Patent Document ID: 6137041
Application ID: 09254282

Base Claim:
1. A music score reading method comprising: recognizing all signs and notes of a music score, in a sian recognizing step; estimating a drum notation in a drum part of the music score based on information obtained by said recognizing step, in a notation estimating step; and allocating actual tone generating musical instruments to the recognized signs of the drum part according to the drum notation estimated by said notation estimating step, in a musical instrument allocating step, such that the music score is converted into a readable music score data format.

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Claim 4:
4. A music score reading method according to claim 1 wherein said notation estimating step estimates a drum notation with respect to drum instruments other than cymbals such that, if heads exist in a third space of the staff and a black head and a head of another kind are detected, the black head is set to a snare drum while (R) or the head other than the black head is set to a rim shot and, if heads exist in the third space of the staff and only the black heads are detected and further a character string representing the rim shot is detected, the black head designated by said character string is set to the rim shot while the other black head is set to the snare drum.