JP2009031549A - Melody display control device and karaoke device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technology which makes it easier for a singer to intuitively and quickly predict a rhythm of a melody. <P>SOLUTION: A control section 11 of a karaoke device 1 instructs a display section 13 to display an ellipse figures indicating each note constituting a guide melody, in such a way that, a pitch of each note is displayed in a display position of a screen vertical direction, sound generating timing of each note is displayed in the display position of a screen horizontal direction, and a sound generation time length is indicted by a figure width of the screen horizontal direction. At this point, the control section 11 detects separation of a beat in a guide melody data by using a beat data described in a header of a music piece data, and based on detection results, a separation line indicating the separation of the beat is displayed by overlapping the ellipse figure indicating each note, on the display section 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for displaying a melody.

In the karaoke apparatus, various methods for guiding the melody of the singing have been proposed in order to support the singing of the singer. For example, there has been proposed a karaoke apparatus that plays a melody as a main melody as the karaoke accompaniment progresses. For example, Patent Document 1 proposes a technique for displaying the pitch of each sound of a guide melody on a screen. According to the technique described in Patent Document 1, the singer can grasp the pitch of each sound constituting the melody to some extent by referring to the screen.
JP 2006-189471 A

In order for a singer to sing a song that he or she remembers with the correct pitch and rhythm, it is necessary to look ahead a few beats. However, with the technique described in Patent Document 1, the singer can grasp the pitch to some extent, but it is difficult to prefetch the melody rhythm intuitively and quickly.
The present invention has been made under the background described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique that makes it easier for a singer to prefetch the rhythm of a melody intuitively and quickly compared to the conventional art. And

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a melody display control device according to a preferred aspect of the present application includes a reference time length data acquisition unit that acquires reference time length data indicating a time length of at least one of a beat and a syllable of a song. Melody data acquisition means for acquiring melody data indicating the sound generation start timing and sound generation time of each note constituting the melody of the music, and note graphic data representing a note graphic having a shape corresponding to the sound generation time of the note Reading the note graphic data corresponding to the pronunciation time of each note indicated by the melody data acquired by the melody data acquisition means from the storage means, and the note graphic indicated by the read note graphic data Notebook table to be displayed on the display device so that the display position corresponds to the pronunciation start timing of And a delimiter graphic for indicating a delimiter for each time length indicated by the reference time length data acquired by the reference time length data acquisition unit corresponds to a note graphic displayed on the display device by the note display unit It is characterized by comprising delimiter graphic display means for displaying the position.

In the above aspect, when the melody is divided into a plurality of blocks for each time length indicated by the reference time length data, it is determined whether or not the pronunciation time of each note constituting the melody spans a plurality of blocks. A determination means may be provided, and the note display means may display a note graphic corresponding to a note for which the determination result of the determination means is positive and other note graphic in different display modes.
In the above-described aspect, the note display means may display note figures of notes having different pronunciation time lengths in different display forms.

  Further, in the above aspect, the reproducing means for reproducing the melody, the time measuring means for measuring the elapsed time from the reproduction start of the melody by the reproducing means, and the time measurement result of the time measuring means are indicated by the display position. A timing result display means for displaying a simple figure superimposed on the note figure displayed on the display device may be provided.

  In the above aspect, the note display means may display the note graphic displayed at the display position of the graphic displayed by the time measurement result display means and the other note graphic in different display modes. .

  Moreover, in the above-mentioned aspect, the time between the lyric data acquisition means for acquiring the lyric data representing the lyrics of the music, the lyric data acquired by the lyric data acquisition means and the melody data acquired by the melody data acquisition means A correspondence image detecting means for detecting an actual correspondence relation, and a lyric image represented by the lyric data acquired by the lyrics data acquiring means based on the correspondence relation detected by the correspondence relation detecting means by the note display means. Lyrics display means for displaying at a position corresponding to the note graphic to be displayed may be provided.

  Moreover, in the above-mentioned aspect, the time between the lyric data acquisition means for acquiring the lyric data representing the lyrics of the music, the lyric data acquired by the lyric data acquisition means and the melody data acquired by the melody data acquisition means A correspondence image detecting means for detecting an actual correspondence relation, and a lyric image represented by the lyric data acquired by the lyrics data acquiring means based on the correspondence relation detected by the correspondence relation detecting means by the note display means. While displaying at a position corresponding to the displayed note graphic, an image indicating that may be displayed together with the lyrics image for a note for which the determination result of the determination means is positive.

