Patent ID: 6107557
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G09B,G10G,Y10S

Abstract:
A chord display apparatus for use with a musical instrument including a plurality of playing elements, comprising:a storage device that stores sequence data comprising a plurality of data including at least chord data that are arranged in accordance with a predetermined chord progression;a reading device that sequentially reads each data of said sequence data stored in said storage device;a determining device that determines a first operating manner when each of the chord data is read by the reading device, the first operating manner being a standard manner of operating the playing elements of the musical instrument so as to produce a chord represented by the chord data; anda display device that displays the first operating manner determined by said determining device;wherein said storage device stores operating manner data that indicates a second operating manner different from said first operating manner, such that the operating manner data is associated with the chord data;wherein said determining device determines the second operating manner indicated by the operating manner data, as an operating manner for producing the chord represented by the chord data, when the operating manner data is read in association with the chord data read by the reading device; andwherein said display device displays the second operating manner determined by said determining device.