Patent ID: 6180865
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
A melody performance training apparatus comprising:a plurality of elements to be actuated for performing a melody;storage means which contains melody data which includes a plurality of pairs of event data representing one of the plurality of elements to be actuated, and corresponding time data representing a timing when the element represented by the event data is to be actuated;data reading means for sequentially reading the plurality of pairs of event data and time data included in the melody data from the storage means; andreading control means, responsive to a particular one of the plurality of elements represented by event data of one of the plurality of pairs of event data and corresponding time data read by the data reading means being not actuated even when a timing at which the particular element is to be actuated has come, the timing being represented by the time data corresponding to the event data read out by the data reading means, for stopping the data reading means from reading the remaining portion of the melody data until the particular element is actuated, and responsive to the particular element being actuated before the timing when the particular element is to be actuated, for causing the data reading means to rapidly read from the storage means a relevant portion of the melody data to be read in a time period between the time when the particular element was actuated and a time when the timing at which the particular element is to be actuated comes.