Patent ID: 7405354
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A music ensemble system comprising a plurality of performance terminals and a controller capable of communicating with said performance terminals to control playing of said performance terminals, each of said performance terminals comprising: a playing operation unit adapted to receive a player's playing operation and generate operation information; a terminal communication unit adapted to communicate with said controller to transmit the operation information to said controller; and a tone generator adapted to produce musical sounds based on sound instruction data received by said terminal communication unit, and said controller comprising: a controller communication unit adapted to communicate with each of said performance terminals; a music data storage unit adapted to contain music data including a plurality of playing parts; a playing control unit adapted to, upon reception of the operation information by said controller communication unit from said performance terminal, read out a playing part assigned to said performance terminal from said music data storage unit based on part assignment information indicating the assignment of the playing parts to said performance terminals, and transmit sound instruction data for sounding the playing part to said performance terminal via said controller communication unit; an operation unit having a part change operator; and a playing part changing unit adapted to modify the part assignment information according to a predetermined change pattern upon operation of the part change operator.