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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2002
Satoru Umezawa, Kakegawa, JP;
Mitsuo Hori, Kamakura, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Display device is supplied with basic screen display data for displaying a basic screen including a plurality of chord names to be indicated on the basic screen, and displays the basic screen on the basis of the basic screen display data. For example, the basic screen may be one listing names of chords to be used in a selected music piece in accordance with progression of the selected music piece. There is provided a memory storing, for each chord, playing-manner screen display data for displaying a playing manner screen indicative of a model playing manner corresponding to the chord. On the basis of an instruction by a user, a desired chord is selected from among the plurality of chord names indicated on the basic screen displayed on the display device, and the playing-manner screen display data corresponding to the selected chord name are read out from the memory. The display device displays, along with the basic screen, the playing manner screen indicative of the model playing manner corresponding to the selected chord name on the basis of the playing-manner screen display data read out from the memory. The display device may simultaneously display playing manner screens for a plurality of different chords. Also, the display device may display the playing manner screen in a highlighted fashion.