The present invention relates to a guitar teaching data creation device that creates teaching data, which is for displaying data necessary for basic training for playing guitar, and for assisting such teaching (training) of guitar, to a guitar teaching system including the guitar teaching data creation device, to a guitar teaching data creation method using the guitar teaching data creation device, to a guitar teaching data creation program for actuating the guitar teaching data creation device and to a computer-readable storage medium storing guitar teaching data.
With regard to a musical instrument such as a guitar, which is played by human fingers, it is one of the important teaching methods (training methods) to visually confirm an actual state of the fingers at a teaching time (training time) thereof. As this teaching method (training method), there are a method of actually watching a play of a teacher and learning a method of the play, a method of watching a video regarding fingering of the teacher, which is recorded by a video camera and the like, or a video formed by animating the video, and learning a play method therein, and the like.
Guitar is used in a variety of genres such as classical music, jazz, pop, rock'n'roll, flamenco, and modern music, and a musical instrument, technology and methodology thereof differ depending on the genres. Since the 1970's, in the U.S.A., an orientation toward new sounds has been enhanced from the scenes of jazz and rock'n'roll, and jazz guitarists who crossover the respective genres have appeared. However, contemporary basic technique and theory have not been able to be established due to a problem of a sound range of guitar and a problem of a mechanism on a fingerboard. In particular, though guitar has a difficult-to-understand mechanism on the fingerboard, a methodology for grasping the fingerboard arithmetically from bird's eyes has not been established, and accordingly, data for teaching, which is used for learning harmony and the mechanism, has been deficient, and a guitar training method using appropriate data for teaching has been undeveloped.
World-level skills required for the modern guitarists are four elements, which are score reading ability, playing ability, improvisation ability, and music composition ability. These four elements are elements common to all of jazz, classical music, modern music, rock'n'roll, pop and the like, and as a premise of these four elements, there is a “grasping ability for a musical instrument”. It is conceived that the grasping force for the musical instrument is composed of four skills, which are learning of the chord technique, listening, acquisition of the mechanism on the fingerboard, and the score reading ability. The listening includes chord listening, counterpoint listening, and single melody listening; however, a listening technique for guitarist is not established. As an item of making it difficult to develop the guitarist's score reading ability, a conversion ability to shift the chord onto the fingerboard is regarded as a problem. By learning the above-described four skills, the world-level skills required for the modern guitarists are established. Hence, in guitar training software, it is necessary that the basic technique and the basic theory, which serve for training all of these techniques with high accuracy, be established while getting crossover of the genres.
Moreover, the conventional music production software is determined on the premise of positions of sounds on a piano keyboard, and accordingly, music production software that takes such a complicated mechanism on the guitar fingerboard into consideration is not proposed. That is to say, in a case of an electronic piano that is based on the piano keyboard, for example, there is proposed a guitar teaching data creation device that inputs finger information, which indicates which finger is to be used for each of musical notes for the purpose of playing, to guitar teaching data including information indicating a musical note sequence composing a musical composition. For example, there is proposed a guitar teaching data creation device including: input operators in which correspondences to the fingers are preset; storage means for storing guitar teaching data of an electronic piano; sound emitting means for reading out the guitar teaching data stored in the storage means, and emitting sounds of the electronic piano, which are based on respective musical notes of a musical note sequence concerned with the guitar teaching data; and finger information writing means for writing finger information indicating fingers, which correspond to input operators operated while the sounds are emitted by the sound emitting means, as finger information corresponding to musical notes concerned with the sound emission into the guitar teaching data stored in the storage means (refer to Japanese Patent No. 4186353).
However, on the piano keyboard, the position of each sound is single, and is displayed as a number in a form of tab score display. In the tab score display, input of the chord is an input of numbers, and there has been a problem that not only it can never be said that the tab score display concerned is easy to understand, but also the tab score display concerned is not proper to such display for enhancing the skills of the guitarist.
As described above, there has been a problem that the conventional music production software using the positions on the sounds on the piano keyboard as a lower structure is not software incorporating therein a program for assisting the enhancement of the ability to convert the harmony onto the guitar fingerboard, the conversion being most difficult for the guitarists.
In consideration of the above-described circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a guitar teaching data creation device capable of mathematically grasping the difficult-to-understand mechanism on the fingerboard from bird's eyes and creating the data for teaching, which is necessary to enhance the skill for the conversion of the harmony onto the fingerboard, the conversion being the most difficult for the guitarists, and moreover, to provide a guitar teaching system including the guitar teaching data creation device, a guitar teaching data creation method using the guitar teaching data creation device, and a guitar teaching data creation program for actuating the guitar teaching data creation device.
In order to achieve the foregoing object, a first aspect of the present invention is summarized to be a guitar teaching data creation device including: a central processing unit including: (a) chord inputting means for executing processing for receiving chords; (b) distribution map creating means for collating respective sounds of the chords, which are received by the chord inputting means, with addresses of sounds on a fingerboard of a teaching-oriented guitar, and creating a distribution map of the respective sounds; (c) sequence creating means for creating sequences from the distribution map created by the distribution map creating means; (d) numerical diagram creating means for creating numerical diagrams from the sequences created by the sequence creating means; (e) graphic converting means for converting the numerical diagrams, which are created by the numerical diagram creating means, into graphics; and (f) display means for prioritizing all of the graphics, which are converted by the graphic converting means, and transmitting a signal to arrange and display the graphics.
