JP2002082665A - Device, method and processing program for assigning lyrics - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To assign lyrics information having a mixture of KANJI and KANA to musical score information. SOLUTION: When lyrics information that is constituted of a character string having a mixture of KANJI and KANA is inputted using a keyboard 3 and an audio input system, the lyrics information is automatically converted into reading employing a conversion dictionary, the lyrics information of the converted reading is assigned to the musical score information independently inputted by a pointing device 4 or the like and the information is reproduced by a sound system 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lyrics allocating apparatus, a lyrics allocating method, and a lyrics allocating program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A melody line such as a scale or a melody is edited, and an application program having a lyrics assignment processing function for allocating lyrics to the edited melody line is processed on a personal computer, so that music can be easily enjoyed. You can do it. Conventionally, this type of function uses a pointing device such as a keyboard or mouse to select the beat and tempo from a menu according to the user's preference as a melody, and further displays various notes on the screen. Arbitrarily select notes from and assign them to the staff. And
For each of the notes displayed on the staff notation, character information to be lyrics is input using a keyboard, and lyrics are assigned to the notes.

In this lyrics assignment process, lyrics composed of "Hiragana" and "Katakana" input from a keyboard are assigned to one musical note. Also, as in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-163057, a plurality of characters are assigned to one note.

[0004]

However, in the conventional lyrics assigning process, one or more characters can be assigned to one note, but the input for the note is "Hiragana" or "Hiragana". "Katakana"
The created data of the lyrics themselves consisted of "Hiragana" and "Katakana" characters, and it was very difficult for the user to understand the lyrics later, unlike a normal Kanji-kana mixed document. Also, even if the lyrics were created in a document mixed with kanji or kana, they could not be assigned to notes as they were.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and is input as lyric data as kanji-kana mixed sentences, and converts the kanji-kana mixed sentences into readings such as "Hiragana" and "Katakana". The purpose is to assign data to notes.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems To achieve the above object, lyrics information input means for inputting lyric information mixed with kanji and kana, score information input means for inputting score information, and the lyric information input Lyrics conversion means for converting the lyric information mixed with kanji and kana inputted by the means into lyric information consisting of readings, and lyric information comprising readings converted by the lyric converting means into music information inputted by the music information input means And a song output means for outputting lyrics information in accordance with the musical score information assigned by the song synthesis means.

According to such a configuration, if lyrics information and music score information composed of a character string mixed with kanji and kana are input,
The lyrics information automatically converted to reading is assigned to the musical score information.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a lyrics assigning apparatus according to the present invention. The CPU 1 controls the entire apparatus. The memory 2 stores various data. The memory 2 stores a program area for realizing a lyrics assignment function, a data area for conversion dictionary data, voice waveform data, and other various registers and flags required for executing a program. It consists of an area to store.

The keyboard 3 is for inputting character information such as kana, alphanumeric characters and symbols and various control commands. The pointing device 4 is for inputting coordinate data such as a mouse and an online input pen. The display 5 is a display device such as an LCD or a CRT and displays various data.

The sound system 6 includes a sound source for generating an audio signal, a D / A converter for converting audio waveform data read from the memory 2 from a digital signal to an analog audio signal, a filter for removing unnecessary components of the audio signal, An amplifier for amplifying the audio signal and a speaker for outputting the audio signal are provided.

A program for realizing the lyrics assigning function is stored in a storage unit such as an HDD via a CD-ROM or a communication line (not shown). And the processing is realized by the CPU 1 or the like.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the lyrics assigning apparatus of the present invention. The lyric information input section 11 is for inputting lyric information by the keyboard 3 or voice input. Here, the lyric information is information composed of a character string mixed with kanji and kana input using a kana-kanji conversion function (not shown). The musical score information input unit 12 sets the time signature, tempo, and arranges notes according to the musical score input screen displayed on the display unit 13.

The music information control unit 10 includes a lyrics information input unit 1
In this processing, the lyrics information input in step 1 and the musical score information input in the musical score information input section 12 are associated with each other, synthesized, and output. The conversion dictionary unit 16 stores a predetermined word and its reading information in association with each other. Lyric converter 1
Reference numeral 7 denotes a function of converting the lyric information of the character string mixed with the kanji and kana input into the lyric information input unit 11 into a hiragana or katakana character string for assignment to a note (for convenience, a hiragana character string in the present embodiment). Have. Here, the lyrics conversion unit 17 refers to the conversion dictionary unit 16 and searches for the corresponding word from the lyrics information composed of the character string mixed with the kanji and kana, and if there is the corresponding word, reads the corresponding reading information (hiragana). Then, based on this, the lyrics information of the Hiragana character string is reconstructed. Then, the song synthesizing unit 17 assigns the lyrics information composed of the hiragana character strings converted by the lyrics converting unit 17 to the notes of the musical score information input from the musical score information input unit 12. With the lyrics information and musical note assigned in this way, audio information is generated with reference to each piece of information such as the time signature and tempo of the musical score information. The song output unit 14 amplifies the voice information generated by the song synthesis unit 18 using an amplifier of the sound system 6 and outputs the amplified voice information via a speaker.

