Patent ID: 6281422
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
A music performance assisting system associated with a music instrument having plural manipulators manipulated by a player for producing tones, comprising:a memory for storing pieces of data information representative of a series of notes and rests forming a tune;a divider for dividing said series of notes and rests into plural groups each having at least one note;a finger assignor selectively assigning said at least one note of each group to fingers of each hand of said player in accordance with rules of fingering for determining candidates of a use of fingers in which said finger assignor temporarily assigns at least one first sub-candidate of a finger pattern to a note pattern having a predetermined number of notes counted from a start of said tune and second sub-candidates of a finger pattern to remaining notes on the basis of a relation between said note pattern and said remaining notes;an evaluator evaluating said candidates of said use of fingers on the basis of criteria for a desirable fingering so as to select said use of fingers from said candidates; anda guide for teaching said use of fingers along said tune to said player.