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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1998
Takuro Sone, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A music apparatus is constructed for joint play of music pieces by processing song data. In the music apparatus, a storage device stores song data representing a plurality of music pieces. An operating device is used for designating a first music piece as an object of the joint play among the plurality of the music pieces stored in the storage device. A controller device automatically selects a second music piece from the plurality of the music pieces as another object of the joint play such that the second music piece has a musical compatibility with the first music piece. A processor device retrieves the song data of the first music piece and the song data of the second music piece from the storage device, and processes the song data retrieved from the storage device so as to merge the second music piece to the first music piece. A sound source operates based on the processed song data for jointly playing the first music piece and the second music piece such that the second music piece is reproduced in harmonious association with the first music piece due to the musical compatibility of the second music piece with the first music piece.