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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2019
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Akemi Kubita, Hamamatsu, JP;
YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu-Shi, JP;
Abstract
To assist a human player in performing a plurality of foot operators (pedal keys) operable with a human player's foot, a foot operator image indicative of the foot operator group is displayed on a display screen. Chord information of a chord to be performed is acquired, and a pitch of a bass note corresponding to the chord indicated by the acquired chord information is identified. A particular foot operator corresponding to the identified pitch of the bass note is visually designated on the foot operator image displayed on the display screen. An object indicative of a chord name is displayed on the same display screen. Objects indicative of one or more chord names corresponding to a chord progression over a plurality of measures is displayed. A display object highlighting one object indicative of a particular chord name is added in accordance with a progression of a performance.