The display unit 13 displays various setting screens and the like on the display 5 to realize the lyrics assignment function.

Next, specific processing of the lyrics assignment function will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a series of processing operations related to input processing of lyrics information and score information by a user, and reproduction processing after the lyrics information and score information are assigned.

When the operation of the lyrics assignment function is started by a predetermined operation, the lyrics information is first entered. The music information control unit 10 displays a lyrics information input screen 20 on the display unit 13.
Is displayed. And the user goes to screen 2
The lyrics information is input while watching 0, and the lyrics information input unit 11 sends the input lyrics information to the music information control unit 10 (step S11). The lyric information appropriately input is temporarily stored in the memory 2 or the like. Then, the music information control unit 10
Is a display unit 1 for displaying the input lyrics information.
Output to 3. The display unit 13 appropriately displays the lyrics information on the screen 20 of the display 5 according to the input from the user.

FIG. 4 shows a screen presented to the user. The user enters the lyrics information input area 2 in the screen 20.
On 1, the lyric information of the character string mixed with kanji and kana is input using the kana-kanji conversion function. The symbol “＠” included in the lyrics information indicates a line feed mark. By inputting a line feed mark, one phrase is completed, and the next phrase number is displayed in the phrase number area 22. The lyrics information is stored in the memory 2 in association with the phrase number. In this way, the input of the lyrics information is performed, and when it is desired to end the input of the lyrics information, the “Next” button at the bottom of the screen 20 is pressed by the pointing device 4.
Instruct.

The music information control unit 10 determines whether the input of the lyrics information by the user has been completed (step S13),
If it is determined that the input of the lyrics information has been completed, the process proceeds to step S14. If the input is continued, the processes from step S11 are repeatedly executed.

When the music information control unit 10 determines in step S13 that the input of the lyrics information has been completed, it performs a conversion process in step S14. Here, the processing is performed by the lyrics conversion unit 1
Move to 7. The lyric conversion unit 17 refers to the conversion dictionary unit 16 to search for the corresponding notation information (word) from the character string mixed with the kanji or kana input by the user, and if there is the corresponding notation information, obtains the corresponding reading information. Then, a hiragana character string to be assigned to a note is reconstructed. Conversion dictionary section 16
Is composed of word data 23 composed of notation information and reading information corresponding thereto, as shown in FIG. The content registered in the conversion dictionary unit 16 may be configured so that the user can add or delete the content as appropriate. In other words, this is to respond to the case where a guess letter is used in the lyrics information input by the user. For example, even if the original reading of "heaven" is registered in the dictionary as "tenku", You can make additional registration by reading "Sora",
It may be possible to additionally register, for example, the notation “America Rika” which is not registered in the dictionary at all and the reading “Amerika” in correspondence with the notation. Here, the description has been made assuming that the conversion dictionary is composed of contents in which written information and reading information are associated with each other. However, for example, a conversion dictionary used in the kana-kanji conversion function may be used.

FIG. 6 shows the lyrics information input by the user and the result of the hiragana conversion of the information. For example, as input data 24, lyric information composed of a character string mixed with Chinese characters such as “white clouds floating in the blue sky” is converted into “Aoi / Sora / Ni / Kabu / Shiroi / Kumo” as a result of Hiragana conversion 25. The lyrics information is composed of hiragana. The converted lyrics information is temporarily stored in the memory 2 so as to correspond to the pre-conversion lyrics information previously stored in the memory 2. The symbol “/” shown in the character string of the Hiragana conversion result 25 indicates a unit that has been verified by the conversion dictionary unit 16. This is used as a word delimiter at the time of correcting the hiragana-converted lyric information described later.