  Further, a karaoke apparatus which is a preferred aspect of the present invention includes the above melody display control device and accompaniment reproduction means for reproducing the musical accompaniment, and the note display means is being reproduced by the accompaniment reproduction means. A note graphic corresponding to the accompaniment is displayed.

  According to the present invention, it becomes easier for a singer to prefetch the rhythm of a melody intuitively and quickly compared to the conventional art.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
<A: Configuration>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a karaoke apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a RAM (Random Access Memory), and reads and executes a computer program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 12. The respective units of the karaoke apparatus 1 are controlled via the bus BUS. The storage unit 12 is a storage unit for storing a computer program executed by the control unit 11 and data used at the time of execution, and is, for example, a hard disk device. The display unit 13 is a display device that includes a liquid crystal panel and displays various images under the control of the control unit 11. The operation unit 14 outputs a signal corresponding to an operation by the user of the karaoke apparatus 1 to the control unit 11. The microphone 15 is a sound collection device that collects sound and outputs an analog signal representing the collected sound. The audio processing unit 16 performs A / D conversion on the analog signal output from the microphone 15 and converts it into digital data. Further, under the control of the control unit 11, the sound processing unit 16 performs D / A conversion on the audio data to generate a musical sound signal, and outputs the generated musical sound signal to the speaker 17. The speaker 17 emits sound with an intensity corresponding to the musical sound signal supplied from the sound processing unit 16.

  In this embodiment, the case where the microphone 15 and the speaker 17 are included in the karaoke apparatus 1 will be described. However, the audio processing unit 16 is provided with an input terminal and an output terminal, and the input terminal is connected to the input terminal via an audio cable. An external microphone may be connected, and similarly, an external speaker may be connected to the output terminal via an audio cable. In this embodiment, the case where the audio signal input from the microphone 15 to the audio processing unit 16 and the audio signal output from the audio processing unit 16 to the speaker 17 are analog audio signals will be described. You may make it input / output. In such a case, the audio processing unit 16 does not need to perform A / D conversion or D / A conversion. The same applies to the display unit 13 and the operation unit 14, and may be a format built in the karaoke device 1 or an externally attached format.

  The storage unit 12 has a music data storage area 121, a background image data storage area 122, and a notebook graphic data storage area 123 as shown in the figure. The music data storage area 121 stores music data representing accompaniment sounds and lyrics of music used for accompaniment to karaoke. The background image data storage area 122 stores background image data representing a moving image displayed as a background at the time of karaoke accompaniment.

  Here, an example of the contents of the music data stored in the music data storage area 121 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the music data has a header and a plurality of tracks, and guide melody data representing the content of the melody (pitch) to be sung by the user is described in the plurality of tracks. There are a guide melody data track, a performance track describing performance data representing the contents of karaoke performance sounds, and a lyrics track describing lyrics data representing the contents of lyrics. The header portion of the music data includes music number data for specifying the music, music title data indicating the music title, genre data indicating the genre, performance time data indicating the performance time of the music, etc., as shown in FIG. Yes. Also, the header of the music data includes beat data indicating the time length per beat of the music (hereinafter referred to as “reference time length data”), time data indicating the time signature (number of beats per bar), and the like. It is. The above data is described according to the MIDI format. In the lyrics track of the music data, lyric data including data indicating each character constituting the lyrics and timing data indicating display timing for displaying each character is described.

  Next, a specific example of guide melody data described in the guide melody data track will be described. Since FIG. 3 is a matrix of rows and columns, first the columns will be described. The delta time in the first column indicates the time interval between events, and is represented by the number of tempo clocks. When the delta time is “0”, it is executed simultaneously with the immediately preceding event. In the second column, the contents of messages of each event of the performance data are described. This message includes a control change message in addition to a note-on message (NoteOn) indicating a sounding event and a note-off message (NoteOff) indicating a mute event. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the control change message is not included. Thus, the note-on message described in the guide melody data track is data indicating the sound generation start timing of each note constituting the melody of the music. In addition, note-on time and note-off message described in the guide melody data track indicate the pronunciation time of each note constituting the melody of the music.

