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7605322 Apparatus for automatically starting add-on progression to run with inputted music, and computer program therefor  
As a player inputs a performance of a music piece by playing a musical instrument or singing a song, an add-on apparatus automatically starts an add-on progression such as an accompaniment to the...
7601907 Signal processing apparatus and method, program, and recording medium  
Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus, including: removal means for removing, from a sound signal in the form of a stereo signal, a center component which is a component of sound...
7528317 Harmonic analysis  
The invention provides methods and apparatuses for creating a two-dimensional graphical representation of music which has been analysed into a chord sequence, by evaluating a first parameter of...
7528313 Motion data generation device, motion data generation method, and recording medium for recording a motion data generation program  
To generate motion data of a motion in synchronization with a melody of music. As an embodiment of the present invention, when motion pattern data corresponding to a predetermined motion pattern is...
7521622 Noise-resistant detection of harmonic segments of audio signals  
Respective pitch values are estimated for an audio signal. Candidate harmonic segments of the audio signal are identified from the estimated pitch values. Respective levels of harmonic content in...
7485797 Chord-name detection apparatus and chord-name detection program  
When a first bar-division determination section determines that the bass note changes in a bar or when a second bar-division determination section determines that the degree of change in the chord...
7465866 Assistive apparatus and computer-readable medium storing computer program for playing music  
An assistive music playing apparatus plays a music piece with musically acceptable notes even when the player inputs musically unacceptable notes. The apparatus provides a chord progression...
7453035 Methods and systems for providing musical interfaces  
An exemplary embodiment of a method of selecting a portion of an input of a musical instrument within a display window in a graphical user interface for staff-based musical notation and a computer...
7435891 Method and system for generating musical variations directed to particular skill-levels  
Various embodiments are directed to an automated method and system component for generating variations of one or more musical selections directed to particular students or to particular...
7420116 Music data modifier for music data expressing delicate nuance, musical instrument equipped with the music data modifier and music system  
A music data modifier receives pieces of original music data from a master hybrid piano, and partially modifies the pieces of original music data to pieces of modified music data for a slave hybrid...
7420114 Method for producing real-time rhythm guitar performance with keyboard  
A microprocessor-controlled data-processing system is used to process key strokes from a musical keyboard and output a series of note events (e.g., via midi) to a tone-producing device. The...
7385130 Music selecting apparatus and method  
A music selecting apparatus and method, which are capable to indicate a music piece matching with the sensitivities of the user. A degree of chord change is stored as data for each of a plurality...
7365263 Intonation training device  
An intonation training device for training musicians in just intonation. As disclosed, the device is a pocket-sized portable device with an audio output and a user interface which includes an LCD...
7351903 Musical composition data editing apparatus, musical composition data distributing apparatus, and program for implementing musical composition data editing method  
There is provided a musical composition data editing apparatus which enables the generation of musical composition data using which a user can cause his/her own musical image to be reflected to a...
7335834 Musical composition data creation device and method  
An apparatus and a method for making music data each perform converting an input audio signal indicative of a music piece into a frequency signal indicative of magnitudes of frequency components at...
7297859 Assistive apparatus, method and computer program for playing music  
An assistive music playing apparatus is provided for playing a music piece with musically acceptable notes even when the player inputs musically unacceptable notes. The apparatus provides a chord...
7288711 Chord presenting apparatus and storage device storing a chord presenting computer program  
CPU 31 reads out plural chord data which are stored in external storage device 34 or the like and represent a series of chords, and presents to a user the chords represented by the chord data....
7288710 Music searching apparatus and method  
An apparatus and a method for searching for a music piece which includes a storing device for storing first chord progression music data for a plurality of music pieces representing chronological...
7250567 Automatic musical composition classification device and method  
An automatic musical composition classification device and method that allow a plurality of musical compositions to be automatically classified based on the melody similarity. Chord progression...
7205470 Play data editing device and method of editing play data  
A play data editing device edits play data according to a characteristic of a speaker. The play data editing device includes a dividing unit ( 301 ) for dividing first play data into second play...
7196260 Entry of musical data in a mobile communication device  
Within a mobile communication device ( 100 ), a method ( 300 ) of specifying two or more musical notes for substantially concurrent playback can include receiving ( 302 ) an input specifying a root...
7189914 Automated music harmonizer  
In the field of music, good practice in the writing of harmony has been encapsulated in an extensive set of formal rules. It is a difficult and tedious mental task to check music for compliance....
7179981 Music structure detection apparatus and method  
An apparatus and a method for detecting the structure of a music piece which produces partial music data pieces each including a predetermined number of consecutive chords starting from a position...
7161080 Musical instrument for easy accompaniment  
This electronic musical instrument has an extremely simple user-interface that can be played with only three fingers, one at a time. A user selects from among a small set of chords, and chooses a...
7119268 Portable telephony apparatus with music tone generator  
A sound control apparatus is provided in a portable terminal for sounding a music tone in association with operation of the portable terminal, which is controlled by a main CPU. In the sound...
