Patent ID: 8370356

Claim:
A music search apparatus, comprising: a music and music characteristic database unit that relates music to a characteristic of the music and memorizes the music and the characteristics; wherein the music search apparatus comprises a processor coupled to a memory storing the music and music characteristic database unit; a reproducer that reproduces the music; a music process unit that changes the music characteristic amount of the music currently reproduced by the reproducer based on an instruction of a manipulation input and the music currently reproduced; a characteristic detector that detects the music characteristic amount of the music thus changed; while the music is currently reproduced, a search unit that, after the music characteristic amount of the music currently reproduced is changed by the music process unit, and detected by the characteristic detector, searches the music memorized by the music and music characteristic database unit based on the changed music characteristic amount of the music thus detected, wherein the reproducer reproduces the music searched by the search unit following the music currently reproduced, and wherein the reproducer reproduces the currently reproduced music based on the music characteristic amount of the music changed by the music process unit.