The third column describes channel numbers. Here, for simplicity of explanation, the channel number of the guide melody data track is set to “1”.
In the fourth column, a note number (NoteNum) or a control number (CtrlNum) is described. Which is described depends on the content of the message. For example, in the case of a note-on message or a note-off message, a note number indicating a musical scale is described here, and in the case of a control change message, a control number indicating its type is described.
The fifth column describes specific values (data) of the MIDI message. For example, in the case of a note-on message, the velocity value indicating the sound intensity is described here, and in the case of a note-off message, the velocity value indicating the speed at which the sound is turned off is described. If there is, the value of the parameter corresponding to the control number is described.

Next, each row shown in FIG. 3 is a musical sound parameter indicating the attribute of each note of the melody to be sung, and is composed of a note-on event and a note-off event.
In the example shown in FIG. 3, the length of the delta time 480 is the length of a quarter note. In this case, it is indicated that the C4 sound is generated over the length of the quarter note by the event processing of the first row and the second row, and the G4 sound is changed to the quarter note by the event processing of the third row and the fourth row. It is shown to be pronounced over length. Then, it is shown that the F4 sound is pronounced over the length of the half note by the processing of the fifth and sixth lines.

  Next, note graphic data representing a note graphic having a shape corresponding to a note sounding time is stored in the note graphic data storage area 123. In this embodiment, note graphic data corresponding to three types of notes (pronunciation time) of quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes are stored. When performing a melody display control process described later, the control unit 11 reads note graphic data corresponding to the sound generation time of each note indicated by the melody data from the note graphic data storage area 123 and corresponds to the sound generation start timing of the note. The display unit 13 displays the display position. In this embodiment, three note graphic data corresponding to each of the three types of notes are stored in the note graphic data storage area 123. However, the number of note graphic data stored in the note graphic data storage area 123 is not limited. However, the number is not limited to this, and may be more or less than this, as long as a plurality of types of note graphic data representing a note graphic having a shape corresponding to a note sounding time is stored. Moreover, it is preferable that this note figure is a display mode (color, shape, etc.) which is different for each type (for each pronunciation duration).

<B: Operation>
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. When the user performs a music designation operation using the operation unit 14, the music data of the designated music is transferred from the music data storage area 121 to the RAM, and the background image data corresponding to the designated music is displayed as the background image. The data is transferred from the data storage area 122 to the RAM. The controller 11 performs karaoke accompaniment by sequentially reading the music data events in the RAM, and sequentially reads the lyrics data and the background image data of the music data in the RAM to display the lyrics and the background image on the display unit 13. indicate. Specifically, the control unit 11 outputs event data described in the performance track of the music data to the sound processing unit 16. The sound processing unit 16 generates a musical sound signal based on the supplied event data. The generated musical sound signal is output as a musical sound by the speaker 17. In addition, the control unit 11 outputs the background image data and the lyrics data of the lyrics track to the display unit 13. As a result, the karaoke accompaniment sound is emitted from the speaker 17, while the lyrics image represented by the lyrics data and the background image represented by the background image data are displayed on the display unit 13.

