Automatic performance apparatus

Claim 2

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: style selection means for selecting a style from a plurality of styles; storage means for storing a plurality of automatic performance patterns suited for each of said plurality of styles; display means for displaying information; automatic performance pattern reading control means for reading out a plurality of automatic performance patterns stored in said storage means in correspondence with the selected style; element display control means for controlling said display means to display a plurality of display elements respectively corresponding to the plurality of automatic performance patterns read out by said automatic performance patterns reading control means in correspondence with the selected style; designation means for designating two display elements to be connected by a line from the plurality of display elements displayed on said display means; line connection means for displaying a connecting line between the designated two display elements; determination means for determining a performance order of automatic performance pattern data in correspondence with the display elements connected by the line on the basis of the display elements displayed on said display means and a line connection state; and performance means for automatically playing automatic performance pattern data in the determined performance order.

Claim 3

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said line connection means connects each designated display element with a line on said display means so as to form a sequence of connected display elements on said display means, said apparatus further comprising means for re-arranging the connected display elements in accordance with the determined performance order and re-displaying the re-arranged display elements.

Claim 4

An automatic accompaniment edit apparatus comprising: style storage means for storing a plurality of styles; style selection means for selecting a style from said plurality of styles; chord storage means for storing chords or chord progress patterns suited for each of said plurality of styles in correspondence with said plurality of styles; chord reading means for reading out chords or chord progress patterns from said chord storage means in accordance with the style selected through said style selection means; chord displaying means for displaying a plurality of display elements, each of the display elements corresponding to each of said chords or chord progress patterns provided by said chord reading means in accordance with the selected style; connection means for, in response to selection of plural display elements from said plurality of display elements displayed on said chord displaying means, connecting said selected display elements in a performance order; and chord progress storage means for storing chord progress data representing a performance order of automatic chord accompaniment on the basis of the connection state of the display elements on said chord displaying means.

Claim 5

An automatic accompaniment edit apparatus comprising: style storage means for storing a plurality of styles; style selection means for selecting a style from said plurality of styles; chord storage means for storing chords or chord progress patterns suited for each of said plurality of styles in correspondence with said plurality of styles; chord reading means for reading out chords or chord progress patterns from said chord storage means in accordance with the style selected through said style selection means; chord displaying means for displaying a plurality of display elements, each of the display elements corresponding to each of said chords or chord progress patterns provided by said chord reading means in accordance with the selected style; connection means for, in response to selection of plural display elements from said plurality of display elements displayed on said chord displaying means, connecting said selected display elements in a performance order; and chord progress storage means for storing chord progress data representing a performance order of automatic chord accompaniment on the basis of the connection state of the display elements on said chord displaying means.

Claim 6

An apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: means for outputting the chord progress data stored in said chord progress storage means.

Claim 7

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when said designation means designates two display elements, said disignation means also designates a performance order of the automatic performance patterns corresponding to the designated two display elements.

Claim 8

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said line connection means connects the designated two display elements by a line having an arrow point which indicates a designated display element to be performed later in the performance order.

Claim 9

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: storage means for storing a plurality of automatic performance patterns; display means for displaying information; element display control means for controlling said display means to display a plurality of display elements respectively corresponding to the plurality of automatic performance patterns; designation means for designating two display elements to be connected by a line from the plurality of display elements displayed on said display means; line connection means for displaying a connecting line between the designated two display elements; determination means for determining a performance order of automatic performance pattern data in correspondence with the display elements connected by the connecting line on the basis of the display elements displayed on said display means and a line connection state; performance means for automatically playing automatic performance pattern data in the determined performance order; and edit means for changing the line connection state between the designated two display elements from a connected state in which the two display elements are connected by a line into an unconnected state in which the two display elements are not connected by a line.

Claim 10

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: storage means for storing a plurality of automatic performance patterns; display means for displaying information; element display control means for controlling said display means to display a plurality of display elements respectively corresponding to the plurality of automatic performance patterns; designation means for designating two display elements to be connected by a line from the plurality of display elements displayed on said display means; line connection means for displaying a connecting line between the designated two display elements; determination means for determining a performance order of automatic performance pattern data in correspondence with the display elements connected by the connecting line on the basis of the display elements displayed on said display means and a line connection state; performance means for automatically playing automatic performance pattern data in the determined performance order; and edit means for changing the line connection state between the designated two display elements from a connected state in which the two display elements are connected by a line into an unconnected state in which the two display elements are not connected by a line.

