Automatic accompaniment apparatus, a method of automatically playing accompaniment, and a computer readable recording medium with an automatic accompaniment program recorded thereon
US9018505B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2240/131
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An automatic accompaniment apparatus is provided. The apparatus is provided with a music database having music data of plural musical pieces recorded therein, the music data including melody information and chords corresponding to the melody information, a performance recording unit for recording performance information for giving an instruction of generating a musical tone in response to performed operation, a music searching unit for searching for music data including melody information corresponding to the performance information in the performance recording unit through the music database, a chord judging unit for judging chords from the performance information in the performance recording unit, a chord selecting unit for selecting one of the chords included in the music data found by the music searching unit and the chords judged by the chord judging unit, and an automatic accompaniment unit for giving an instruction of generating accompaniment in accordance with the selected chords.
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