  At this time, the control unit 11 displays the melody represented by the guide melody on the display unit 13 as the karaoke accompaniment progresses. This guide melody display process will be described below. The control unit 11 sequentially reads the guide melody data described in the guide melody track of the music data, and according to the delta time of each event constituting the guide melody data, the pitch (pitch) of each note constituting the music melody, Specify pronunciation start timing and pronunciation time. Next, the control unit 11 reads a note graphic indicating each of the notes based on the specified contents from the note graphic data storage area 123 and supplies the read note graphic data to the display unit 13. The display unit 13 causes the display unit 13 to display a notebook graphic in accordance with data supplied from the control unit 11.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 13. In the figure, elliptical figures Z1, Z2, Z3,... Indicate the notes that make up the music guide melody. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the oval figures Z1, Z2, Z3,... Indicate the sound generation timing of each note at the display position in the left-right direction in the figure and the sound generation time of each note in the length in the left-right direction. It is shown in Further, the pitch of each note is indicated by the display position in the vertical direction in the figure. As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 11 displays oval figures Z1, Z2, Z3,. Data for displaying on the display unit 13 an image in which the sound generation time of each note (the length of time from the note-on message to the note-off message) is shown in the horizontal direction of the screen is generated and supplied to the display unit 13. . The display unit 13 displays an image as shown in FIG. 4 according to the supplied data.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 11 detects beat breaks in the guide melody data using beat data described in the header of the music data, and beats (4) based on the detection result. Delimiter lines L2, L2, L2,... Indicating delimiters for each diacritic note are displayed on the display unit 13 so as to overlap the elliptic figures Z1, Z2, Z3,. Further, the control unit 11 refers to beat data and time data described in the header of the music data, detects a break of the measure in the guide melody data, and shows a break line indicating the break of the measure based on the detection result. L1, L1, L1,... Are displayed on the display unit 13. Further, the control unit 11 detects a break for each time length of the 16th note by using the beat data, and based on the detection result, the delimiter lines L3, L3, L3 indicating the breaks for each time length of the 16th note Are displayed on the display unit 13 together with the ellipse figures Z1, Z2, Z3,.

  In this way, in this embodiment, since the dividing lines L1, L2, L3,... Are displayed for each beat or measure break, the singer can prefetch the rhythm of the melody intuitively and quickly compared to the conventional case. Becomes easy.

  In addition, when the guide melody data is divided into a plurality of blocks for each time length indicated by the beat data, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the pronunciation time of each note constituting the melody extends over the plurality of blocks. For a note with a positive determination result, the control unit 11 displays tie symbols T1, T2, T3,... Indicating ties at the position of the graphic corresponding to the note, as shown in FIG.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 11 changes the display mode for each type of note, such as a quarter note, an eighth note, and a sixteenth note. Specifically, for example, the color may be different for each type of note. In this way, the user can more intuitively grasp the rhythm of each note.

  Moreover, the control part 11 time-measures the elapsed time from the karaoke accompaniment start, and displays the line L5 which shows the present time on the ellipse figure Z1, Z2, Z3, ... in an overlapping manner. The control unit 11 moves the line L5 with time. Moreover, the control part 11 displays the ellipse figure which became the singing timing (it overlapped with the line L5) in the display mode different from another ellipse figure, for example by darkening the color. In this way, the user can easily grasp the position of the melody being played.

  Further, the control unit 11 reads out the lyrics data included in the music data, refers to the timing data of the read out lyrics data, detects the temporal correspondence between the lyrics data and the guide melody data, and detects the detected correspondence , The character images C1, C2, C3,... Representing the lyrics are displayed at positions corresponding to the elliptical figures of each note. At this time, the control unit 11 displays a character image “-” (refer to C11 in the figure) indicating that the pronunciation is continued at the position of the oval figure corresponding to the note for the note determined to indicate the tie symbol. Let

  As described above, in this embodiment, the pitch and the sounding start timing are expressed by the display positions of the elliptical figures Z1, Z2, Z3,... And the sound duration is expressed by the length of the elliptical figures Z1, Z2, Z3,. It expresses with. In addition, in this embodiment, since the lines L1, L2,... Corresponding to the breaks of bars and beats are displayed, this makes it easier for the singer to prefetch the pitch and rhythm of the melody. . Thereby, for example, it becomes easy for a singer to sing even if the song is memorable. Moreover, according to this embodiment, since the figure showing a tie is described, this makes it easier for a singer to understand the rhythm of a melody when a note spans multiple beats. In addition, since the sound length is expressed in color in the present embodiment, it becomes easy for the singer to intuitively grasp the sound length.