Claim 11

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: storage means for storing a plurality of automatic performance patterns; display means for displaying information; element display control means for controlling said display means to display a plurality of display elements respectively corresponding to the plurality of automatic performance patterns; designation means for designating two display elements to be connected by a line from the plurality of display elements displayed on said display means; line connection means for displaying a connecting line between the designated two display elements; determination means for determining a performance order of automatic performance pattern data in correspondence with the display elements connected by the connecting line on the basis of the display elements displayed on said display means and a line connection state; performance means for automatically playing automatic performance pattern data in the determined performance order, wherein said line connection means connects each designated display element with a line on said display means so as to form a sequence of connected display elements on said display means, said apparatus further comprising means for re-arranging the connected display elements in accordance with the determined the performance order and re-displaying the re-arranged display elements; and delete means for deleting a selected display element from among the plurality of connected display elements in the sequence, wherein, when said delete means deletes the selected display element, said line connection means deletes each connecting line associated with the deleted display element in the sequence.

Claim 12

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: storage means for storing a plurality of automatic performance patterns; display means for displaying information; element display control means for controlling said display means to display a plurality of display elements respectively corresponding to the plurality of automatic performance patterns; designation means for designating two display elements to be connected by a line from the plurality of display elements displayed on said display means; line connection means for displaying a connecting line between the designated two display elements; determination means for determining a performance order of automatic performance pattern data in correspondence with the display elements connected by the connecting line on the basis of the display elements displayed on said display means and a line connection state; performance means for automatically playing automatic performance pattern data in the determined performance order, wherein said line connection means connects each designated display element with a line on said display means so as to form a sequence of connected display elements on said display means, said apparatus further comprising means for re-arranging the connected display elements in accordance with the determined the performance order and re-displaying the re-arranged display elements; and delete means for deleting a selected display element from among the plurality of connected display elements in the sequence, wherein, when said delete means deletes the selected display element, said line connection means deletes each connecting line associated with the deleted display element in the sequence.

Claim 13

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: storage means for storing a plurality of automatic performance patterns; display means for displaying information; element display control means for controlling said display means to display a plurality of display elements respectively corresponding to the plurality of automatic performance patterns; designation means for designating two display elements to be connected by a line from the plurality of display elements displayed on said display means; line connection means for displaying a connecting line between the designated two display elements; determination means for determining a performance order of automatic performance pattern data in correspondence with the display elements connected by the connecting line on the basis of the display elements displayed on said display means and a line connection state; performance means for automatically playing automatic performance pattern data in the determined performance order, wherein said line connection means connects each designated display element with a line on said display means so as to form a sequence of connected display elements on said display means, said apparatus further comprising means for re-arranging the connected display elements in accordance with the determined the performance order and re-displaying the re-arranged display elements; and delete means for deleting a selected display element from among the plurality of connected display elements in the sequence, wherein, when said delete means deletes the selected display element, said line connection means forms a connecting line between remaining display elements which appear before and after the deleted display element in the sequence.

Claim 14

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: storage means for storing a plurality of automatic performance patterns; display means for displaying information; element display control means for controlling said display means to display a plurality of display elements respectively corresponding to the plurality of automatic performance patterns; designation means for designating two display elements to be connected by a line from the plurality of display elements displayed on said display means; line connection means for displaying a connecting line between the designated two display elements; determination means for determining a performance order of automatic performance pattern data in correspondence with the display elements connected by the connecting line on the basis of the display elements displayed on said display means and a line connection state; performance means for automatically playing automatic performance pattern data in the determined performance order, wherein said line connection means connects each designated display element with a line on said display means so as to form a sequence of connected display elements on said display means, said apparatus further comprising means for re-arranging the connected display elements in accordance with the determined the performance order and re-displaying the re-arranged display elements; and delete means for deleting a selected display element from among the plurality of connected display elements in the sequence, wherein, when said delete means deletes the selected display element, said line connection means forms a connecting line between remaining display elements which appear before and after the deleted display element in the sequence.

