Patent ID: 6166313
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A musical performance data editing apparatus comprising:a storage device which includes a plurality of recording tracks for recording a plurality of series of performance data corresponding to a plurality of strings of a stringed musical instrument, each series of performance data corresponding to each of said strings and including note data representing note pitches of musical tones to be generated on said each string;a display device which has a display screen and exhibits on said display screen a plurality of lines respectively corresponding to said plurality of strings, indicating a stopping position of each of said strings which defines the note pitch represented by said note data;a manipulating device which is to be manipulated by a user of the apparatus and produces a command in response to a user's manipulation to cause said string stopping position on one of said plurality of strings to be moved onto another of said plurality of strings exhibited on said display screen;a display control device which controls said display device to move the string stopping position on one of the lines corresponding to said one of the strings onto another of said lines corresponding to said in another of the strings on said display screen in response to said command from said manipulating device; andan editing device which, in response to said command, deletes the note data representing the note pitch defined by said stopping position on said one of the strings before the move from the series of performance data on one of said tracks corresponding to said one of the strings, and inserts note data representing a note pitch defined by said stopping position on said another of the strings after the move into the series of performance data on another of said tracks corresponding to said other of the strings.