When the lyrics conversion unit 17 completes the conversion process,
The music information control unit 10 stores lyrics information composed of a character string mixed with kanji or kana entered by the user and stored in the memory 2,
Lyrics information composed of converted hiragana character strings,
Then, the phrase number is read. Then, it outputs the read information to the display unit 13 and instructs the user to display a lyrics information editing screen. The display unit 13 causes the display 5 to display a lyrics information editing screen 20 as shown in FIG. 7 (step S15).

As shown in FIG. 7, a screen 2 for editing lyrics information
At 0, the lyrics information (character string mixed with Kanji and Kana) 27 input for each phrase 26 and the converted lyrics information (hiragana character string) 28 are displayed in association with each other. The user can correct the lyric information in units of words while appropriately operating the cursor using the pointing device 4. Screen 2
As shown by 0, for example, as can be seen that the input word “empty” corresponds to the converted content “sora”,
The corresponding part has a cursor display form for editing which is surrounded by a square. In this state, the next candidate key on the keyboard 3 may be pressed to replace the candidate with the reading information registered as a guess character, or the user may input a new character in the converted lyrics information part. Thus, new reading information for the word may be defined.
If you want to end the lyrics information editing process,
The pointing button 4 is used to designate the “Next” button below.

The music information control section 10 determines whether or not the user has finished editing the lyrics information (step S16).
If it is determined that the input of the lyrics information has been completed, the process proceeds to step S17. If the input is continued, the process proceeds to step S14.
Are repeatedly executed.

When the music information control section 10 determines that the editing processing of the lyrics information has been completed, it proceeds to the input processing of the musical score information (step S17). The music information control unit 10 instructs the display unit 13 to display a display screen for inputting score information. The display unit 13 causes the display 5 to display a display screen 20 for inputting score information as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8, a screen 2 for inputting musical score information
0 is an area 2 for inputting information such as time signature and tempo.
9, an area 30 for arranging notes on the staff, an area 31 on which a note icon is displayed, and the like. In the information input to the area 29, each item is designated by the pointing device 4, and a preset value can be selected. When inputting information into the area 30, first, note icons shown in the area 31 are selected and sequentially arranged at arbitrary positions on the staff.

Information sequentially input to the score input screen 20 by the user using the pointing device 4 or the like is processed by the score information input unit 12 (step S1).
7), passed to the music information control unit 10. The music information control unit 10 passes the input musical score information to the display unit 13 as display data. The display unit 13 displays the musical score information input by the user on the display 5 in association with the screen 20 (step S18). On the screen 20, the user inputs a musical score information by instructing a “next” button with the pointing device 4. At this point, the music control unit 10 stores the input musical score information in the memory 2.

The music information control section 10 determines whether or not the input of the musical score information by the user has been completed (step S19).
If it is determined that the input of the musical score information has been completed, the process proceeds to step S20. If the input is continued, the process from step S17 is repeatedly executed. Subsequently, the music information control unit 1
0 instructs the display unit 13 to display a confirmation screen for asking the user whether or not to combine the lyric information and the score information. As shown in FIG. 9, the confirmation screen 20 has “Yes” and “No” buttons for selecting whether or not to assign.

The music information control unit 10 determines whether or not an input has been made on the confirmation screen (step S20).
If it is determined that the button for assigning the lyrics information to the musical score information has been instructed, the process proceeds to the allocation process in step S21. If it is determined that the button for not assigning the lyrics information has been instructed, the process proceeds to step S23.

The music information control unit 10 receives the instruction to perform the song synthesis (assigning the lyrics information to the musical score information), and transfers the processing to the song synthesis unit 18. The song synthesizing unit 18 stores the lyrics information and the phrase number formed of the Hiragana character string generated by the processing of the previous steps S14 and S15 in the memory 2.
From the memory 2 and the musical score information input in the previous steps S17 and S18. Song synthesis part 1
In step S21, the musical piece information assigned to the read musical score information is composed of the musical notes arranged on the staff notation and the read hiragana character string. Song synthesizer 18
Sequentially assigns one character of the lyrics information of the hiragana character string to one note for each phrase.

When one kind of synthesizing process is completed in the song synthesizing unit 18, the information synthesized here is passed to the display unit 13 via the music information control unit 10. The display unit 13 displays a screen in which the lyrics information is assigned to the notes on the display 5 (step S22). FIG. 10 shows an assignment screen 20, in which lyrics information 33 of a hiragana character string is assigned to each note 32 on the staff. When the user designates a “next” button with the pointing device 4 on the assignment screen 20, the process proceeds to the step of music reproduction processing. The music information control unit 10 instructs the display unit 13 to display a confirmation screen as to whether or not to reproduce the song created by the user. As shown in FIG. 11, the confirmation screen 20 has "Yes" and "No" buttons for selecting not to reproduce.

