Patent ID: 7663050
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. An automatic accompaniment apparatus comprising: a connecting device that connects to an external electronic musical instrument having an accompaniment information generating device and a storage device storing accompaniment-relevant style data, and that performs transmission and reception of information to and from the external electronic musical instrument; a music data storage device that stores music data including events; a timer that measures a time; a control information generating device that reads out each event of the music data according to the measured time, generates, according to the read out event, control information for causing the accompaniment information generating device of the external electronic musical instrument to generate accompaniment information based on the style data stored in said storage device, said control information including synchronization information for synchronizing a time of the read out of each event of the music data by the automatic accompaniment apparatus and a time of the generation of the accompaniment information corresponding to each read out event by the external electronic musical instrument; and a transmitting device that transmits the control information generated by said control information generating device to the accompaniment information generating device of the external electronic musical instrument via said connecting device.