Patent ID: 6337433
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: A63J

Abstract:
An electronic musical instrument having a plurality of performance operating elements that are operated for performance by a player such that different parts of a body of said player are selectively used to operate predetermined ones of said performance operating elements, the electronic musical instrument comprising:an input device that inputs performance data of a musical composition for which said player is guided for performance; and a plurality of display devices that are arranged in association with said performance operating elements, respectively, said display devices each comprising a pair of display elements corresponding to left and right hands of said player, respectively, said display devices being each responsive to the input performance data for indicating to said player a position of a corresponding one of said performance operating elements to be operated by said player and one of the left and right hands to be used in operating said corresponding one of said performance operating elements, by driving a corresponding one of said pair of display elements in a manner corresponding to said one of the left and right hands; wherein one of said pair of display elements corresponding to one of the left and right hands of said player indicates a finger of said one of the left and right hands of said player to be used in operating said corresponding one of said performance operating elements, in a display manner corresponding to said finger.