Patent ID: 7667127
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. An electronic musical apparatus having an automatic performance feature, the apparatus comprising: a song storage portion for storing sets of song data for automatic performance of music; a performance tone color setting portion for setting, on the basis of user's operation, tone color setting data indicating a tone color for performance data generated in accordance with user's manual performance operation operated concurrently with automatic reproduction of song data from said song storage portion; a performance tone color storage portion for storing the set tone color setting data in association with said song data, the tone color setting data being stored separately from the song data; a reproduction portion for concurrently reproducing said song data selected from said song storage portion and performance data performed by said user, while imparting, to said performance data manually performed by said user, said tone color based on said tone color setting data read out from said performance tone color storage portion in association with said song data; and a style data storing portion for storing sets of style data, including tone color data for user's manual performance, the style data being stored separately from the song data, wherein the reproduction portion comprises: a search portion for searching the style data that match the song data if the tone color setting data in association with the song data is not stored in said performance tone color storage portion; and an impart portion for imparting, to the performance data manually performed by the user, the tone color based on the tone color data included in the searched style data.