JPH0676545A - Background music playing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] It eliminates the need to select songs in advance and the burden of preparing various devices, and significantly improves the operability compared to conventional devices, and with extremely simple operation, quick background To be able to play music. [Structure] Performance data of a large number of musical pieces is classified into a plurality of large groups that constitute one unit by the performance data of a plurality of musical pieces, and the plurality of performance data included in the large group is classified by the performance data of the plurality of musical pieces. Storage means that classifies and stores each of a plurality of small groups constituting one unit, performance data stored in the storage means is selected by a first operator and a first operator that selects the performance data for each large group The performance data contained in the selected large group, and the performance data contained in the small group selected by the second manipulator. The reading means for reading is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a background music playing device, and more particularly to a background music playing device suitable for playing background music such as video images previously taken.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, along with the widespread use of video equipment, even in ordinary households, video recording is performed on a video tape using a video camera, and the video tape recorded by such video photography is recorded on the video tape.・
Description of the Related Art A recorder (VTR) reproduces the image, and a video is displayed on a monitor / television (monitor TV) or the like and enjoyed. As described above, voice is recorded at the same time on the video tape recorded by video shooting, so that a lively image can be enjoyed.

However, when a video image of a subject is taken from a distance with a telephoto lens without using special accessories for a home video camera or the like, it is not possible to input sound near the subject. It was Therefore, when a video is displayed on a monitor or a television, a sound suitable for the video is not output, which often deters the audience.

Also, the so-called so-called video tape, which is still being shot, is in a state where the video shooting is finished.
When editing a video or playing a video tape that is not post-recorded such as a song suitable for each scene, various scenes and sounds are mixed, so the viewer often keeps watching with interest. Was difficult.

Therefore, when playing back the above-described video tape, the viewer is allowed to play back the video tape and, at the same time, play back a music record suitable for the scene being played as background music. Was devised to make you interested.

[0006]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to record a music piece suitable for a scene being played as background music of an image when playing a video tape as described above, a music piece is selected according to each scene in advance, It takes time to select songs, because you have to prepare the necessary records, audio tapes, CD (compact) discs, etc., as well as a stereo, tape recorder or CD player for playing these. At the same time, there was a problem that preparation of various devices was a burden.

Furthermore, since the work of starting or stopping the performance of the above-described record must be manually performed in accordance with the progress of the image displayed on the monitor / television by reproducing the video tape, the operability is extremely high. There was a problem that it was bad.

Further, if the work of starting or stopping the performance of such a record is delayed, there is a problem that the music selected in advance and matched with each other does not match the scene of the image.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned various problems of the prior art, and an object thereof is the necessity of selecting music in advance and the burden of preparing various devices. Another object of the present invention is to provide a background music playing device in which the operability is remarkably improved as compared with the conventional device, and the background music can be played quickly by an extremely simple operation.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a background music playing apparatus according to the present invention is arranged such that performance data of a large number of music pieces are divided into a plurality of large groups which constitute one unit of the performance data of a plurality of music pieces. And a plurality of performance data included in the large group are stored in the storage means by storing the performance data of a plurality of pieces of music by classifying the performance data into a plurality of small groups. A first operator for selecting the performance data for each of the large groups, and the performance data included in the large group selected by the first operator for each of the small groups forming the large group. And a reading means for selectively reading the performance data included in the small group selected by the second operator. Those were.

[0011]

The first operator selects a large group composed of a plurality of small groups. Then, the second operator selects a small group that constitutes the large group selected by the first operator.

Since the performance data of a plurality of musical pieces are stored in the small group, the performance data of the plurality of musical pieces are selectively read by the reading means.

Performance data of musical pieces having a predetermined relationship for each large group are collected, and a plurality of performance data included in the large group thus configured are made to have a predetermined relationship for each small group. In summary. By configuring the large group and the small group in this way,
By sequentially selecting the first operation element and the second operation element, it becomes possible to extremely easily select desired performance data from the performance data of an extremely large number of music pieces.

Therefore, first, a large group is called "wedding",
The performance data of music suitable for a theme such as “athletic meet” is classified. Then, the performance data of the music included in each large group is used as a music suitable for the theme such as "opening of wedding ceremony" and "closing of wedding ceremony" when the theme of the large group is "wedding". The performance data are classified into small groups.

