performance step of sequentially performing based on the read performance data; andadditional data added to the part of the performance data,
An informing step of informing the user of the performance while corresponding to the performance in the performance step based on the part of the performance data. 5. The input step inputs performance data and additional data stored in the memory by the storing step, and the additional step is capable of updating the additional data added to the input performance data. The method for controlling a training device according to claim 4, further comprising an updating step. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional data is at least one of document text data, image data, and audio data, and the notifying step notifies the additional data by visual display or audio display. 4. The method for controlling a training device according to 4 or 5. 7. An input module for inputting performance data, an additional module for adding additional data to a part of the input performance data, and an input module for inputting the performance data and the added additional data. A storage module for associating with each other and storing the performance data and the additional data in a readable and writable memory; a performance module for reading the performance data stored by the storage module and sequentially performing based on the read performance data; The additional data added to the part of the performance data,
A storage medium storing a program having a notifying module for notifying the performance while corresponding to the performance by the performance module based on the part of the performance data. 8. The input module inputs performance data and additional data stored in the memory by the storage module, and the additional module can update the additional data added to the input performance data. The storage medium according to claim 7, further comprising an update module. 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional data is at least one of text data, image data, and audio data, and the notification module notifies the additional data by visual display or audio display. 9. The storage medium according to 7 or 8.