Patent ID: 8791350
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. An accompaniment data generating apparatus comprising: a phrase waveform data storing portion for storing sets of phrase waveform data each indicative of a phrase of accompaniment tones performed at a reference tempo, and each corresponding to a different reference note; a reproduction tempo obtaining portion for obtaining a reproduction tempo; a first reference note obtaining portion for obtaining a first reference note; a selecting portion for selecting a set of phrase waveform data corresponding to a second reference note whose tone pitch is different from a tone pitch of the first reference note; and a reading portion for reading out the selected phrase waveform data set at a speed by which the tone pitch of the second reference note of the selected phrase waveform data set agrees with the tone pitch of the first reference note of a case where a set of phrase waveform data corresponding to the first reference note is reproduced at the reference tempo.