Then, when playing back a video tape on which the pattern of "wedding" is video-recorded, "wedding" is selected as a large group by the first operator. Then, when playback starts and the image of the wedding opening scene is displayed, if you select "Open wedding" as the small group with the second operator, the performance data of the music suitable for the wedding opening will be read. It will be issued and the performance will start.

When the video of the closing scene of the wedding is displayed as the playback progresses, if "closing of the wedding" is selected as a small group by the second operator, the music suitable for the closing of the wedding is played. The data is read out,
The performance will start.

Therefore, as described above, if the large group and the small group are classified, the large group is selected by the first operator, and the small group is selected from the large group by the second operator. With an extremely simple operation, the music suitable for the image is instantly selected and the performance is started without any preparation in advance.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a background music playing device according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a background music playing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Further, FIG. 2 shows a connection relationship with peripheral devices when the background music playing device is used.

That is, the background music playing apparatus 10 inputs the video signal and the audio signal output from the reproducing video tape recorder 100 and performs the processing described in detail later. The video signal and the audio signal processed by the background music playing device 10 are the monitor and television 1
02, so that the viewer can enjoy the video and audio. Therefore, the background music playing device 1
0 is a video signal input terminal 12 and an audio signal input terminal 14 for inputting a video signal and an audio signal output from the reproducing video tape recorder 100, respectively.
And a video signal output terminal 16 and an audio signal output terminal 18 for outputting the video signal and the audio signal processed in the background music playing device 10 to the monitor / television 102.

The background music performance device 10 is constructed so that the central processing unit (CPU) 20a in the performance data processing unit 20 controls the overall operation thereof. The performance data processing unit 20 is the CPU described above.
20a, read only memory (ROM) 20 in which a predetermined program for controlling the overall operation is stored
b and a random access memory (RA) as a working area in which various register groups necessary for execution of a program by the CPU 20 as described later are set.
M) 20c and the like, and the operation is controlled by the CPU 20a and various signals are input and output.

Then, to the performance data processing section 20, a performance data input section 22 for inputting performance data stored in a recording medium such as a magnetic disk or a ROM card via a bus, and a performance data input section 22. A tone generator section for generating / stopping a musical tone signal for generating a musical tone of a predetermined pitch or tone color in accordance with a musical tone generation / stop instruction data or tone color data based on the musical performance data input from 24, a tone signal volume control section 26 for adjusting the volume level of the tone signal output from the sound source section 24, and an audio signal volume control section for adjusting the volume level of the audio signal input from the audio signal input terminal 14. 28, the sound signal output from the tone signal volume control section 26 and the sound output from the sound signal volume control section 28. And No. mixing, the audio signal output terminal 1
Mixer 30 for outputting to 8 and video signal input terminal 1
2 and the fader 32 arranged between the video signal output terminal 16 and the performance data input from the performance data input section 22 to instruct the start of the performance or to stop the started performance. Operator group 3 for instructing
4 and 4 are connected.

The magnetic disk or ROM card storing the performance data input to the performance data processing section 20 via the performance data input section 22 has a storage area as schematically shown in FIG. . That is, 100 pieces of performance data of each piece of music are stored in order of song numbers, and sound effect data of sound effects such as “bell sound”, “water murmuring sound”, and “fireworks sound”. The sound effect data library area storing 50 kinds of sound effect numbers in order, the musical performance data stored in the music data library area, and the sound effect data stored in the sound effect data library area , "Birthday", "New Year" ...
"Athletic meet", "entrance ceremony" ... "Sea", "mountain / river" 2
In addition to categorizing into 0 large groups for each theme, the large groups will be further "started (Opening: Open
g) ”,“ BGM (Back Ground Musi)
c: background music), "ending (Ending)" and "sound effect" are divided into small groups by theme, and music and sound effects suitable for each theme of the large group and the small group, The theme-specific music selection data area stored by the music number and the sound effect number is set.

When classifying music pieces and sound effects into a large group and a small group, each music piece and sound effect are considered in consideration of playing as background music when reproducing a video tape that was previously video-recorded. It sets the songs suitable for the theme by classifying them into a large group and a small group.

