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 6:
6. A music score reading method according claim 1 wherein said notation estimating step estimates a drum notation with respect to drum instruments other than cymbals such that, if black heads are detected in ranges, excluding a third space, where they are notated to represent a bass drum and toms, when a lowermost step is no higher than a given pitch, the corresponding black heads are set to the bass drum while the others are set to the toms of a plurality of pitches and, when the lowermost step is higher than the given pitch, all the black heads are set to the toms of a plurality of pitches.