A second aspect of the present invention relates to a guitar teaching system including a teaching-oriented guitar in which a light emitting source composed of a dot matrix is embedded in a finger board and including a central processing unit connected to the teaching-oriented guitar. Then, the second aspect of the present invention is summarized in that the central processing unit for use in the guitar teaching system according to the second aspect of the present invention includes: (a) chord inputting means for executing processing for receiving chords; (b) distribution map creating means for collating respective sounds of the chords, which are received by the chord inputting means, with addresses of sounds on a fingerboard of a teaching-oriented guitar, and creating a distribution map of the respective sounds; (c) sequence creating means for creating sequences from the distribution map created by the distribution map creating means; (d) numerical diagram creating means for creating numerical diagrams from the sequences created by the sequence creating means; (e) graphic converting means for converting the numerical diagrams, which are created by the numerical diagram creating means, into graphics; and (f) display means for prioritizing all of the graphics, which are converted by the graphic converting means, and transmitting a signal to arrange and display the graphics on the dot matrix.
A third aspect of the present invention is summarized to be a guitar teaching data creation method including: (a) a step of causing chord inputting means of a central processing unit to execute processing for receiving chords; (b) a step of causing distribution map creating means of the central processing unit to collate respective sounds of the chords, which are received by the chord inputting means, with addresses of sounds on a fingerboard of a teaching-oriented guitar, and to create a distribution map of the respective sounds; (c) a step of causing sequence creating means of the central processing unit to create sequences from the distribution map created by the distribution map creating means; (d) a step of causing numerical diagram creating means of the central processing unit to create numerical diagrams from the sequences created by the sequence creating means; (e) a step of causing graphic converting means of the central processing unit to convert the numerical diagrams, which are created by the numerical diagram creating means, into graphics; and (f) a step of causing display means of the central processing unit to prioritize all of the graphics, which are converted by the graphic converting means, and to transmit a signal to arrange and display the graphics, wherein the central processing unit creates guitar teaching data.
A program for realizing the guitar teaching data creation method mentioned in the third aspect of the present invention is stored in a computer-readable recording medium, causes a computer system to read the recording medium, and causes a central processing unit to execute a series of processing for creating guitar teaching data, and can thereby execute the guitar teaching data creation method of the present invention. That is to say, a fourth aspect of the present invention is summarized to be a computer-readable storage medium storing a guitar teaching data creation program for causing a computer to execute a process for creating guitar teaching data, the process including: (a) a step of executing processing for receiving chords; (b) a step of collating respective sounds of the received chords with addresses of sounds on a fingerboard of a teaching-oriented guitar, and creating a distribution map of the respective sounds; (c) creating sequences from the created distribution map; (d) creating numerical diagrams from the created sequences; (e) converting the created numerical diagrams into graphics; and (f) prioritizing all of the converted graphics, and transmitting a signal to arrange and display the graphics. As a recording medium that records the guitar teaching data creation program according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, for example, there is employable a medium capable of recording a program such as an external memory device of a computer, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, or the like.
Next, a description is made of first to fourth embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings. In the following description referring to the drawings, the same or similar numerals are assigned to the same or similar portions. However, the drawings are schematic, and as a matter of course, portions different in mutual dimensional relationships and ratios are incorporated also among the drawings. Moreover, the first to fourth embodiments described below are those which exemplify devices and methods for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and the technical idea of the present invention does not specify exemplified chords, shapes of constituent components, structure, arrangement, number of strings, number of frets, and the like of a guitar for teaching to those described below. In particular, with regard to musical notes displayed on the respective drawings, the musical notes concerned should be originally written as whole notes; however, include those written as quarter notes without tails in order to facilitate the understanding. The technical idea of the present invention can be modified in various ways within the technical scope described in the claims.
(First Embodiment)
As illustrated in
As illustrated in
Though not illustrated, in a similar way to a usual computer system, a program storage device and a data storage device are connected to or built in the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The program storage device and data storage device can be composed of semiconductor memories, magnetic disks, optical disks, magneto-optical disks, magnetic tapes, and the like. Hence, a guitar teaching data creation program for drive-controlling the chord inputting means 221, the distribution map creating means 222, the sequence creating means 223, the numerical diagram creating means 224, the graphic converting means 225 and the display means 226, which are illustrated in
For example, the guitar teaching data creation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention is stored in a computer-readable external recording medium, and the program storage device of the guitar teaching data creation device 22 is caused to read a content recorded in the external recording medium, whereby the guitar teaching data creation program concerned can execute a series of processing of the guitar teaching data creation of the present invention. Here, the “computer-readable external recording medium” stands for such a medium that can record a program, the computer-readable external recording medium including, for example, an external memory device of a computer, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, and the like. Specifically, a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, a magneto-optical (MO) disk, a cassette tape, an open-reel tape and the like are included in the “computer-readable external recording medium”. For example, a main body of the guitar teaching data creation device 22 can be configured to build therein a flexible disk device (e.g., a flexible disk drive) and an optical disk device (e.g., an optical disk drive) or to cause the flexible disk device and the optical disk device to be externally connected thereto. The flexible disk is inserted into the flexible disk drive from an insertion slot thereof, and the CD-ROM is inserted into the optical disk drive from an insertion slot thereof, and both of them are subjected to a predetermined reading operation, whereby the programs stored in these external recording mediums can be installed into the program storage device that composes the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, a predetermined drive device is connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22, whereby, for example, the read-only memory (ROM) and the cassette tape as a magnetic tape device can be used as external recording mediums. Furthermore, it is possible to store the guitar teaching data creation program in the program storage device via an information processing network such as the Internet in place of using the external recording medium.
The guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is configurable of the computer system such as the PC, and accordingly, illustration thereof is omitted. However, the guitar teaching data creation device 22 may further include input devices such as a PC keyboard, a mouse, and a light pen. Specifically, the mouse is clicked for the staff notation displayed on the monitor 23a, whereby musical notes can be inputted. Moreover, as an output device, a printer device or the like may be provided as well as the monitor 23a illustrated in
As illustrated in
On an upper surface of the neck 122, the fingerboard made of wood such as maple, rosewood and ebony or of fiber-reinforced plastics is provided, and on a top surface of the fingerboard, thin sticks made of metal such as nickel silver and brass are provided as frets in a direction perpendicular to the strings. The frets are embedded in the top surface of the fingerboard at positions on the fingerboard, where the strings are touched, so as to become hard protrusions attached perpendicularly to the strings, and intervals are determined by string length changes between the frets and the bridge 132. For sake of convenience, the following description is made while taking a case where 25 frets are provided on the fingerboard; however, it should be noted that the number of frets is not limited to 25, and differs, for example, in a range of 22 to 30 depending on a type of the guitar, and accordingly, the number of frets is merely an example. As illustrated in
As illustrated in
For example, in a case of selecting a program of a scale training by using the touch panel 114, a diagram is displayed on the screen of the monitor (display device) 23a illustrated in
Moreover, for example, in a case of selecting a training program of concords (chords) of Western classical music by using the touch panel 114, diagrams are displayed below an upper-stage score illustrated in
Moreover, a rightward arrow illustrated at a middle-stage position close to the left side of
Moreover, a rightward arrow illustrated at a middle-stage position in
<Guitar Teaching Data Creation Method>
A description is made of a guitar teaching data creation method according to the first embodiment of the present invention by using a flowchart of
(A) First, the guitar teaching data creation program stored in the program storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22 illustrated in
(B) Next, in Step S102, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the distribution map creating means 222 of the CPU 220a illustrated in
(C) Then, in Step S103, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the sequence creating means 223 of the CPU 220a to read out, from the data storage device, the data as illustrated in
(a) While taking, as a root, BASS 36 (A1=36 of 5th fret) of the distribution map of
(b) From TENOR 16 of the distribution map of
(c) In a similar way, from TENOR 47 of the distribution map of
(d) From ALTO 8 of the distribution map of
In a similar way, from ALTO 95 of the distribution map of
(e) In a similar way, in a case where ALTO 8, 33, 64 are extracted with respect to TENOR 47 in
From
(D) Moreover, in Step S104, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the numerical diagram creating means 224 of the CPU 220a to read out the 17 sequences of (A) to (Q), which are created in Step S103, from the data storage device, and individually creates 17 numerical diagrams, which are sequentially illustrated in
(E) Moreover, in Step S105, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the graphic converting means 225 of the central processing unit 220a to read out data for converting the respective positions of the numerical diagram into X-Y coordinates, which are illustrated in
(X−a)2+(Y−b)2≦r2 (1)
and dot shapes obtained by filling circles are formed in regions defined by Expression (1). Then, diagrams are drawn using arrays of these dots, and are converted into the 17 graphics in
(F) Then, in Step S106, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the display means 226 of the central processing unit 220a to read out the graphics of the 17 diagrams, which are displayed by the arrays of the dots obtained by filling the circles with r=0.25, the circles being are converted in Step S105, from the data storage device, and prioritizes all of the graphics (diagrams) converted by the graphic converting means 225. Such prioritization is given in order of forms by which it is possible to touch the 17 graphics (diagrams) of
<Guitar Teaching Data Creation Program>
Such operations of a series of the guitar teaching data creation method illustrated in
As described above, in accordance with the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the first embodiment, the difficult-to-understand mechanism on the fingerboard can be grasped mathematically from bird's eyes, and such teaching-oriented data, which is necessary to enhance the skill for the fingering on the fingerboard, the fingering being the most difficult for the guitarists, can be created. In such a way, there can be further provided: the guitar teaching system including the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the first embodiment; the guitar teaching data creation method using the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the first embodiment; and the guitar teaching data creation program for actuating the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the first embodiment.
(Modification Example of First Embodiment)
In a similar way to the configuration illustrated in
However, in addition to the CPU 220a having: the chord inputting means 221 for executing processing for receive chords; the distribution map creating means 222 for creating a distribution map of respective sounds of the chords by collating the respective sounds with sound addresses on a fingerboard of the teaching-oriented guitar 11; sequence creating means 223 for creating sequences from the distribution map created by the distribution map creating means 222; numerical diagram creating means 224 for creating numerical diagrams of respective combinations from the sequences created by the sequence creating means 223, graphic converting means 225 for converting the numerical diagrams, which are created by the numerical diagram creating means 224, into graphics; and display means 226 for prioritizing all of the graphics of the numerical diagrams converted by the graphic converting means 225, and transmitting a signal to display the graphics while arranging the graphics, all of the means being illustrated in
As illustrated in
<Score Derivation Method>
A description is made of a score derivation method according to the modification example of the first embodiment of the present invention by using a flowchart of
(A) First, the guitar teaching data creation program stored in the program storage device (not illustrated) connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22 illustrated in
(B) Next, in Step S202, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the address number display converting means 232 of the score-deriving CPU 220b illustrated in
(C) Then, in Step S203, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the address English letter display converting means 233 of the score-deriving CPU 220b to read out the numerical display of the addresses, which is converted in Step S202, from the data storage device, and causes the data of the English letter display of the sound addresses on the fingerboard, which are illustrated in
(D) Moreover, in Step S204, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the musical note converting means 234 of the score-deriving CPU 220b to read out the data of the English letter display of the addresses, as illustrated in
(E) Though not illustrated in the flowchart of
<Guitar Teaching Data Creation Program>