For example, in the large group of the theme "wedding", music having a title related to "marriage" and music having a gorgeous musical tone are classified. Then, when classifying into small groups, songs having a gorgeous tone suitable for the beginning (banquet) of the wedding are classified into small groups “starting” from the songs classified into the large group to Music with a quiet tone suitable for a BGM during the speech of the attendees is classified into a small group "BGM", and a song with a bright tone suitable for the end of the wedding (end) is subgroup "End".
For example, the sound effect of a bell as a wedding bell is classified into a small group “sound effect”.

As described above, the performance data processing unit 2 to which the performance data stored in the ROM card or the like is input.
0 is to output a performance control signal such as musical tone generation / stop instruction data or tone color data to the sound source section 24 based on the performance data in response to the operation of each operator that constitutes the operator group 34. Become. Then, the sound source unit 24 generates / stops a musical tone signal for generating a musical tone of a predetermined pitch based on such a performance control signal.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the operation panel section 40 in which the respective operators that make up the operator group 34 are arranged. Below, the operator group 3 arranged in the operation panel section 40
4 will be described in detail.

The theme selection button 42 has theme selection buttons 42a to 42t set for each theme.
This is an operator for selectively selecting a large group of theme-specific music selection data areas stored in an OM card or the like according to the theme of a video image reproduced by a videotape or the like. That is, when the theme selection button 42a is operated, the large group "wedding" is selected, when the theme selection button 42b is operated, the large group "birthday" is selected ... When the theme selection button 42k is operated, the large group "athletic meeting" is selected. Is selected ... Theme selection button 42
When t is operated, the large group "mountain / river" is selected.

Therefore, when any one of the theme selection buttons 42a to 42t is operated, the performance data belonging to the large group assigned to the operated button is loaded, and the performance is prepared based on the performance data belonging to the large group. Done.

The theme selection buttons 42a to 42t
Has a built-in light emitting diode (LED),
When the theme selection buttons 42a to 42t are operated, they are turned on. Therefore, by confirming the lighting of the LED, the theme currently selected by operating the theme selection buttons 42a to 42t can be easily identified.

The start button 44, the BGM button 46, and the end button 48 respectively select the small group "start", the small group "BGM", and the small group "end" in the theme-specific music selection data area stored in the ROM card or the like. It is a button for. By operating any of the start button 44, BGM button 46, and end button 48, the start of the performance data belonging to the large group selected by operating any of the theme selection buttons 42a to 42t is started. The performance data of the small group corresponding to the operation of the button 44, the BGM button 46 or the end button 48 is actually read and the performance is performed.

First, when the start button 44 is operated, among the songs suitable for the theme of the large group selected by the operation of the theme selection buttons 42a to 42t, the songs suitable for the start of the video regarding the theme are further classified. The storage area of the small group "starting" is read out, and the musical composition is played by the performance data belonging to the small group "starting".

Then, when the performance of the music belonging to the small group "start" is started, the fader 32 is controlled based on a known technique by the fader control signal outputted upon detecting the start of the performance of the music. , The image will be faded in (the sound and image will gradually become clearer). This fade-in is a small group "start"
Is being performed during the performance of the music belonging to the group, and when the performance of the music belonging to the small group "start" is completed, control is performed so that a clear image is displayed.

When one piece of music belonging to the small group "Start" ends, the piece of music belonging to the small group "BGM" automatically starts, and when one piece of music ends, another piece of music is sequentially played. When all the songs belonging to the small group "BGM" are set to be played, it is possible to return to the first played song belonging to the small group "BGM" and repeat the sequential performance again. Become.

In this way, to stop the performance of the music belonging to the small group "start" and the music belonging to the small group "BGM" to be performed, the stop (Sto
p) The button 50 may be operated. Stop button 50
When you operate, the song being played fades out (sounds and images gradually fade) and ends.
In this fade-out, the operation of the halfway stop button 50 is detected, and the mixing ratio control signal output from the performance data processing unit 20 causes the mixer 30 to be operated based on a known technique.
The control is performed by controlling the mixing ratio of the audio signal output from the audio signal input terminal 14 and the musical sound signal output from the sound source unit 24.

