each timing and a lyrics event le also the music data pd can be composed of a plurality of musical parts the timing data tm is data that represents time for processing various types of events represented by the event data a processing time of an event can be represented by an absolute time from the very beginning of a musical performance or by a relative time that is an elapse from the previous event for example the timing data tm represents a processing time of the event by a parameter of the number of measures the number of beats in the measure and time clock in the beat the event data is data representing contents of various types of events for reproducing a song the event may be a note event note data ne that is a note on event or a combination of a note on event and a note off event and represents a note directly relating to reproduction of a musical tone a pitch change event pitch bend event a tempo change event a setting event for setting a reproduction style of music such as a tone color change event a lyrics event le recording a text line of lyrics etc the lyrics event le records lyrics to be displayed at the timing with for example text data lyrics event le is stored corresponding to a note event ne that is one lyrics event le corresponds one note.