Such a series of the processing for executing the score derivation method according to the modification example of the first embodiment, which is illustrated in
(Second Embodiment)
Though the entire system is not illustrated again, in a substantially similar way to the configuration illustrated in
As illustrated in
In a similar way to the guitar teaching system according to the first embodiment, the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the second embodiment can be realized by a computer system such as a PC. In a case where the guitar teaching data creation device 22 is composed of a PC, the monitor 23a illustrated in
Meanwhile, varieties of input/output data and parameters, which are necessary for guitar teaching data creation, data under computation, and the like, can be stored in the data storage device. In the data storage device, there are also stored: data as illustrated in
In the case where the address of the sound of the voice part located above when viewed from BASS is located on the same string, then based on such distribution maps as illustrated in
(a) First, from BASS 22, 53, 84 of the distribution map of
(b) Here, the processing returns to the case where TENOR 2, 27, 89, 120 are extracted while taking the third-fret F2=22 as the root. That is to say, TENOR 2 is focused, and ALTO 20, 45, 76, 107, 138 are searched from TENOR 2 of the distribution map of
ALTO 45, 107, 138 extracted as shown in Table 1 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, the third-fret F2=22 is taken as a root, TENOR 27 in a case where TENOR 2, 27, 89, 120 are extracted is focused, and ALTO 20, 45, 76, 107, 138 are searched from TENOR 27 of the distribution map of FIG. 42A. From the lateral sequence lists of
ALTO 20, 107, 138 extracted as shown in Table 2 are stored in the data storage device (not illustrated) connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, the third-fret F2=22 is taken as a root, TENOR 89 in the case where TENOR 2, 27, 89, 120 are extracted is focused, and ALTO 20, 45, 76, 107, 138 are searched from TENOR 89 of the distribution map of
ALTO 20, 45, 138 extracted as shown in Table 3 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, the third-fret F2=22 is taken as a root, TENOR 120 in the case where TENOR 2, 27, 89, 120 are extracted is focused, and ALTO 20, 45, 76, 107, 138 are searched from TENOR 120 of the distribution map of
ALTO 20, 45, 107 extracted as shown in Table 4 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
(c) Next, the third-fret F2=22 is taken as a root, TENOR 2, 27, 89, 120 are extracted, and moreover, the processing returns to the case where ALTO 45, 107, 138 are extracted with respect to TENOR 2 as shown in Table 1. First, ALTO 45 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 45 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 149 extracted as shown in Table 5 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, as shown in Table 1, ALTO 107 in the case where ALTO 45, 107, 138 are extracted with respect to TENOR 2 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 107 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 87 extracted as shown in Table 6 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, as shown in Table 1, ALTO 138 in the case where ALTO 45, 107, 138 are extracted with respect to TENOR 2 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 138 of the distribution map of
ALTO 31, 87, 149 extracted as shown in Table 7 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. In an inside of the data storage device, the data of Tables 5 to 7 are automatically summarized, formed into such data as in Table 8, and are stored.
(d) Next, the third-fret F2=22 is taken as a root, TENOR 2, 27, 89, 120 are extracted, and moreover, the processing returns to the case where ALTO 20, 107, 138 are extracted with respect to TENOR 27 as shown in Table 2. First, ALTO 20 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 20 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 149 extracted as shown in Table 9 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, as shown in Table 2, ALTO 107 in the case where ALTO 20, 107, 138 are extracted with respect to TENOR 27 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 107 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 62 extracted as shown in Table 10 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, as shown in Table 2, ALTO 138 in the case where ALTO 20, 107, 138 are extracted with respect to TENOR 28 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 138 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 62, 149 extracted as shown in Table 11 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. In the inside of the data storage device, the data of Tables 9 to 11 are automatically summarized, formed into such data as in Table 12, and are stored.
(e) Next, TENOR 2, 27, 89, 120 are extracted while taking the third-fret F2=22 as a root, and further, as shown in Table 3, the processing returns to the case where ALTO 20, 45, 138 are extracted with respect to TENOR 89. First, ALTO 20 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 20 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 87 extracted as shown in Table 13 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, as shown in Table 3, ALTO 45 in the case where ALTO 20, 45, 138 are extracted with respect to TENOR 89 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 45 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 62 extracted as shown in Table 14 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, as shown in Table 3, ALTO 138 in the case where ALTO 20, 45, 138 are extracted with respect to TENOR 89 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 138 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 62, 87 extracted as shown in Table 15 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. In the inside of the data storage device, the data of Tables 13 to 15 are automatically summarized, formed into such data as in Table 16, and are stored.
(f) Next, TENOR 2, 27, 89, 120 are extracted while taking the third-fret F2=22 as a root, and further, as shown in Table 4, the processing returns to the case where ALTO 20, 45, 107 are extracted with respect to TENOR 120. First, ALTO 20 is focused, and SOPRANO, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 20 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 87, 149 extracted as shown in Table 17 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, as shown in Table 4, ALTO 45 in the case where ALTO 20, 45, 107 are extracted with respect to TENOR 120 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 45 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 62, 149 extracted as shown in Table 18 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, as shown in Table 4, ALTO 107 in the case where ALTO 20, 45, 107 are extracted with respect to TENOR 120 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 107 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 62, 87 extracted as shown in Table 19 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. In the inside of the data storage device, the data of Tables 17 to 19 are automatically summarized, formed into such data as in Table 20, and are stored.
Moreover, in the inside of the data storage device, the data of Tables 8, 12, 16, 20 are automatically summarized, and in the case where the third-fret F2=22 is taken as a root, are formed into such 30 data as in Table 21, and are stored.
In a similar way, in a case where the eighth-fret F2=53 is taken as a root, such 30 data as in Table 22 are stored in the inside of the data storage device.
Moreover, in a similar procedure, in a case where the 13th-fret F2=84 is taken as a root, such 34 data as in Table 23 are stored in the inside of the data storage device.
