In a musical performance support system including a sensor device that is attached to a musical instrument and an operation device that is able to perform wireless communication mutually with the sensor device and is able to perform communication with an instructor terminal of an instructor via a server, the sensor device transmits a detection signal detected by an acceleration sensor that has at least to detection axes to the operation device, the operation device generates practice result information of musical performance of a user using the musical instrument and transmits the practice result information to the server, and the operation device receives guidance information in response to the practice result information from the instructor terminal through the server and causes display means to display the guidance information.

The musical instrument tuner includes: a sensor device that is attached to a musical instrument; and an operation device that is able to perform wireless communication mutually with the sensor device, in which the sensor device includes an acceleration sensor that has at least two detection axes, frequency detection means for detecting, as a detected frequency, a frequency of a vibration of musical sound generated through an operation of the musical instrument based on an output from the acceleration sensor, and sensor-side communication means for transmitting transmission information including information regarding the detected frequency to the operation device, and the operation device includes operation-side communication means for receiving the transmission information transmitted from the sensor device, display means, and control means for generating tuning information of the musical instrument and causing the display means to display the tuning information based on the transmission information received from the sensor device.

A machine that attaches to any piano and pushes its keys and foot pedals in the order of any song. The machine can download songs from a software program and record songs played manually on a piano to replay them.

A machine that attaches to any piano and pushes its keys and foot pedals in the order of any song. The machine can download songs from a software program and record songs played manually on a piano to replay them.

A music piece analyzer includes: a beat-position-acquiring-unit configured to detect beat positions in music piece data; a snare drum detector configured to detect sounding positions of a snare drum in the music piece data; a bass drum detector configured to detect sounding positions of a bass drum in, the music piece data; a one-beat-shift-determination-unit configured to determine whether a bar beginning of the music piece data is shifted by one beat based upon the sounding positions of the snare drum detected by the snare drum detector; a two-beat-shift-determination-unit configured to determine whether the bar beginning of the music piece data is shifted by two beats on a basis of the sounding positions of the bass drum detected by the bass drum detector; and a bar-beginning-setting-unit configured to set the bar beginning of the music piece data on a basis of results determined by the one-beat-shift-determination-unit and the two-beat-shift-determination-unit.

The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus that can provide an information processing apparatus capable of accurately synchronizing and handling sensing data in a mixture of forms and available for assisting in learning of a performance.

The present disclosure provides the information processing apparatus including a conversion section that converts a plurality of pieces of sensing data in different forms obtained from a plurality of sensors each sensing a state related to a performance by a motion of a user, an information processing section that processes the sensing data converted by the conversion section, and an information output section that outputs feedback information to the user on the basis of a processing result of the information processing section. The conversion section includes an analog-digital signal conversion section that converts the sensing data in an analog form from the sensors into sensing data in a digital form and outputs the sensing data in the digital form to the information processing section, and a digital-analog signal conversion section that converts the sensing data in the digital form from the sensors into sensing data in the analog form and outputs the sensing data in the analog form to the analog-digital signal conversion section.

The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus that can provide an information processing apparatus capable of accurately synchronizing and handling sensing data in a mixture of forms and available for assisting in learning of a performance.

The present disclosure provides the information processing apparatus including a conversion section that converts a plurality of pieces of sensing data in different forms obtained from a plurality of sensors each sensing a state related to a performance by a motion of a user, an information processing section that processes the sensing data converted by the conversion section, and an information output section that outputs feedback information to the user on the basis of a processing result of the information processing section. The conversion section includes an analog-digital signal conversion section that converts the sensing data in an analog form from the sensors into sensing data in a digital form and outputs the sensing data in the digital form to the information processing section, and a digital-analog signal conversion section that converts the sensing data in the digital form from the sensors into sensing data in the analog form and outputs the sensing data in the analog form to the analog-digital signal conversion section.

A music analysis method realized by a computer includes calculating an evaluation index of each of a plurality of structure candidates formed of N analysis points selected in different combinations from K analysis points in an audio signal of a musical piece, and selecting one of the plurality of structure candidates as a boundary of a structure section of the musical piece in accordance with the evaluation index of each of the plurality of structure candidates. N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2 and less than K, and K is a natural number greater than or equal to 2.

A music analysis method realized by a computer includes calculating an evaluation index of each of a plurality of structure candidates formed of N analysis points selected in different combinations from K analysis points in an audio signal of a musical piece, and selecting one of the plurality of structure candidates as a boundary of a structure section of the musical piece in accordance with the evaluation index of each of the plurality of structure candidates. N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2 and less than K, and K is a natural number greater than or equal to 2.

A beat timing generation device including a generation unit for generating, from data of music that has been input, information of timings on which a beat of the music depends and a plurality of pieces of intensity data indicating a power at the timings; a calculation unit for calculating a period and a phase of the beat of the music using the plurality of pieces of intensity data; and a detection unit for detecting a beat generation timing on a basis of the period and the phase of the beat.