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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1996
Yoshihisa Shimada, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
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 rhythm data patterns is composed of a plurality of rhythm data for a plurality of parts. In a rhythm editing mode, one or more parts of the plurality of parts of the user rhythm data pattern is designated for a user defining rhythm data pattern, and the designated one or more parts are associated with the rhythm data of corresponding parts of one of the plurality of system defining rhythm data patterns so that the user defining rhythm data pattern can be produced. In an automatic accompaniment mode, accompaniment is automatically performed based on the user defining rhythm data pattern. Each of the plurality of rhythm data has a rhythm data identifier and a pattern identifier is allocated to each of the plurality of system defining rhythm data patterns. Each part of each system defining rhythm data pattern is related to the corresponding rhythm data using the rhythm delta identifier. Thus, by specifying a pattern identifier and one or more parts, the specified one or more parts of the user defining rhythm data pattern can be related to the rhythm data.