Further, during the performance of the music belonging to the small group "start", the LED incorporated in the start button 44 is turned on, and the performance is stopped midway by the end of the performance of the music or the operation of the stop button 50. In that case, it will be turned off.

Further, when a large group of another theme is selected by operating one of the theme selection buttons 42a to 42t during the performance of a musical piece belonging to the small group "starting", the musical piece being played. Fade out and start a small group "Start" that belongs to the large group with the changed theme
The performance data stored in is read, and the performance of the musical composition based on this performance data is started.

If the start button 44 is operated during the performance of a musical piece belonging to the small group "starting", the musical piece being played is faded out and the other musical pieces belonging to the same small group "starting" are faded out. The performance data of the music is read, and the performance of the music based on the performance data is started.

When the BGM button 46 is operated, among the songs suitable for the theme of the large group selected by the operation of the theme selection buttons 42a to 42t, the songs suitable as the BGM of the image regarding the theme are further classified. The storage area of the small group "BGM" is read, and the music belonging to the small group "BGM" is played.

When the BGM button 46 is operated, it is set so that other music pieces are sequentially played even after the completion of one music piece, and all the music pieces belonging to the small group "BGM" are selected. When you play all over, small group "B
Returning to the first piece of music that belongs to "GM", the performance is repeated again.

To stop the performance of the music belonging to the small group "BGM", the halfway stop button 50 may be operated as described above. When the halfway stop button 50 is operated, the music being played fades out and ends.

Furthermore, during the performance of the music belonging to the small group "BGM", the LE installed in the BGM button 46 is used.
D is turned on, and is turned off when the start button 44, the end button 48, and the pause button 50 are operated.

Further, when a large group of another theme is selected by operating one of the theme selection buttons 42a to 42t during the performance of a musical piece belonging to the small group "BGM", the musical piece being played. Fade out the small group "BG that belongs to the large group with the changed theme"
The performance data stored in "M" is read, and the performance of the musical composition based on this performance data is started.

If the BGM button 44 is operated during the performance of the music belonging to the small group "BGM",
The music being played is faded out, the performance data of other music belonging to the same small group "BGM" is read, and the performance of the music based on this performance data is started.

Further, when the end button 48 is operated, among the songs suitable for the theme of the large group selected by the operation of the theme selection buttons 42a to 42t, the songs suitable for the end of the image regarding the theme are further classified. The storage area of the small group "End" is read out, and the music belonging to the small group "End" is played.

Then, when the performance of the music belonging to the small group "end performance" is started, the timer of the CPU 20a causes 2
It is counted for 0 seconds, and after 20 seconds, the video based on the video signal and the audio based on the audio signal and the musical tone signal fade.
Fader 32 and mixer 30 to be out
To control.

Incidentally, the performance data of the musical pieces belonging to the small group "end performance" should be completed in 20 seconds of performance time.
Since the start of the performance is set, the mixer 30 is controlled so that the start of the performance of the music belonging to the small group “end” is always performed in the fade-in.

If the halfway stop button 50 is operated during the performance of a musical piece belonging to the small group "end", the video and audio are faded out immediately after the operation.

Furthermore, during the performance of the music belonging to the small group "end", the LED incorporated in the end button 48 is turned on, and is turned off when the performance of the music belonging to the small group "end" is completed. .

Further, when a musical piece belonging to the small group "end performance" is being played and one of the theme selection buttons 42a to 42t is operated to select a large group of another theme, the musical piece being played. Fade out to a small group "End" that belongs to the large group with the changed theme
The performance data stored in is read, and the performance of the musical composition based on this performance data is started.

When the end button 48 is operated during the performance of a piece of music belonging to the small group "end", the piece of music being played is faded out and another piece of music belonging to the same small group "end" is selected. The performance data of the music is read, and the performance of the music based on the performance data is started.

Reference numeral 50 is a halfway stop button as described above, which is operated to stop the music being played. When the music being played is stopped by operating the halfway stop button 50, all the operations are finished with a fade-out. Further, when the end button 48 is operated, the video is faded out as described above.

