Patent ID: 6343055
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: G10H,G11B

Abstract:
An apparatus for reproducing music on the basis of music data which includes music information representing the music to be reproduced and beat information representing a beat of the music and which is recorded on a recording medium, the music information being divided into a plurality of music information pieces whose time lengths are equal to each other, the beat information being divided into a plurality of beat information pieces, each of the beat information pieces including information for designating one of the music information pieces in which the beat of the music is present, the beat information being separately recorded from the music information on the recording medium, the apparatus comprising:a reading device that reads the music data from the recording medium; a reproduction device that extracts the music information pieces from the read music data, and tat reproduces the music on the basis of the extracted music information pieces; and a beat signal output device that extracts one of the beat information pieces from the read music data, and that designates one of the music information pieces in which the beat of the music is present, and that outputs a beat signal representing the beat of the music at the same time that the designated one of the music information pieces is reproduced by the reproduction device.