<C: Modification>
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, It can implement with another various form. An example is shown below. In addition, you may combine each following aspect suitably.
(1) In the above-described embodiment, beat data indicating the time length per beat of music is used as the reference time length data. The data used as the reference time length data is not limited to the beat data. For example, data indicating the time length per measure of the music may be used as the reference time length data. You may make it use the data which show the time length for every clause. Further, for example, data indicating the time length of an eighth note in the music may be used as the reference time length data.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, the ellipse figures Z1, Z2, Z3,... Representing the notes constituting the music are displayed on the display unit 13 (see FIG. 4). The note graphic representing the note is not limited to that shown in FIG. 4, but may be, for example, a band-shaped graphic Z21, 22, 23,... As shown in FIG. , M1, M2, M3,... In short, the note graphic only needs to have a shape corresponding to the sound generation time of the note. The control unit 11 reads the note graphic data corresponding to the sound generation time of each note indicated by the melody data from the note graphic data storage area 123, and the note graphic indicated by the read note graphic data corresponds to the sound generation start timing of the note. What is necessary is just to make it display on the display part 13 so that it may become a display position. Even in the case illustrated in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the control unit 11 detects beat breaks and bar breaks in the guide melody with reference to beat data and beat data described in the header of the music data, Based on the detection result, a delimiter line indicating the delimiter for each beat and measure is displayed at a position corresponding to the note graphic. This makes it easier for the singer to prefetch the melody rhythm intuitively.

  Moreover, you may enable it for a user to select either of the several display modes shown in FIG.4, FIG.5, FIG.6 etc. FIG. In this case, note graphic data corresponding to each of a plurality of display modes is stored in the note graphic data storage area 123. The user performs an operation of selecting any display mode using the operation unit 14 of the karaoke apparatus 1. The control unit 11 selects a display mode in accordance with an operation signal from the operation unit 14, reads notebook graphic data corresponding to the selected display mode from the notebook graphic data storage area 123, and reads the read graphic data from the display unit 13. To display the note graphic of the selected display mode on the display unit 13. Moreover, you may make it switch a display mode during a karaoke accompaniment. Also in this case, during the karaoke accompaniment, the user performs an operation of switching the display mode using the operation unit 14, and the control unit 11 switches the display mode according to the operation signal from the operation unit 14. 13 is controlled.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 11 displays the graphics T1, T2, T3,... Indicating ties on the display unit 13. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any other shape may be used as long as the user can be informed of the tie. In short, when the melody is divided into multiple blocks for each time length indicated by the reference time length data, it is determined whether the pronunciation time of each note constituting the melody spans multiple blocks, and the determination result is positive The note graphic corresponding to the note and the other note graphic may be displayed in different display modes.
In the above-described embodiment, the control unit 11 displays the graphics T1, T2, T3,... Indicating ties on the display unit 13, but it is not always necessary to display the graphic indicating ties. You may make it not display the figure to show.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, the note graphic is displayed in different colors for each type of note (quarter note, eighth note, etc.). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the shape of the note graphic may be displayed differently for each type of note. In short, the control unit 11 displays the note graphic of notes with different pronunciation durations in different display modes. You can make it.

(5) In the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the delimiter lines L1, L2, L3,... Indicating beat and bar delimiters are displayed. For example, the background color may be different between adjacent beats as long as it is possible to visually notify the user of beat and bar breaks. The figure according to the present invention is not limited to an elliptical figure or a band-like figure, but also includes lines, points, symbols, and the like.

(6) In the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the note graphic indicating each note of the guide melody and the character image indicating the lyrics are displayed together, but without displaying the lyrics, Only the graphic representing the guide melody may be displayed.

(7) In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the melody display control device is applied to the karaoke device 1 has been described. However, the device to which the melody display control device according to the present invention is applied is not limited to the karaoke device. Alternatively, a portable audio player, a mobile phone terminal, or the like may be used.

(8) In the above-described embodiment, the karaoke apparatus 1 is configured to read out the melody data from the storage unit 12, but the mode of acquiring the melody data is not limited to this, for example, another computer apparatus via a communication network. You may make it receive melody data from. Further, for example, melody data recorded on a recording medium such as an SD memory card may be read. In short, it is only necessary that the karaoke apparatus 1 acquires melody data.

(9) In the above-described embodiment, the karaoke apparatus 1 performs all the processes according to the present embodiment. On the other hand, two or more devices connected by a communication network may share the functions according to the above-described embodiment, and a system including the plurality of devices may realize the karaoke device 1 of the same embodiment. . For example, a computer device including a microphone, a speaker, a display device, an operation unit, and the like may be configured as a system in which a server device that executes processing for generating notebook graphic data from melody data is connected via a communication network. . In this case, for example, the server device analyzes the melody data and transmits note graphic data corresponding to the melody data to the computer device, and the computer device generates the note graphic represented by the note graphic data received from the server device. You may make it display.

