Patent ID: 7355111
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
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, said song data including at least one of tempo data or meter data; a style storage portion for storing sets of style data including at least one of tempo data or meter data along with accompaniment data; a style setting storage portion for storing style setting data in association with said song data, the style setting data being independent of the song data; a determination portion for determining whether the style setting data in association with the song data selected from said song storage portion is stored in said style setting storage portion or not; a search portion for searching said style storage portion for the style data having at least one of tempo data or meter data matching with at least one of tempo data or meter data in the song data selected from said song storage portion when said determination portion determines that the style setting data in association with the selected song data is not stored in said style setting storage portion; and a reproduction portion for concurrently reproducing the style setting data in association with the selected song data when said determination portion determines that the style setting data in association with the selected song data is stored in said style setting storage portion, and with said selected song data and said searched style data when said determination portion determines that the style setting data in association with the selected song data is not stored in said style setting storage portion.