As described above, the duplicate address excluding means 227 that composes the guitar teaching data creation device 22 of the guitar teaching system according to the second embodiment functions as the internal structure of the sequence creating means 223, or operates in cooperation with the sequence creating means 223. Thereby, in the case where such addresses of the sounds of the voice parts located above when viewed from BASS are on the same strings, duplicate address excluding means 227 excludes the data of the sounds of the duplicate addresses based on the distribution map created by the distribution map creating means 222, and sequentially stores the data of the sounds of the extracted addresses in the data storage device. As a result, as a sum total of the data in the cases where the third-fret F2=22, the eighth-fret F2=53 and the 13th-fret F2=84 are taken as roots, data of 94 sequences (combinations of address data), which are as shown in Table 21 to Table 23, can be finally obtained.
<Guitar Teaching Data Creation Method>
A description is made of a guitar teaching data creation method according to the second embodiment of the present invention by using the flowchart of
(A) First, the guitar teaching data creation program stored in the program storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22 illustrated in
(B) Next, in Step S302, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the distribution map creating means 222 of the CPU 220c illustrated in
(c) Then, in Step S303, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the duplicate address excluding means 227 of the central processing unit 220c to read out, from the data storage device, the data as illustrated in
(D) Moreover, in Step S305, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the numerical diagram creating means 224 of the central processing unit 220c to read out the 94 sequences, which are created in Steps S303 and S304, from the data storage device, and by using the data of the integer values of 1 to 156, which are as illustrated in
(E) Moreover, in Step S306, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the graphic converting means 225 of the central processing unit 220c to read out data (refer to the first embodiment) for converting the respective positions of the numerical diagram into X-Y coordinates as illustrated in
(F) In the case where the third-fret F2=22 is taken as a root, then the fourth-string root is defined as illustrated in
<Case of Taking Open Strings as BASS>
There is a case of using open strings (lowest note) E1, A1, D1, G2, B2, E3 on the 0 fret at a time of playing the guitar. The open strings have such features in sounding well when being used as BASS, being effective when being used as organ points, facilitating position movement when the movement is required in scale and arpeggio, enabling eccentric voicing of the chords, and the like. Frequently used open strings include “E, A, D, G, B, E” and “D, A, D, G, B, E”, in which the string is tuned down by one note. Each of the chords is sometimes caused to omit a root thereof, and is displayed by NR in this case. In the case where a root is omitted, the sound over thereof is defined as a root. A description is made below on the assumption that the staff notation is displayed on a screen of a monitor similar to the monitor illustrated in
(a) First, TENOR F2=16, 47, 78 are searched from BASS 5, 30 in a distribution map of
(b) Next, TENOR 16 is focused, and ALTO 8, 33, 64, 95, 126 are searched from TENOR 16 of the distribution map of
ALTO 8, 33, 126 extracted as shown in Table 24 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, TENOR 78 is focused, and ALTO 8, 33, 64, 95, 126 are searched from TENOR 78 of the distribution map of
ALTO 8, 33, 64 extracted as shown in Table 25 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
(c) Next, TENOR 16, 78 are extracted while taking the A1=5 of the open string on the 0 fret as a root, and further, as shown in Table 24, the processing returns to the case where ALTO 20, 33, 126 are extracted with respect to TENOR 16. First, ALTO 8 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 8 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 87 extracted as shown in Table 26 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, as shown in Table 24, ALTO 33 in the case where ALTO 8, 33, 126 are extracted with respect to TENOR 16 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 33 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 62 extracted as shown in Table 27 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, as shown in Table 24, ALTO 126 in the case where ALTO 8, 33, 126 are extracted with respect to TENOR 16 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 126 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 62, 87 extracted as shown in Table 28 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. In the inside of the data storage device, the data of Tables 26 to 28 are automatically summarized, formed into such data as in Table 29, and are stored.
(d) Next, TENOR 16, 78 are extracted while taking the A1=5 of the open string on the 0 fret as a root, and further, as shown in Table 25, the processing returns to the case where ALTO 8, 33, 64 are extracted with respect to TENOR 78. First, ALTO 8 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 8 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 87, 118 extracted as shown in Table 30 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, as shown in Table 25, ALTO 33 in the case where ALTO 8, 33, 64 are extracted with respect to TENOR 78 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 33 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 62, 118 extracted as shown in Table 31 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, as shown in Table 25, ALTO 64 in the case where ALTO 8, 33, 64 are extracted with respect to TENOR 78 is focused, and SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 are searched from ALTO 64 of the distribution map of
SOPRANO 31, 62, 87 extracted as shown in Table 32 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22. In the inside of the data storage device, the data of Tables 30 to 32 are automatically summarized, formed into such data as in Table 33, and are stored.
In the inside of the data storage device, the data of Tables 29 to 33 are automatically summarized, formed into such 16 data of A to P as in Table 34, and are stored.
As described above, in the case where the addresses of the sounds of the voice parts located above when viewed from BASS, the addresses being composed of such a 0-fret open-string A1=5 and the 4th-fret A1=30, are on the same string, then based on the distribution maps created by the distribution map creating means 222, the duplicate address excluding means 227 excludes the data of the sound of the duplicate address, and stores the data of the sounds of the extracted addresses sequentially in the data storage device, and can thereby store the data of the 16 sequences finally. Thereafter, in Step S305 of the flowchart illustrated in
Then, in Step S307 of the flowchart illustrated in
Relationship Between Sound Range and Order of Priority
(I) As illustrated on a staff notation of
In Steps S307 and Step S308 in
(II) As illustrated in
(III) As illustrated on a staff notation of
(IV) As illustrated on a staff notation of
(V) As illustrated on a staff notation of
(VI) As illustrated on a staff notation of
As illustrated on a staff notation of
(VIII) As illustrated on a staff notation of
(IX) As illustrated on a staff notation of
(X) As illustrated on a staff notation of
(XI) As illustrated on a staff notation of
<Guitar Teaching Data Creation Program>
Such operations of a series of the guitar teaching data creation method illustrated in
As described above, in accordance with the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the second embodiment, the difficult-to-understand mechanism on the fingerboard can be grasped mathematically from bird's eyes, and such teaching-oriented data, which is necessary to enhance the skill for the fingering on the fingerboard, the fingering being the most difficult for guitarists, can be created. In such a way, there can be further provided: the guitar teaching system including the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the second embodiment; the guitar teaching data creation method using the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the second embodiment; and the guitar teaching data creation program for actuating the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the second embodiment.
