Patent ID: 8556717

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a musical sound generation program for generating a musical sound signal in accordance with an input operation performed by a user, the musical sound generation program causing the computer of an information processing apparatus to perform functionality comprising: displaying on a screen a plurality of images which respectively correspond to a plurality of pitches of sound; moving positions of the plurality of images displayed on the screen in accordance with a first input performed by the user via a first input device; detecting that at least one image of the plurality of images which are moved is positioned at a predetermined position on the screen; determining whether or not a second input is being performed by the user via a second input device; and generating, when a result of the determination is positive, based on the at least one image which is detected as being positioned at the predetermined position on the screen, the musical sound signal of the pitch of sound corresponding to the at least one image.