Claim 15

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: song data storage means for storing a plurality of automatic accompaniment styles; chord storage means for storing a plurality of chord data corresponding to a plurality of chords or chord progressions in correspondence with each automatic accompaniment style; candidate chord storage means for storing a plurality of candidate chord data corresponding to a plurality of candidates of chords or chord progressions, each automatic accompaniment style having a plurality of candidate chord data suited for the automatic accompaniment style; style displaying means for displaying a plurality of display elements, each of the display elements corresponding to each of said automatic accompaniment styles; style selection means for, in response to selection of plural display elements from said plurality of display elements displayed on said style displaying means, connecting said selected display elements in a performance order on said style displaying means; song data writing means for writing a performance order of automatic accompaniment styles into said song data storage means on the basis of the connection state of the display elements on said style displaying means; chord writing means for selecting at least one candidate chord or chord progression corresponding to said candidate chord data stored in said candidate chord storage means in correspondence with each of said automatic accompaniment styles in the song data stored in said song data storage means, and for writing the chord or chord progression data corresponding to said selected candidate chord or chord progression into said chord storage means in correspondence with the automatic accompaniment styles in the song data stored in said song data storage means; and automatic accompaniment means for performing automatic accompaniment on the basis of the performance order of the automatic accompaniment styles stored in said song data storage means and the written chord data stored in said chord progression storage means.

Claim 16

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: song data storage means for storing a plurality of automatic accompaniment styles; chord storage means for storing a plurality of chord data corresponding to a plurality of chords or chord progressions in correspondence with each automatic accompaniment style; candidate chord storage means for storing a plurality of candidate chord data corresponding to a plurality of candidates of chords or chord progressions, each automatic accompaniment style having a plurality of candidate chord data suited for the automatic accompaniment style; style displaying means for displaying a plurality of display elements, each of the display elements corresponding to each of said automatic accompaniment styles; style selection means for, in response to selection of plural display elements from said plurality of display elements displayed on said style displaying means, connecting said selected display elements in a performance order on said style displaying means; song data writing means for writing a performance order of automatic accompaniment styles into said song data storage means on the basis of the connection state of the display elements on said style displaying means; chord writing means for selecting at least one candidate chord or chord progression corresponding to said candidate chord data stored in said candidate chord storage means in correspondence with each of said automatic accompaniment styles in the song data stored in said song data storage means, and for writing the chord or chord progression data corresponding to said selected candidate chord or chord progression into said chord storage means in correspondence with the automatic accompaniment styles in the song data stored in said song data storage means; and automatic accompaniment means for performing automatic accompaniment on the basis of the performance order of the automatic accompaniment styles stored in said song data storage means and the written chord data stored in said chord progression storage means.

Claim 17

An apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising candidate chord or chord progression display means for displaying chords or chord progressions corresponding to said selected candidate chord or chord progression data stored in said candidate chord storage means in correspondence with the selected automatic accompaniment style.

Claim 18

An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, when said chord writing means selects a plurality of candidates of chords or chord progressions, said chord writing means writes the candidate chord data corresponding to the selected candidate chords or chord progressions in the performance order of the selected chords or chord progressions.

Claim 19

An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said chord writing means includes edit means for replacing the written chords with different chords.

Claim 20

An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said chord writing means includes edit means for deleting the written chords.

Claim 21

An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said candidates of chords or chord progressions corresponding to said candidate chord or chord progression data stored in said candidate chord storage means vary in accordance with a selected key mode.

Claim 24

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: style selection means for selecting a style from a plurality of styles; storage means for storing a plurality of automatic performance patterns suited for each of said plurality of styles; display means for displaying information; automatic performance pattern reading control means for reading out a plurality of automatic performance pattern stored in said storage means in correspondence with the selected style; element display control means for controlling said display means to display a plurality of display elements respectively corresponding to the plurality of automatic performance patterns read out by said automatic performance patterns reading control means in correspondence with the selected style; designation means for designating two display elements to be connected from the plurality of display elements displayed on said display means; connection means for displaying a connection between the designated two display elements; determination means for determining a performance order of automatic performance pattern data in correspondence with the connected display elements; and performance means for automatically playing automatic performance pattern data in the determined performance order.

Claim 25

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: style selection means for selecting a style from a plurality of styles; storage means for storing a plurality of automatic performance patterns suited for each of said plurality of styles; display means for displaying information; automatic performance pattern reading control means for reading out a plurality of automatic performance pattern stored in said storage means in correspondence with the selected style; element display control means for controlling said display means to display a plurality of display elements respectively corresponding to the plurality of automatic performance patterns read out by said automatic performance patterns reading control means in correspondence with the selected style; designation means for designating two display elements to be connected from the plurality of display elements displayed on said display means; connection means for displaying a connection between the designated two display elements; determination means for determining a performance order of automatic performance pattern data in correspondence with the connected display elements; and performance means for automatically playing automatic performance pattern data in the determined performance order.