Patent ID: 9123318
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A musical performance apparatus comprising: a processor configured to: display a plurality of time lines on a display along a time axis according to an operation, each time line being an image representing a period of a phrase and being independently adjustable in position, length or period thereof according to an operation; allocate a plurality of objects to at least one of the plurality of time lines on the display according to an operation, each object being a symbol corresponding to and representing a sound to be generated, a first object of the plurality of objects being allocated as a common object belonging to at least two of the plurality of time lines on the display, wherein one or more objects allocated to a time line forms a phrase; and generate, independently for each time line and repeatedly at a period corresponding to each time line, sound corresponding to the one or more objects allocated to a time line at a timing determined according to a position of each of the one or more objects in a longitudinal direction of the time line so as to repeat sound generation of a plurality of phrases corresponding to the plurality of time lines along the time axis, wherein at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of phrases is overlapped with one or more of the others of the plurality of phrases in the time axis.