The music information controller 10 determines whether an input has been made on the confirmation screen (step S23).
If it is determined that the button for assigning the lyrics information to the musical score information has been instructed, the process proceeds to the assignment process of step S24. If it is determined that the button for not assigning the lyrics information has been instructed, the series of processes of the lyrics assigning function ends. The music information control unit 10
When it is determined that there is an instruction to perform the song playback processing,
A music reproduction process is performed (step S24). The music information control unit reads out data necessary for music reproduction from the memory 2 and transfers the processing to the song synthesis unit 14.

If the lyrics information is assigned to the musical notes in the musical score information, the song synthesizing unit 14 adjusts the voice waveform data corresponding to the lyrics information assigned to each musical note in accordance with the time signature and tempo set as the musical score information. Are read from the memory 2 and sequentially combined. At this time, it is also conceivable to perform accompaniment in time with a note. In this method, instruments such as a guitar and a piano are sampled for each musical scale, and sampling data is combined in accordance with notes. These sound waveform data are sequentially processed by the sound system 6 while being synchronized with the sampling data of the musical instrument and output from the speaker. When lyrics information is not assigned to a note, the reading of each note, such as "do", "re", "mi", etc., is registered in the memory 2 as voice waveform data, and is reproduced in accordance with the score information. If you do, you can check the melody line.

As described above, since the user can create the lyric information as a character string mixed with kanji or kana, the contents of the lyric can be easily confirmed, and the synthesis of the score information and the lyric information can be automatically performed by simple instructions. Since the lyrics information is assigned to the, the processing load associated with the combining process can be greatly reduced.

A storage medium storing a software program for realizing the functions described in the above embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer of the system or apparatus reads and executes the program stored in the storage medium. You may make it.

The program may be supplied from a network, or may be loaded by communicating with another device via the network, or may be loaded from a nonvolatile memory element to a readable / writable storage medium. You may.

As a storage medium for supplying the program to a computer or the like, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a nonvolatile memory card, or the like can be used.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the user can create the lyric information in a character string mixed with kanji or kana, the content of the lyric can be easily checked, and the composition of the score information and the lyric information can be automatically assigned to the note by a simple instruction. Therefore, the processing load involved in the synthesis processing can be greatly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic system configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration for executing a lyrics assignment process according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating processing of a lyrics assignment function.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a lyrics information input screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a conversion dictionary unit.

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining the correspondence between input lyrics information and converted lyrics information.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of a lyrics information editing screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a musical score information input screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an assignment confirmation screen.

FIG. 10 is a view showing an example of an assignment result screen.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a music reproduction screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2 Memory 3 Keyboard 4 Pointing Device 5 Display 6 Sound System 10 Music Information Control Unit 11 Lyric Information Input Unit 12 Music Score Information Input Unit 13 Display Unit 14 Song Output Unit 16 Conversion Dictionary Unit 17 Lyric Conversion Part 18 Song synthesis part

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A lyric information input means for inputting lyric information mixed with kanji, a score information input means for inputting score information, and lyric information mixed with kanji input by the lyric information input means. Lyric conversion means for converting lyric information composed of readings converted by the lyric conversion means to music information input by the musical score information input means; A song output unit for outputting lyrics information in accordance with the assigned musical score information. 2. The lyric conversion means according to claim 1, wherein said lyric conversion means refers to a conversion dictionary formed by associating notation information on lyric information with kanji and kana and reading information on its reading. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the lyric information is converted into lyric information composed of readings.
The lyrics assignment device described. 3. The lyrics assigning apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the notation information and its reading information can be newly registered in the conversion dictionary. 4. The lyric information input means is configured to be able to input information indicating the end of a phrase together with lyric information mixed with kanji and kana. 4. The lyrics assigning device according to claim 1, wherein lyrics information composed of readings is assigned to the information. 5. Inputting lyric information including kanji and kana, converting the input lyric information including kanji and kana into lyrics information consisting of reading, inputting score information, and converting the input into score information. A lyrics assignment method, wherein lyrics information consisting of reading is assigned, and the lyrics information is output in accordance with the musical score information. 6. A step of inputting lyric information including kanji and kana, a step of converting the input lyric information of kanji and kana into lyrics information consisting of reading, and a step of inputting score information. A lyrics assignment processing program comprising: a step of assigning lyrics information composed of readings converted to score information; and a step of outputting lyrics information in accordance with the score information.