JPH0573042A - Electronic score display device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide an electronic musical score display device which does not require the operation of physically turning pages of musical scores. [Structure] The score is displayed on the display surface 11 of the flat liquid crystal panel 10. The musical score data to be displayed is prepared in a floppy disk to be inserted into the personal computer 20. The personal computer 20 reads out the score data for one page from the floppy disk and displays it on the flat liquid crystal panel 10. Performer uses foot switch 3
When 0 is operated, an instruction to update the display page is transmitted to the personal computer 20, and the display of the next page or the previous page is updated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic musical score display device, and more particularly to a device for displaying a musical score using a display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When playing various musical instruments, a musical score is required. Usually, the operator operates the musical instrument while watching the score printed on paper. Even when a large number of people, such as an orchestra, perform, it is common for everyone to perform while watching the score. A music stand is usually used so that the score can be easily viewed during the performance.

[0003]

However, when the score printed on paper is used, if the music to be played becomes long, the whole score cannot fit on one page or two spread pages, so that the score of the score during the performance is The work of turning pages is required. For this reason, it has been necessary to provide a dedicated person who turns the page of the score, or the player himself must stop the performance halfway to turn the score.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic musical score display device in which it is not necessary to physically perform the operation of turning over a page of a musical score.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a flat panel display panel for displaying a musical score, a musical score data storage device storing musical score data to be displayed, and predetermined musical score data stored in the musical score data storage device are stored. An electronic musical score display device is configured by a display control device that reads out and gives this to a flat display panel to perform display processing.

[0006]

[Operation] In the electronic musical score display device according to the present invention, the musical score is displayed on the flat display panel. That is, the musical score to be displayed is prepared in the storage device as digital data, and the data for one screen of the panel is read and displayed by the display control device. Since the display page of the score can be electronically controlled by this display control device, it is not necessary to physically turn the page of the score.

[0007]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described below with reference to illustrated examples. FIG. 1 is an external view of an electronic musical score display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The flat liquid crystal panel 10 has a function of displaying a musical score on the display surface 11, and is supported and fixed on the floor by a tripod 12. The flat liquid crystal panel 10 is connected to a personal computer 20 by a connection cable C1.
The foot switch 30 is connected by a cable C2. On the top surface of the foot switch 30, the previous page button 3
1 and the next page button 32 are provided, and the performer can perform the performance while watching the score displayed on the flat liquid crystal panel 10, and operate the previous page button 31 or the next page button 32 with his / her foot as necessary. You can

FIG. 2 is a block diagram functionally showing this device. The personal computer 20 can be considered as including a display control device 21 and a disk device 22. The disk device 22 is a storage device built in the personal computer 20 and has a function of reading / writing data from / to a floppy disk or a hard disk. The rest of the personal computer 20 can be regarded as the display control device 21. That is, the display control device 21
Is a CPU built in the personal computer 20,
RAM, ROM, I / O, etc., and includes software for controlling this device as a whole. The flat liquid crystal panel 10 is connected to the display control unit 2 by the cable C1.
1 and the foot switch 30 is connected to the display control device 21 by a cable C2.

The operation of this device is as follows. First, the player inserts the floppy disk containing the musical score data of the piece of music to be played into the disk device 22. The display control device 21 reads out the score data corresponding to the first page of the score from the floppy disk, transfers it to the flat liquid crystal panel 10, and displays it. When the player starts playing while looking at the musical score displayed on the display surface 11 and wants to turn the musical score to the next page, he / she operates the next page button 32 of the foot switch 30 with his / her foot. Next page button 3
The operation 2 gives the display control device 21 an instruction to update the display of the musical score to the next page. As a result, the display control device 21 reads out the score data corresponding to the next page of the score from the floppy disk, transfers it to the flat liquid crystal panel, and updates the display. In this way, the performer clicks the next page button 3
Only by manipulating 2 with a foot, it is possible to automatically turn over the score page. Further, when the previous page button 31 is operated, the display control device 21 reads out the score data corresponding to the previous page of the score and updates the display. Therefore, the performer can freely display any page.