The sound effect button 52 is composed of five sound effect buttons 52a and 52b, and is a button for selecting a small group "sound effect" in the theme-specific music selection data area stored in a ROM card or the like. . By operating these sound effect buttons 52a and 52b, among the performance data belonging to the large group selected by operating one of the theme selection buttons 42a to 42t, the sound effect buttons 52a and 52b can be operated. The effect data of the corresponding small group "sound effect" is actually read and sounded. The sound effects included in the small group “sound effect” are assigned to the sound effect buttons 52a and 52b as the sound effects 1 to 5 respectively.

When the sound effect buttons 52a and 52b are operated, a sound effect is generated, and when it is desired to continuously generate a sound effect, the sound effect buttons 52a and 52b are continuously operated.

Reference numeral 54 is a music volume control operator, and the operation of the music volume control operator 54 controls the tone signal volume controller 26 to control the volume level of the performance of the music.

On the other hand, reference numeral 56 is a voice volume control operator, and by operating the voice volume control operator 56, the voice signal volume control section 28 is controlled, and the voice input to the voice signal input terminal 14 is controlled. It will control the volume level of the audio based on the signal.

In the above configuration, first, after the connection with the peripheral devices is completed, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, a video tape on which a pattern of "wedding" is recorded is reproduced.
The tape recorder 100 prepares for reproduction and output of video and audio from the monitor / television 102.

Then, the video tape being reproduced is a video tape on which the pattern of "wedding" is recorded, and the theme selection button 42a is operated to select a large group of "wedding".

Then, when the reproduction of the video tape is started, the video and audio are outputted from the monitor television 102. When the start button 44 is operated when the image reaches the start portion of the "wedding", the performance data of the music number 3 at the beginning of the small group "starting" of the large group "wedding" is read out, The performance of music number 3 is started. At this time, the video is faded in under the control of the fader 32. Then, when the performance of the music number 3 ends, the video fade-in ends, a clear video is displayed on the monitor TV 102, and the music number 7 at the beginning of the small group “BGM” is displayed.
The performance data of No. 7 is read and the performance of the music number 7 is started. When the performance of the music number 7 is finished, the performance of the music number 2 is started.
The performance data stored in "M" are sequentially read, and the performance is continuously performed.

The volume of the performance of the small group "BGM" is controlled by the operation of the music volume control operator 54, and the volume of the voice recorded on the video tape is controlled by the voice volume control operator 5.
It can be adjusted as appropriate by the operation of 6.

When the church bell sound is produced as a sound effect as a wedding bell, for example, the church bell sound is used as the sound effect number 15 of the sound effect 1 assigned to the sound effect button 52a. If the sound is recorded in the small group "sound effect", the bell sound of the church can be generated in accordance with the image by simply operating the sound effect button 52a.

Further, if the halfway stop button 50 is operated during the performance of the small group "BGM", the music being played fades out and the music ends.

The scene of the video advances and the end of the performance is approaching (end 20
If you press the end button 48 when
The performance data of the musical piece number 12 at the head of the small group "end performance" in the large group "wedding" is read, and the performance of the musical piece number 12 is started by the fade-in. Then, 20 seconds after the performance starts, the video and audio are faded out. Then, the reproduction of the video tape is stopped.

As described above, the theme selection buttons 42a to 42t are operated according to the theme of the video to be reproduced, and the start button 44 and BGM are operated according to the scene of the video.
The extremely easy operation of operating the button 46, the end button 48, etc. makes it possible to reproduce a video tape having a very high effect.

During the performance of the music belonging to the small group "BGM", when the voice based on the voice signal input to the voice signal input terminal 14 is output, the mixer 30 is controlled to automatically It is more effective if the performance of the music belonging to the small group "BGM" is narrowed down a little.

If a sound based on the audio signal input to the audio signal input terminal 14 is being output during the performance of a musical piece belonging to the small group "start" or the small group "end", the mixer 30 is operated. It is more effective to control the voice so that the voice based on the voice signal input to the voice signal input terminal 14 is squeezed.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the background music playing device 10 has been described as having the sound source unit 24 integrated, but the sound source unit 24 may be configured separately.

Further, the performance data may be stored in the ROM 20b of the background music performance device 10 in advance as well as being input to the performance data input section 22 by a recording medium such as a magnetic disk or a ROM card.