7109407 Chord presenting apparatus and storage device storing a chord presenting computer program  
CPU 31 reads out plural chord data which are stored in external storage device 34 or the like and represent a series of chords, and presents to a user the chords represented by the chord data....
7094964 Music performance data processing method and apparatus adapted to control a display  
Performance data processing apparatus includes a memory for storing settings input by a user and a processor for performing various control in accordance with the settings stored in the memory....
7053292 Device comprising a sound signal generator and method for forming a call signal  
This device ( 1 ) enables the user to personalize the call signal (ringing) which it is called on to deliver. This personalization consists of transforming a melody (FIG. 1 ) which the user hums...
6984781 Music formulation  
A method for formulating music, methods for formulating individual musical elements for utilization in formulating music, and methods for expanding and/or modifying the musical elements for...
6846980 Electronic-acoustic guitar with enhanced sound, chord and melody creation system  
An electronic battery operated and self contained acoustic guitar allowing playing back high quality prerecorded notes through its own soundboard electromechanically activated by a piezoelectric...
6791021 Automatic chord progression correction apparatus and automatic composition apparatus  
For both an automatic chord correction and an automatic composition, it is required to correct a part of a series of given chords in order to have a musically natural connection between adjacent...
6777607 Moving tempered music scale method and apparatus  
A musical instrument and a method of operating it. An instrument and method which retunes and adjusts volumes in response to the chord being sustained and the way that chord is voiced. The...
6777606 Automatic accompanying apparatus of electronic musical instrument  
In an electronic musical instrument, a key operation detecting section detects a key operation on a keyboard, and the hand key operation contains a key pushing operation and a key releasing...
6657115 Method for transforming chords  
The invention relates to electronic musical instruments and more particularly to multi-voice electronic musical instruments employing chord transformation, i.e. instruments, which do not perform...
6506969 Automatic music generating method and device  
The invention concerns a music generating method which consists in: an operation defining musical moments during which at least four notes are capable of being played, for example, bars or...
6504090 Apparatus and method for practice and evaluation of musical performance of chords  
A chord performance training system is realized on a personal computer having a display and a keyboard in accordance with music application software. The display provides a user with three types of...
6486390 Apparatus and method for creating melody data having forward-syncopated rhythm pattern  
A rhythm pattern is provided to be subjected to forward syncopation processing. The time position of an un-syncopated note in the rhythm pattern is shifted forward to render advanced beating of the...
6448487 Moving tempered musical scale method and apparatus  
A musical instrument and a method of operating it. An instrument and method which retunes and adjusts volumes in response to the chord being sustained and the way that chord is voiced. The...
6448486 Electronic musical instrument with a reduced number of input controllers and method of operation  
A method and apparatus for performing music on an electronic instrument in which individual chord progression chords can be triggered in real-time, while simultaneously making the individual notes...
6417437 Automatic musical composition method and apparatus  
In accordance with a rhythm of a main melody, a auxiliary-melody or counter-melody creating rhythm pattern is supplied which indicates timing of respective hit points of a plurality of tones in the...
6395970 Automatic music composing apparatus that composes melody reflecting motif  
An automatic music composing apparatus comprises: a memory that stores a plurality of chord-progression data in a specific key; an input device that inputs motif melody data; a selector that...
6331668 Method and device for musical reference  
A method and device to aid musicians interested in composition, improvisation, and music theory. Various embodiments provide interactive reference tools that organize musical concepts including...
6255577 Melody sound generating apparatus  
A melody sound generating apparatus includes a musical-scale generator which produces a plurality of musical scales based on a recorded melody pattern, each musical scale being a set of musical...
6201178 On-the-fly note generation and a musical instrument  
A method and apparatus for performing music on an electronic instrument in which individual chord progression chords can be triggered in real-time, while various individual notes of the chord,...
6201177 Music apparatus with automatic pitch arrangement for performance mode  
A music apparatus is constructed for playing a music under different performance modes with processing of a voice signal according to a performance signal. In the music apparatus, an input section...
6177625 Apparatus and method for generating additive notes to commanded notes  
In accordance with the musical performance by the player, a musical keyboard and an associated processor generate note command signals indicative of note pitches of the tones to be produced in...
6169242 Track-based music performance architecture  
The invention utilizes segments and tracks to generate and playback musical performances. A segment is implemented as a programming object, and represents a specified musical piece. The segment...
6156966 Fixed-location method of composing and performing and a musical instrument  
A method and apparatus for composing and performing music on an electronic instrument in which individual chord progression chords can be triggered in real-time, while simultaneously generating the...
6100462 Apparatus and method for generating melody  
Key information designating a key for a tune to be composed and chord information designating chords for respective chord spans to constitute a chord progression for the tune are inputted to a...
6093881 Automatic note inversions in sequences having melodic runs  
A method of generating music includes steps of specifying a note sequence and a chord progression against which the note sequence is played. The notes of the note sequence are defined relative to...
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