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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
Yasuhiko Asahi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Akira Tozuka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
An electronic musical apparatus for effectively displaying musical information such as notes and beats is configured using a keyboard, a visual display (e.g., liquid crystal display) and a storage device. A keyboard pattern, a bass staff and a treble staff are displayed on a screen of the visual display. Herein, the keyboard pattern is displayed at a lower base area of the screen while the bass staff is displayed at a lower left area of the screen, and the treble staff is displayed at an upper right area of the screen. In addition, a right end of the bass staff and a left end of the treble staff are located approximately in proximity to a center of the keyboard pattern which corresponds to a key of middle C note in a horizontal direction on the screen. Based on performance data stored in the storage device, keys of the keyboard pattern are respectively displayed to show a progression of notes of a tune. The notes of the tune are sequentially displayed on the bass staff and treble staff, wherein the notes are displayed in accordance with note display positions which are disposed in a direction from the lower left to the upper right on the screen. Further, timings of beats of the tune are displayed using images of hands which are displayed at a predetermined area on the screen. For example, the electronic musical apparatus displays an image of clapping hands and an image of opening hands alternatively.