A karaoke apparatus for medley playback includes: playback unit for receiving playback information including MIDI sound source control information and producing acoustic sound of karaoke song on the basis of the playback information; information storage unit for storing playback information and identification information of a plurality of karaoke songs, the identification information specifying playback information of a highlight portion of each of the plurality of karaoke songs; selection instr...

In a medley playback apparatus, a storage device stores a plurality of performance data corresponding to a plurality of music pieces. A generator device is fed with the performance data to generate musical tones to thereby play back the corresponding music piece. A designator device designates at least a first music piece and a second music piece among the plurality of the music pieces. An editor device mutilates first performance data corresponding to the first music piece so as to produce a pr...

A method for controlling a musical medley function in a karaoke television includes steps for randomly selecting song from a class of songs having similar form or theme, and continuously playing songs from the selected class. The user sets a minimum reference mark and the target number of challenging songs. Each song performed is graded, thus allowing the singer to proceed to a next song only when the graded mark exceeds the reference mark. The method includes a step for providing a celebrator m...

In a karaoke apparatus, a music selector device selects a plurality of desired music pieces so as to compose a medley. A designator device designates a desired section of each music piece selected by the music selector device. A sequencer device sequentially plays back the designated sections of the selected music pieces to perform the medley. A connecting device operates when the performed medley switches from a preceding section of one music piece to a succeeding section of another music piece...

A television with a karaoke player has a video function accompanied with music to which a medley function for classifying songs of the same form or theme and successively playing the classified songs by gathering them is added. According to a method for controlling the medley function, a microcomputer controls a display of thematic items of songs in response to a user's selection of the medley function. Upon selection of a thematic item, formational items of the songs are displayed. Songs fallin...