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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2001
Yasuhiko Asahi, Iwata, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
An electronic musical apparatus assists a performance based on music performance data of a model music piece composed of a plurality of notes allocated to a plurality of channels. Each note is determined by a target pitch and timing. An indicator section visually indicates the target timings of the notes. An input section is operable by a user for sequentially inputting actual timings selectively allocated to one or more of the channels during the performance. A detecting section operates when the input section inputs an actual timing to one channel, for detecting a note having a target timing which matches the inputted actual timing and which is allocated to any one of the channels. An output section responds to the detecting section for outputting the music performance data to the respective channels for sounding all of the notes having the target timings coincident with the inputting of the actual timing.