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Granted Patent B2
US 11,600,251 · App. 17/078,621 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Musicality information provision method, musicality information provision apparatus, and musicality information provision system

Inventors: Shinichi Yamagiwa (Ibaraki, JP); Yoshinobu Kawahara (Osaka, JP); Hidemasa Togai (Shizuoka, JP); Yoshiyasu Kitagawa (Shizuoka, JP); Ikuo Tanaka (Shizuoka, JP); Tomoko Nakai (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA; OSAKA UNIVERSITY; ROLAND CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,600,251
App. No.
17/078,621
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A musicality information provision method includes acquiring first performance data from a performance of a given composition, calculating, with respect to a combination of a plurality of parameters indicating musicality, which are included in the first performance data, respective distances between the first performance data and a plurality of sets of second performance data that are acquired from performances of the given composition and that are compared with the first performance data, and outputting determination information for determining the musicality of the first performance data, the determination information including information indicating the distances.

Claims (27)

1. A musicality information provision method, comprising:

acquiring, using a processor, first performance data from a performance of a given composition;

calculating, using the processor, with respect to a combination of a plurality of parameters indicating musicality, which are included in the first performance data, respective distances between the first performance data and a plurality of sets of second performance data that are acquired from performances of the given composition and that are compared with the first performance data, wherein the plurality of parameters indicating the musicality include time differences between operation start timings of performance controllers during a standard performance of the given composition and operation start timings of the performance controllers in the first performance data; and

outputting, using the processor, determination information for determining the musicality of the first performance data, the determination information including information indicating the respective distances.

2. The musicality information provision method according to claim 1 , wherein the combination of the plurality of parameters indicating the musicality is a combination of the time differences between the operation start timings of the performance controllers during the standard performance of the given composition and the operation start timings of the performance controllers in the first performance data, differences between strengths by which the performance controllers are operated during the standard performance and the strengths by which the performance controllers are operated in the first performance data, and differences between lengths of notes produced by operating the performance controllers during the standard performance and the lengths of the notes produced by operating the performance controllers in the first performance data.

3. The musicality information provision method according to claim 1 , wherein the combination of the plurality of parameters indicating the musicality is a combination of the time differences between the operation start timings of the performance controllers during the standard performance of the given composition and the operation start timings of the performance controllers in the first performance data, strengths by which the performance controllers are operated in the first performance data, and lengths of notes produced by operating the performance controllers in the first performance data.

4. The musicality information provision method according to claim 1 , wherein the information indicating the respective distances includes information indicating a distribution of the first performance data and the plurality of sets of second performance data with respect to the plurality of parameters indicating the musicality.

5. The musicality information provision method according to claim 1 , wherein the information indicating the respective distances includes information indicating sets of second performance data, among the plurality of sets of second performance data, up to a predetermined ranking in ascending or descending order of a corresponding distance of the respective distances from the first performance data.

6. The musicality information provision method according to claim 1 , wherein the information indicating the respective distances includes information indicating respective performers of the first performance data and the second performance data.

7. The musicality information provision method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, using the processor, a musicality group to which the first performance data belongs based on the information indicating the respective distances;

acquiring, using the processor, one or more sets of performance data that are different from the first performance data but belong to the determined musicality group; and

generating, using the processor, edited performance data by editing the one or more sets of performance data.

8. The musicality information provision method according to claim 7 , further comprising transmitting, using by the processor, the edited performance data to a predetermined transmission destination.

9. A musicality information provision apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to:

acquire first performance data from a performance of a given composition;

calculate, with respect to a combination of a plurality of parameters indicating musicality, which are included in the first performance data, respective distances between the first performance data and a plurality of sets of second performance data that are acquired from performances of the given composition and that are compared with the first performance data, wherein the plurality of parameters indicating the musicality include time differences between operation start timings of performance controllers during a standard performance of the given composition and operation start timings of the performance controllers in the first performance data; and

output determination information for determining the musicality of the first performance data, the determination information including information indicating the respective distances.

10. A musicality information provision system, comprising:

a terminal apparatus configured to transmit performance data of a given composition performed using an electronic musical instrument; and

a server including:

a receiver configured to receive the performance data as first performance data; and

a processor configured to:

calculate, with respect to a combination of a plurality of parameters indicating musicality, which are included in the first performance data, respective distances between the first performance data and a plurality of sets of second performance data that are acquired from performances of the given composition and that are compared with the first performance data, wherein the plurality of parameters indicating the musicality include time differences between operation start timings of performance controllers during a standard performance of the given composition and operation start timings of the performance controllers in the first performance data; and

output determination information for determining the musicality of the first performance data, the determination information including information indicating the respective distances.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2020
From: YAMAGIWA, SHINICHI; KAWAHARA, YOSHINOBU; TOGAI, HIDEMASA; KITAGAWA, YOSHIYASU; TANAKA, IKUO; NAKAI, TOMOKO
To: UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA; OSAKA UNIVERSITY; ROLAND CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-084816 · Apr 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019016635 · Apr 18, 2019
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