It is not always necessary to switch the display of the musical score page by page, and it is also possible to scroll and display it appropriately. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, a virtual window W is set in all score data N so that only the score data in this window W is displayed on the display surface 11. Then, for example, operating the previous page button 31 of the foot switch 30 moves the window W in the direction of arrow UP in the figure, and operating the next page button 32 causes the window W to move in the direction of DOWN in the figure. By moving the window W, the player can freely move the window W up and down to appropriately display a desired portion of the score on the display surface 11.

In each of the above embodiments, the musical score display is updated based on the instruction of the performer, but the musical score display updating process can be automatically performed by the display control device 21. is there. That is, if the player sets the playing speed in the display control device 21 in advance, the display control device 21 can calculate the time at which each note of the musical score is played by calculation. Therefore, it becomes possible to perform a process of calculating the time when the playing time of just one page of the musical score ends and automatically updating to the display of the next page when the time elapses. Also when scrolling the display update, the scroll speed may be adjusted while calculating the playing time. Further, it is also possible to display the currently playing note in different colors or indicate with a cursor.

The embodiment shown in FIG.
Flat liquid crystal panel 10, display controller 21, disk device 2
2 is incorporated. The foot switch 30 is connected to the device body 40 by a cable C3. A disc insertion opening 23 is provided on the side surface of the apparatus main body 40, and the player inserts a floppy disc in which desired score data is stored from the disc insertion opening 23. In this way, by integrally incorporating the device in the device body 40, it is possible to further reduce the size of the entire device.

It is also possible to incorporate the electronic musical score display device itself according to the present invention into a part of another musical instrument. Figure 5
The embodiment shown in (1) is an embodiment in which the electronic musical score display device is incorporated in the electronic organ 50. Flat liquid crystal panel 10
Is embedded in the front of the keyboard, and the player can operate the keyboard while watching the score displayed here.
Further, a disc insertion opening 23 is provided beside it, and a floppy disc in which desired score data is stored is inserted therein. In particular, the electronic musical score display device according to the present invention can be easily incorporated into a relatively large musical instrument such as a piano, an electronic piano, an organ, or an electronic organ.

Although the present invention has been described above based on some illustrated embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments and can be implemented in various modes other than the above. For example, in the above embodiment, the foot switch 30
Although the display update instruction is input by, a switch operated by hand may be used, or a switch that responds to light or sound may be used. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the flat liquid crystal panel is used to display the musical score, but instead of this, a plasma display panel or an EL is used.
A display panel or the like can also be used. In the present invention, any flat display panel may be used. Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which a magnetic disk device is used as a storage medium for musical score data is shown, but other storage media may be used.
For example, if the score data is stored on the optical disc, the score data may be read by the optical disc device, and if the score data is stored on the IC card, the score data may be read by the IC card data reader. Should be done.

[0015]

As described above, in the electronic musical score display device according to the present invention, since the musical score is displayed on the flat panel display panel and the display content is electronically updated by the display control device, it is possible to use the conventional physical score. The operation of turning over the pages of the musical score is not necessary.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an electronic musical score display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram functionally expressing the device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a scroll display function of the device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an external view of an electronic musical score display device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an embodiment in which an electronic musical score display device according to the present invention is incorporated in an electronic organ.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Flat liquid crystal panel 11 ... Display surface 12 ... Tripod 20 ... Personal computer 21 ... Display control device 21 22 ... Disk device 23 ... Disk insertion port 30 ... Foot switch 31 ... Previous page button 32 ... Next page button 40 ... Device body 50 … Electronic organ C1 to C3… Cable N… All score data W… Window

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A flat panel display panel for displaying a musical score, a musical score data storage device for storing musical score data to be displayed, predetermined musical score data read out from the musical score data storage device, and the flat display panel. An electronic musical score display device, comprising: 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an update information input device for inputting update information relating to display update of the score, and the display control device updating the display of the score based on the update information. An electronic musical score display device characterized by performing. 3. The electronic score display according to claim 1, wherein the display control device automatically updates the score display in consideration of the playing time of the score currently being displayed. apparatus. 4. The electronic musical score display device according to claim 1, wherein the musical score data storage device and the display control device are incorporated in a housing of a flat panel display panel. .. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the flat panel display panel is incorporated in a part of musical instruments such as a piano, an electronic piano, an organ and an electronic organ. Electronic musical score display device.