(Third Embodiment)
Though the entire system is not illustrated again, in a substantially similar way to the configuration illustrated in
As illustrated in
In a similar way to the teaching systems according to the first and second embodiments, the teaching data creation device 22 according to the third embodiment can be realized by a computer system such as a PC. In a case where the teaching data creation device 22 is composed of a PC, the monitor 23a illustrated in
Then, the teaching data creation program according to the third embodiment of the present invention is stored in a computer-readable external recording medium, and the program storage device of the teaching data creation device 22 is caused to read a content recorded in the external recording medium, whereby the teaching data creation program concerned can execute a series of processing of the teaching data creation of the present invention. The teaching data creation device 22 according to the third embodiment of the present invention is configurable in a PC or the like, and accordingly, illustration thereof is omitted; however, the teaching data creation device 22 may further include input devices such as a PC keyboard, a mouse, and a light pen. This fact or other configurations such as the structure of the teaching-oriented guitar 11 are substantially similar to those of the teaching system according to the first embodiment, and accordingly, a duplicate description is omitted.
<Teaching Data Creation Method>
A description is made of a teaching data creation method according to the third embodiment by using the flowchart of
(A) First, the teaching data creation program stored in the program storage device connected to the teaching data creation device 22 illustrated in
(B) Next, in Step S502, the BASS address determining means 241 of the CPU 220d determines the addresses of BASS in accordance with sound range tables as illustrated in
(C) Thereafter, in Step S504, the numerical diagram creating means 224 of the CPU 220d creates the numerical diagrams (address diagrams) from the selected positions of the respective intervals, which are determined by the interval selection position determining means 242. The numerical diagrams are stored in the data storage device connected to the teaching data creation device 22. Moreover, in Step S505, the graphic converting means 225 of the CPU 220d converts the numerical diagrams, which are created by the numerical diagram creating means 224, into graphics illustrated in
(D) Then, in Step S506, the display means 243 of the CPU 220d transmits the signal to arrange the graphics, which are converted by the graphic converting means 225, for each BASS of the respective strings, and to display the arranged graphics. As a result, in Step S506, the graphics are arranged for each BASS of the respective strings on the screen of the monitor similar to that illustrated in
In accordance with the teaching data creation device 22 according to the third embodiment, the changes of the forms of the respective chords and the respective positions thereof can be clarified and displayed. As a result, guitarists can be assisted to arrange and grasp difficulty in understanding the harmonies and the mechanisms.
The program for converting the inputted chords into the diagrams, the program including Step S502 to Step S504 in
As illustrated in
Chords other than those illustrated on the upper stage of
The program of the teaching data creation method according to the third embodiment is premised on such a program in which the lower structure (keyboard of piano) of the conventional music production software is shifted to the fingerboard of the guitar, and first receives the key signatures of the parent keys on the upper stage of
A description is made of a score writing method in the teaching data creation method according to the third embodiment while taking D1 of Sound range III, which is illustrated in
(i) First, D1 is taken as BASS, and TENOR sounds are individually accumulated thereon in order of the 2nd interval, the 3rd interval, the 4th interval, the 5th interval, the 6th interval, the 7th interval, the 8th interval, the 9th interval, the 10th interval, the 11th interval and the 12th interval. Two-part bodies are thereby created, and as illustrated in
(ii) Next, on the respective sounds of the two-part bodies on the one-dimensional table of
(iii) Next, on the respective sounds of the 77 types of three-part bodies of
A row direction (lateral direction) of the two-dimensional matrix of
In the partial display by the two-dimensional matrix of
B, T, A, S, which are illustrated on an upper stage side of the table of
Moreover, with regard to BASS 66 of D1, it is understood that TENOR 59 and TENOR 53 are accumulated thereon, and that ALTO 52 and ALTO 46 are accumulated on TENOR 59. Furthermore, it is understood that ALTO 46 and ALTO 40 are accumulated on TENOR 53. Moreover, it is understood that addresses of SOPRANO 45 and SOPRANO 39 are accumulated on ALTO 52 accumulated on TENOR 59, and that addresses of SOPRANO 39 and SOPRANO 33 are accumulated on ALTO 46 accumulated on TENOR 59. In a similar way, it is understood that addresses of SOPRANO 39 and SOPRANO 33 correspond to ALTO 46 accumulated on TENOR 53, and that addresses of SOPRANO 33 and SOPRANO 27 correspond to ALTO 40 accumulated on TENOR 53.