Further, the selection of the theme for each of the large group and the small group when storing in the ROM card or the like is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but can be set arbitrarily. In that case, the operator group 34
Each of the operators is also configured to be operated corresponding to the theme that is arbitrarily set.

Further, when the video signal output terminal 16 and the audio signal output terminal 18 are connected to a video tape recorder for recording and recorded on a video tape, the music played by the background music playing device 10 But for playback video
The video being played by the tape recorder 100.
You can easily create a video tape recorded as a post-recording tape. That is, the background music playing device 1
With 0, post-recording can be performed on an image previously captured by a video camera or the like.

[0071]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects.

Performance data of a large number of musical pieces is classified into a plurality of large groups that form one unit by the performance data of a plurality of musical pieces, and the plurality of performance data included in the large group is the performance data of a plurality of musical pieces. Storage means that classifies and stores each of a plurality of small groups constituting one unit, a first manipulator that selects the performance data stored in the storage means for each large group, and the first Second operator for selecting the performance data included in the large group selected by the operator for each of the small groups forming the large group, and the small operator selected by the second operator. Since the performance data included in the group is selectively read out, a first group can be used to create a large group composed of a plurality of small groups. It can be-option. Then, the second operator can select a small group that constitutes the large group selected by the first operator.

Since the performance data of a plurality of musical pieces are stored in the small group, the performance data of the plurality of musical pieces can be selectively read by the reading means.

Therefore, the musical performance data of the musical pieces having a predetermined relevance is collected for each large group, and a plurality of musical performance data included in the large group thus constructed is stored.
If the small groups are grouped so as to have a predetermined relationship, by selecting the first and second operating elements one after another, it is possible to obtain desired playing data from a very large number of musical piece performance data. You will be able to select easily.

Therefore, first, the large group is called "wedding",
For example, if the theme of the large group is "wedding," the performance data of the music included in each large group is classified into "marriage" when the performance data of the music suitable for a theme such as "athletics" is classified. The performance data of music suitable for the theme such as "ceremony opening" and "wedding closing" is classified into small groups.

Then, when playing back the video tape on which the pattern of "wedding" is video-recorded, "wedding" is selected as a large group by the first operator. Then, when playback starts and the image of the wedding opening scene is displayed, if you select "Wedding opening" as a small group with the second operator, the performance data of the music suitable for the wedding opening will be read. Then, the performance of the music suitable for the image can be started.

When the video of the closing scene of the wedding is displayed as the reproduction progresses, if "closing of the wedding" is selected as the small group by the second operator, the music suitable for the closing of the wedding is played. The data can be read out and the performance of the music suitable for the image can be started.

Therefore, as described above, if the large group and the small group are classified, the large group is selected by the first operator, and the small group is selected from the large group by the second operator. With an extremely simple operation, it is possible to instantly select a musical piece suitable for an image and start playing without any preparation in advance.

That is, according to the background music playing device of the present invention, it is not necessary to select music in advance or prepare various devices, and the operability is remarkably improved as compared with the conventional device. Background music can be played quickly by a simple operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a background music playing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a connection relationship diagram with peripheral devices showing a usage state of the background music playing device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a recording mode of performance data of a ROM card used in a background music performance device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an operation panel unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 background music performance device 12 video signal input terminal 14 audio signal input terminal 16 video signal output terminal 18 audio signal output terminal 20 performance data processing section 22 performance data input section 24 sound source section 26 tone signal volume control section 28 audio signal volume Control unit 30 Mixer 32 Fader 34 Operator group 40 Operation panel unit 42 Theme selection button 44 Start button 46 BGM button 48 End button 50 Stop button 52 Sound effect button 54 Music volume control operator 56 Voice volume control operator

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Performance data of a large number of musical pieces is classified into a plurality of large groups that form one unit by the performance data of a plurality of musical pieces, and a plurality of performance data included in the large group is divided into a plurality of musical pieces of a plurality of musical pieces. Storage means for classifying and storing each of a plurality of small groups constituting one unit by performance data; a first operator for selecting the performance data stored in the storage means for each of the large groups; A second manipulator that selects the performance data included in the large group selected by the first manipulator for each of the small groups that make up the large group; and a second manipulator that is selected by the second manipulator A background music performance device comprising: a reading unit for selectively reading the performance data included in the small group.