Patent ID: 6376760
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G10H,G10K

Abstract:
A music performance apparatus comprising:a manual performance operator; an instrument style selector that is used to select a desired instrument style; a memory that stores a plurality of performance data sets; a performance style selector that is used to select a desired one of the performance data sets; and a processor coupled at least with said instrument style selector, said memory and said performance style selector, said processor adapted to: make selectable, via said performance style selector, some of the performance data sets which correspond to the instrument style selected via said instrument style selector; read out, from said memory, one of the performance data sets made selectable by said processor which has been selected via said performance style selector; execute an automatic performance on the basis of the performance data set read out from said memory; and control a tone based on a manual performance executed via said manual performance operator, with a tonal characteristic corresponding to the instrument style selected via said instrument style selector.