Patent ID: 6541688
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
An electronic musical apparatus with assistance for a performance based on music performance data representative of a model music piece composed of a plurality of notes allocated to a plurality of channels, each note being determined in terms of a target pitch and a target timing, the apparatus comprising:an indicator section that visually indicates the target timings of the notes in correspondence with the respective channels according to the music performance data to thereby visually prompt a progression of the model music piece; an input section operable by a user for sequentially inputting actual timings selectively allocated to one or more of the channels during the course of the performance of the model music piece; a detecting section operative when the input section inputs an actual timing to one channel, for detecting a note having a target timing which matches the inputted actual timing and which is allocated to any one of the channels; and an output section responsive to the detecting section for outputting the music performance data to the respective channels for sounding all of the notes having the target timings coincident with the inputting of the actual timing.