Patent ID: 7622664

Claim:
A performance control system comprising: a serial information storage device that stores serial information reproducible as time passes; a performance information storage device that stores performance information corresponding to the serial information; a serial information reproducing device that reads out and reproduces the serial information stored by said serial information storage device as time passes; a performance information reproducing device that reads out and reproduces the performance information stored by said performance information storage device; and a reproduction control device that controls reproduction of the serial information by said serial information reproducing device and reproduction of the performance information by said performance information reproducing device, wherein the serial information comprises video information including identifying information for identifying corresponding performance information, and time information that defines a temporal position for reproduction of the corresponding performance information in association with reproduction of the serial information, and said reproduction control device provides control such that the video information is separated from the serial information during reproduction of the serial information as read out by said serial information reproducing device, and performance information in the separated video information identified by the identifying information is reproduced based on the time information in the serial information read out by said serial information reproducing device.