Patent ID: 8497416
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: G09B,G10G,G10H

Abstract:
1. A musical score display apparatus comprising: a display device having a display; a memory device; and a microprocessor connected to the memory and programmed to execute: a communicating task that communicates with a storage apparatus storing music data for displaying each of a plurality of musical compositions, wherein the music data for each of the plurality of musical compositions includes display data for displaying musical scores of the respective musical composition and comment data for displaying at least one comment associated with the respective musical composition; a screen display task that displays, based on the music data of a selected one of the plurality of musical compositions from the storage device, a screen having a musical score area for displaying the musical scores of the selected one musical composition and a comment timeline area for displaying the at least one comment associated with the selected one musical composition; a comment display task that displays, based on the music data of the selected one musical composition, the musical score of the selected one musical composition in the musical score area and the at least one comment in the comment timeline area in association with the musical score displayed in the musical score area, wherein the comment display task displays each of the at least one comment in the comment timeline area indicated along a timeline as a selectable icon.