(10) The program executed by the control unit 11 of the karaoke apparatus 1 in the above-described embodiment is recorded on a recording medium such as a magnetic tape, a magnetic disk, a flexible disk, an optical recording medium, a magneto-optical recording medium, RAM, or ROM. Can be provided in state. It is also possible to download to the karaoke apparatus 1 via a network such as the Internet.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of a karaoke apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of music data. It is a figure which shows the content of the reference data track contained in music data. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on a display part. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on a display part. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on a display part.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Karaoke apparatus, 11 ... Control part, 12 ... Memory | storage part, 13 ... Display part, 14 ... Operation part, 15 ... Microphone, 16 ... Sound processing part, 17 ... Speaker, 121 ... Music data storage area, 122 ... Background image Data storage area, 123... Note graphic data storage area.

Claims (8)

Reference time length data acquisition means for acquiring reference time length data indicating the time length of at least one of the beat and the syllable of the music;
Melody data acquisition means for acquiring melody data indicating the sound generation start timing and sound generation time of each note constituting the melody of the music;
Storage means for storing note graphic data representing a note graphic having a shape corresponding to the pronunciation time of the note;
The note graphic data corresponding to the sound generation time of each note indicated by the melody data acquired by the melody data acquisition means is read from the storage means, and the note graphic indicated by the read note graphic data is used as the sound generation start timing of the note. Note display means for displaying on the display device so as to be in a corresponding display position;
A delimiter graphic for indicating a delimiter for each time length indicated by the reference time length data acquired by the reference time length data acquisition means is displayed at a position corresponding to the note graphic displayed on the display device by the note display means. A melody display control device, comprising: The melody display control device according to claim 1,
When the melody is divided into a plurality of blocks for each time length indicated by the reference time length data, a determination unit is provided for determining whether or not the pronunciation time of each note constituting the melody extends over a plurality of blocks. ,
The note display means displays a note graphic corresponding to a note for which the determination result of the determination means is affirmative and other note graphic in different display modes. In the melody display control device according to claim 1 or 2,
The melody display control device, wherein the note display means displays note graphics of notes having different pronunciation durations in different display modes. In the melody display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Reproduction means for reproducing the melody;
Clocking means for clocking an elapsed time from the start of playback of the melody by the playback means;
A melody display control device, comprising: time measurement result display means for displaying a graphic such that the time measurement result of the time measurement means is indicated by its display position, superimposed on a note graphic displayed on the display device. In the melody display control device according to claim 4,
The melody display control device, wherein the note display means displays the note graphic displayed at the display position of the graphic displayed by the time measurement result display means and the other note graphic in different display modes. In the melody display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Lyrics data acquisition means for acquiring lyrics data representing the lyrics of the music;
Correspondence detection means for detecting temporal correspondence between the lyrics data acquired by the lyrics data acquisition means and the melody data acquired by the melody data acquisition means;
Lyrics for displaying the lyric image represented by the lyric data acquired by the lyric data acquisition means at a position corresponding to the note graphic displayed by the note display means based on the correspondence detected by the correspondence detection means And a melody display control device. The melody display control device according to claim 2,
Lyrics data acquisition means for acquiring lyrics data representing the lyrics of the music;
Correspondence detection means for detecting temporal correspondence between the lyrics data acquired by the lyrics data acquisition means and the melody data acquired by the melody data acquisition means;
Based on the correspondence detected by the correspondence detection means, the lyrics image represented by the lyrics data acquired by the lyrics data acquisition means is displayed at a position corresponding to the note graphic displayed by the note display means. A melody display control device characterized in that, for a note whose determination result of the determination means is affirmative, an image indicating that is displayed together with the lyrics image. A melody display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
Accompaniment reproducing means for reproducing accompaniment of the music,
The said note display means displays the note figure corresponding to the accompaniment currently reproduced | regenerated by the said accompaniment reproduction | regeneration means. The karaoke apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.

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