As illustrated in
In each square (frame) of
As described by using
Moreover, in this case, as a chord annexed with Symbol (B) on a right side of
In a similar way,
As described above, according to the teaching data creation device 22 according to the third embodiment, the changes of the forms of the respective chords and the positions of the sounds thereof for each chord in
(Fourth Embodiment)
A guitar teaching system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention is substantially similar to the configuration of the guitar teaching system according to a first embodiment. As shown in
The guitar teaching data creation device 22 is a processor including a central processing unit (CPU) 220a having: chord inputting means 221 for executing processing for receiving chords; distribution map creating means 222 for creating a distribution map of respective sounds of the chords, which are received by the chord inputting means 221, by collating the respective sounds with sound addresses on a fingerboard of the teaching-oriented guitar 11; sequence creating means 223 for creating sequences (combinations) from the distribution map created by the distribution map creating means 222; numerical diagram creating means 224 for creating numerical diagrams (address diagrams) of respective combinations from the sequences created by the sequence creating means 223; graphic converting means 225 for converting the numerical diagrams, which are created by the numerical diagram creating means 224, into graphics; and display means 226 for giving a definition to prioritize all of the numerical diagrams converted into the graphics by the graphic converting means 225, determining highest-priority diagrams, and transmitting a signal to display the highest-priority diagrams while arranging the highest-priority diagrams.
In a similar way to the guitar teaching system according to the first to third embodiments, the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the fourth embodiment can be realized by a computer system such as a PC. In a case where the guitar teaching data creation device 22 is composed of a PC, the monitor 23a illustrated in
Meanwhile, varieties of input/output data and parameters, which are necessary for guitar teaching data creation, data under computation, and the like, can be stored in the data storage device. In the data storage device, there are also stored: data as illustrated in
Then, the guitar teaching data creation program according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is stored in a computer-readable external recording medium, and the program storage device of the guitar teaching data creation device 22 is caused to read a content recorded in the external recording medium, whereby the guitar teaching data creation program concerned can execute a series of the processing of the guitar teaching data creation of the present invention. The guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is configurable of computer system such as a PC, and accordingly, illustration thereof is omitted. However, the guitar teaching data creation device 22 may further include input devices such as a PC keyboard, a mouse, and a light pen. This fact or other configurations such as the structure of the teaching-oriented guitar 11 are substantially similar to those of the guitar teaching system according to the first embodiment, and accordingly, a duplicate description is omitted.
<Method for Creating Conversion Data of Chord onto Fingerboard in Guitar>
A description is made of a method for creating conversion data of a chord onto the fingerboard in the guitar according to fourth embodiment of the present invention by using a flowchart of
First,
(A) In Step S601 of
(B) Next, in Step S602, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the distribution map creating means 222 of the CPU 220a illustrated in
(C) Next, in Step S604, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the sequence creating means 223 of the central processing unit 220a to read out, from the data storage device, the data as illustrated in
In particular, the sequence creating means 223 takes third-fret F2=22 of the distribution map illustrated in
The extracted combination of BASS 22 and TENOR 2 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22 and TENOR 2, and searches ALTO 19, 50, 75, 106, 137 from the distribution map as shown in
The combination of BASS 22, TENOR 2 and ALTO 19, the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 2 and ALTO 75, and the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 2 and ALTO 137, which are extracted as shown in Table 38, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 2 and ALTO 19, and searches SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 from the distribution map as shown in
Note that, numbers of “1” and “2” described in the left side column in Table 39 indicate that an order of combinations of four-part bodies is “first” and “second” (the same applies to the following Tables). The first and second combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies extracted as shown in Table 39 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses BASS 22, TENOR 2 and ALTO 75, and searches SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 from the distribution map illustrated in
The third and fourth combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 40, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses BASS 22, TENOR 2 and ALTO 19, and searches SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 from the distribution map illustrated in
The fifth and sixth combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 41, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 takes third-fret F2=22 of the distribution map illustrated in
The extracted combination of BASS 22 and TENOR 27 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22 and TENOR 27, and searches ALTO 19, 50, 75, 106, 137 from the distribution map illustrated in
The combination of BASS 22, TENOR 27 and ALTO 19, the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 27 and ALTO 50, and the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 27 and ALTO 137, which are extracted as shown in Table 43, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 27 and ALTO 19, and searches SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 from the distribution map illustrated in
The seventh and eighth combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 44, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 27 and ALTO 50, and searches SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 from the distribution map illustrated in
The ninth and tenth combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 45, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 27 and ALTO 137, and searches SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 from the distribution map illustrated in
The 11th and 12nd combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 46, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 takes third-fret F2=22 of the distribution map illustrated in
The extracted combination of BASS 22 and TENOR 89 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22 and TENOR 89, and searches ALTO 19, 50, 75, 106, 137 from the distribution map illustrated in
The combination of BASS 22, TENOR 89 and ALTO 19, the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 89 and ALTO 50, and the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 89 and ALTO 75, which are extracted as shown in Table 48, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 89 and ALTO 19, and searches SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 from the distribution map illustrated in
The 13th and 14th combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 49, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 89 and ALTO 50, and searches SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 from the distribution map illustrated in
The 15th and 16th combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 50, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 89 and ALTO 75, and searches SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 from the distribution illustrated in
The 17th and 18th combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 51, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 takes third-fret F2=22 of the distribution map illustrated in
The extracted combination of BASS 22 and TENOR 120 are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22 and TENOR 120, and searches ALTO 19, 50, 75, 106, 137 from the distribution map illustrated in
The combination of BASS 22, TENOR 120 and ALTO 19, the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 120 and ALTO 50, the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 120 and ALTO 75, and the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 120 and ALTO 137, which are extracted as shown in Table 53, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 120 and ALTO 19, and searches SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 from the distribution map illustrated in
The 19th to 21st combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 54, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 120 and ALTO 50, and searches SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 from the distribution map illustrated in
The 22nd to 24th combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 55, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 120 and ALTO 75, and searches SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 from the distribution map illustrated in
The 22nd to 24th combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 56, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
Next, the sequence creating means 223 focuses the combination of BASS 22, TENOR 120 and ALTO 137, and searches SOPRANO 31, 62, 87, 118, 149 from the distribution map illustrated in
The 28th to 30th combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 57, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
In a similar way to the sequence of extracting the combinations of four-part bodies with focusing BASS 22 as already mentioned, the sequence creating means 223 focuses BASS 53 and extracts combinations of four-part bodies. As a result, as shown in Table 58, 31st to 60th combinations of four-part bodies are extracted.
