Search of the musical tone data based on the similarity of the rhythm pattern

摘要

The present invention has an object to search for music data of a phrase made up of rhythm pattern that satisfies the condition that a determined degree of similarity between the rhythm pattern intended by the user. User to enter a rhythm pattern using the rhythm input device 10. clock signal and the clock bar output unit 211 outputs, based on the trigger data in the rhythm pattern input, input rhythm pattern storage unit 212 is stored in the RAM input rhythm pattern. Rhythm pattern search unit 213 searches the rhythm DB211 tone data with a rhythm pattern highest similarity to the input rhythm pattern stored. Performance processing unit 214 causes the output from the audio output unit 26 the musical tone data of the search results.