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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1994
Toshiki Nakai, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuyoshi Amano, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Akiba, Tokyo, JP;
Masuhiro Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a music accompaniment playing system, MIDI (Music Instrument Digital Interface) sound source controlling data to control a MIDI sound source for generating accompaniment music information for music accompaniment playing, and display controlling data to perform a display corresponding to the MIDI sound source Controlling data, are reproduced from a record medium for music accompaniment playing. The display controlling data includes lyrics data corresponding to lyrics for music accompaniment playing, and accompaniment chord data corresponding to an accompaniment chord of the accompaniment music information. A display controlling apparatus for the music accompaniment playing system is provided with: a reading device for reading the display controlling data from the record medium; and an accompaniment chord display controlling device for generating data to display the lyrics on a display having a picture plane and to display the accompaniment chord on the picture plane at a vicinity of the displayed lyrics corresponding to the accompaniment chord, on the basis of the accompaniment chord data in the display controlling data read by the reading device.