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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...
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...
7411125 Chord estimation apparatus and method  
A chord estimation apparatus includes: frequency-component extraction means for extracting a frequency component from an input music signal; scale-component information generation means for mapping...
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...
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...
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...
7200813 Performance information edit and playback apparatus  
The computer-implemented system stores user performance data representing multiple parts. The system also stores style data representing various different musical accompaniments that are displayed...
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...
7164076 System and method for synchronizing a live musical performance with a reference performance  
In a music video game, a player's performance is digitally sampled while the player performs a musical composition. The player's performance is compared with a reference performance of the musical...
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....
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...
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...
6410839 Apparatus and method for automatic musical accompaniment while guiding chord patterns for play  
A musical instrument and a method for automatically playing a musical accompaniment by guiding smoother and easier chord patterns to play. The present invention indicates chord forms which realize...
6380475 Chord detection technique for electronic musical instrument  
A chord detection apparatus for an electronic musical instrument has a hand keyboard for hand operation, a foot keyboard for foot operation, a hand-keyboard detection unit for detecting a temporary...
6313389 Automatic accompaniment apparatus adjusting sound levels for each part of a plurality of patterns when one pattern is switched to another pattern  
An automatic accompaniment apparatus has a storage unit (53) for storing information on a variation pattern selection state and the mute setup state of each part of each variation, and a control...
6307140 Music apparatus with pitch shift of input voice dependently on timbre change  
A music apparatus is constructed for receiving an input signal composed of either of a voice signal and a tone signal and for processing the input signal based on a timbre change command signal to...
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,...
6153821 Supporting arbitrary beat patterns in chord-based note sequence generation  
A performance engine selects note patterns from a pattern style containing a plurality of note patterns. The note patterns are categorized by embellishment type and by ranges of playback levels. In...
6150599 Dynamically halting music event streams and flushing associated command queues  
A system for processing music events includes a plurality of different music sources that provide music events to a performance manager. In response to receiving a music event, the performance...
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...
6084171 Method for dynamically assembling a conversion table  
Conversion of input notes to a scale corresponding to a desired chord may be achieved using dynamic conversion apparatus and methods and possibly including overrides for non-chordal tones, instead...
6057502 Apparatus and method for recognizing musical chords  
A time fraction or short duration of a musical sound wave is first analyzed by the FFT processing into frequency components in the form of a frequency spectrum having a number of peak energy...
6046396 Stringed musical instrument performance information composing apparatus and method  
The apparatus and method composes performance information which represents a musical performance on a stringed instrument having a plurality of strings, each string being capable of generating a...
6023017 Musical performance assisting system and storage medium storing musical performance assisting program  
A musical performance assisting system includes a key designating section for designating a key of music, a chord designating section for designating a chord in the music, a chord file storing...
5990407 Automatic improvisation system and method  
A system and method for generating new musical improvisations, based on a database of existing improvisations. An automated method for converting the existing improvisations to a database and...
5977472 Chord detecting apparatus and method, and machine readable medium containing program therefor  
A chord detecting apparatus includes a computer which, by executing a program, detects chords as designated by player's operation on a keyboard or by key data inputted from an external source. The...
5942710 Automatic accompaniment apparatus and method with chord variety progression patterns, and machine readable medium containing program therefore  
An automatic accompaniment apparatus stores a plurality of chord variety progression patterns corresponding to the respective types of chords. Each chord variety progression pattern is constituted...
5900567 System and method for enhancing musical performances in computer based musical devices  
A system and a method for the notes of one track to move in a harmonically separate manner from the notes of another track when the notes of each track are played against a chord progression. Each...
5859382 System and method for supporting an adlib performance  
A plurality of display units are provided in corresponding relations to individual performance keys. A table stores, for each of a plurality of chords, information which defines plural groups of...
5859381 Automatic accompaniment device and method permitting variations of automatic performance on the basis of accompaniment pattern data  
It is determined which one of a plurality of predetermined attributes each component note of accompaniment pattern data belongs to, and there is generated information to control at least one tonal...
5850051 Method and apparatus for creating an automatic accompaniment pattern on the basis of analytic parameters  
Optional accompaniment patterns are created on the basis of a plurality of parameters. Thus, by changing the values of the parameters to be supplied as necessary, accompaniment patterns can be...
5777254 System and method for controlling note inversions during computer based musical performances  
The present invention provides a system and a method for intelligently controlling note inversions during a computer based musical performance. During a musical performance, notes of a track are...
5777253 Automatic accompaniment by electronic musical instrument  
An automatic accompaniment apparatus includes a storage section for storing a plurality of accompaniment patterns. Each of the plurality of accompaniment patterns corresponds to an automatic...
5763802 Apparatus for chord analysis based on harmonic tone information derived from sound pattern and tone pitch relationships  
A chord analysis apparatus which includes a table memory for memorizing a plurality of sound timing patterns in a performance section of a predetermined number of beats, a plurality of tone pitch...
5756916 Automatic arrangement apparatus  
In an automatic arrangement apparatus having an accompaniment information memory for memorizing an accompaniment pattern, a specific basic part such as a melody part for arrangement of a musical...
5753843 System and process for composing musical sections  
A system and process for comprising a musical section in response to a user's interaction with a multimedia presentation is disclosed. The system includes a composition engine, performance engine,...
5739456 Method and apparatus for performing automatic accompaniment based on accompaniment data produced by user  
In a method for automatically performing accompaniment in an automatic accompaniment apparatus, a plurality of system defining rhythm data patterns are provided. Each of the plurality of system...
5736666 Music composition  
A music composition system, comprising receiving a first harmony including a first melody, analyzing the first harmony to derive in real-time a rule relating the first melody to the first harmony,...
5723803 Automatic performance apparatus  
In an automatic performance apparatus for creating music piece data by combining automatic performance pattern data, a plurality of automatic performance patterns are stored in advance, and display...
5675101 Playback system for reproducing video song media having chord data recorded thereon  
Video-song media having chord data recorded thereon and playback system thereof for reproducing the chord responsive to a singer's singing voice are disclosed. The video-song media having chord...
5641928 Musical instrument having a chord detecting function  
In accordance with one chord detecting approach, a peak value of the number of notes composing performance data is periodically detected for each predetermined time period and a combination of...
5639980 Performance data editing apparatus  
A performance data editing apparatus wherein chords in performance data of a musical tune applied from an external memory element or performance apparatus are detected and normalized into a...
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