Method of multipurpose playback utilization of instrumental music reproduction video tape or the like

Claim 1

A method of multipurpose playback utilization of an instrumental music reproduction video tape or optical video disk or the like in which the solo part and accompaniment part of instrumental music including the former part which is performed with at least one solo instrument and the latter part which is performed by an orchestra or the like are recorded on mutually different sound recording tracks, respectively, and picture recording and compilation are executed so that at least the conductor of the performance of said music, the ordinal number of the measure of said music, which indicates the currently performed portion of said music, the musical time pattern of said music and the tempo thereof are shown on the face plate of a display monitor, wherein said tape or disk or the like is set on a sound and picture reproducer to reproduce pictures on said face plate through the use of reproduced picture signals and reproduce sounds with loudspeakers through the use of reproduced sound signals, characterized in that said sounds are reproduced from both said sound recording tracks at the same time in order to listen to said music; said sound is reproduced from only said accompaniment sound recording track in order to enable a person to participate as a soloist in the performance of said music; or said other sound is reproduced from only said solo sound recording track in order to enable said person to participate as an accompanist with an instrument such as a piano in the performance of said music.