The 31st to 60th combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 58, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
In a similar way, the sequence creating means 223 focuses BASS 84 and extracts combinations of four-part bodies. As a result, as shown in Table 59 and Table 60, 61st to 109th combinations of four-part bodies are extracted.
The 61st to 109th combinations (sequences) of four-part bodies, which are extracted as shown in Table 59 and Table 60, are stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22.
(D) In Step S605 of
(E) Moreover, in Step S606, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the graphic converting means 225 of the CPU 220a to read out data (refer to the first embodiment) for converting the respective positions of the numerical diagram into X-Y coordinates as illustrated in
In this event, in a similar way to the first embodiment, a circle is filled in each region where the inequality of circle defined by Expression (1) prescribes the value of the X-Y coordinate=(a,b) of each numeral, the value being expressed in the numerical diagram, whereby the dot is drawn. That is to say, a circle, which takes the X-Y coordinate=(a,b) as a center, is defined, and by such dots obtained by filling the circles, the numerical diagrams are expressed as the graphics of the diagrams composed of the arrays of the dots, which are as illustrated in
(F) In Step S607, the guitar teaching data creation program causes the display means 226 of the central processing unit 220a to read out the first to 109th diagrams (graphics) illustrated in
In the case of first to 109th diagrams illustrated in
Then, the display means 226 preferentially extracts diagrams extending over lower frets from the 109 diagrams stored in the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22, since a diagram extending over lower frets is easier to touch the strings. For example, diagrams within six frets, that is, the 39th, 45th, 48th, 92nd, 104th and 108th diagrams extend over five frets illustrated in
(G) Next, in Step S608, the display means 226 determines root string of the 9th, 39th, 45th, 48th, 92nd, 104th and 108th diagrams, and arranges them in order of the 39th, 45th and 48th diagrams having the fifth-string root, the 92nd, 104th and 108th diagrams having the sixth-string root, and the 9th diagram having the fourth-string root. At this timing, the diagrams are arranged arbitrarily for each string root. Then, the diagrams are prioritized so as to place higher priority on a lower position for each string root so the diagrams are arranged in order of the priority for each string root. As a result, as shown in
(H) Next, in Step S609, the display means 226 reads out definitions of fourth, fifth and eighth from the data storage device connected to the guitar teaching data creation device 22, and determines whether addresses of respective voice parts of the diagrams comply with the fourth, fifth and eighth definitions, and excludes a diagram from a highest-priority diagram when the diagram does not comply with the fourth, fifth and eighth definitions (the fourth, fifth and eighth definitions will hereinafter be described in detail). Here, the 39th diagram of fifth-string root does not comply with the fourth definition among the fourth, fifth and eighth definitions, and therefore the 39th diagram is extruded from the highest-priority diagram. Moreover, the 92nd diagram of the sixth-string root does not comply with the fourth definition among the fourth, fifth and eighth definitions, and therefore the 92nd diagram is extruded from the highest-priority diagram. As a result, as shown in
(I) In Step S610, since the diagrams illustrated in
<About Fourth, Fifth and Eighth Definitions>
Next, a description is made of the fourth, fifth and eighth definitions, which are used for prioritizing the diagrams in Step S609 of
In the case of the perfect 4th and the augmented 4th, when one address is positioned upper two-strings from BASS, the addresses are within 5 frets from BASS and forms lower position. However, in this case, the basic from of the diagram is collapsed, and therefore it is possible to cause confusion.
In the case of the perfect 5th and the diminished 5th, when one address is positioned upper two-strings from BASS, the addresses are within 5 frets from BASS and forms lower position. However, in this case, the basic from of the diagram is collapsed, and therefore it is possible to cause confusion.
As described above, in accordance with the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the fourth embodiment, the difficult-to-understand mechanism on the fingerboard can be grasped mathematically from bird's eyes, and such data, which is necessary to enhance the skill for ability to convert chords onto the fingerboard, the conversion being the most difficult for guitarists, can be created. In such a way, there can be further provided: the guitar teaching system including the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the fourth embodiment; the guitar teaching data creation method using the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the fourth embodiment; and the guitar teaching data creation program for actuating the guitar teaching data creation device 22 according to the fourth embodiment.
(Other Embodiments)
As above, the present invention is described by the first to fourth embodiments; however, it should not be understood that the description and the drawings, which from a part of this disclosure, limit the present invention. From this disclosure, a variety of alternative embodiments, examples and operation technologies will be obvious for those skilled in the art in view of the teachings herein.
For example, in the first embodiment, the configuration of the guitar teaching system is explained by example as illustrated in
Alternatively, the piano keyboard-type keyboard 15 may be omitted, and as illustrated in
Alternatively, as illustrated in
In
Moreover, in the above-described first to fourth embodiments, the description has been made of the case where the staff notation is displayed on the screen of the monitor 23a by using the guitar teaching data creation program, and the chord is inputted by clicking the mouse on the staff notation on the screen of the monitor 23a. However, without using the mouse, a finger, a pen tip and the like may be caused to directly touch the staff notation to input the chord after the staff notation is displayed on the monitor 23a, 23b or 23c, each of which has the function of the touch panel.
Furthermore, such diagrams (forms) as illustrated in
That is to say, as illustrated in a flowchart of
Also in such a procedure as illustrated in the flowchart of
The present invention is usable for the fields which include the industry such as the manufacturing of the electronic musical instrument, and the service industry such as guitar teaching.
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