Patent ID: 7297857

Claim:
A performance processing apparatus operable by a user with the aid of a control device and a sound device for providing sample music data to a data management apparatus, the performance processing apparatus comprising: a first storage section that stores original music data representing a music piece composed of tones; an acquisition section and acquires input information from the control device which has a detector for detecting either of physical action or physiological state of the user and which is operated by the user to provide the input information indicating the detection result by the detector; a processing section that controls a performance parameter of the original music data according to the input information, and that generates the sample music data for enabling the sound device to generate tones of the music piece which is represented by the original music data and which is altered by the user; and a transmitting section that transmits the sample music data representing the music piece composed of the tones controlled by the performance parameter and generated by the processing section to the data management apparatus which has a second storage section for storing the sample music data for use as a material of in evaluating the physiological or physical condition of the user by comparing the sample music data with the original music data; wherein the first storage section stores the original music data divided into part data corresponding to a plurality of parts of the music piece, the acquisition section acquires the input information from a plurality of the control devices which are allotted to one or more of the parts and which are operated by users to jointly perform the allotted parts, the processing section controls the respective performance parameters of the respective parts according to the input information for enabling the sound device to generate tones of the respective parts, and the transmitting section transmits the sample music data to the data management apparatus, the music data containing the part data representing the performance parameters of the respective parts controlled according to the input information.