A musical instrument (4) including an actuator (9) which generates a plurality of signals in response to being played by the user, an audio synthesizer (22) which generates audio tones in response to control signals; a memory (6) storing a musical score for the actuator, a video display unit (10); and a digital processing system (2) controlling the audio synthesizer and the video display unit. The stored musical score includes a sequence of lead notes each of which has an associated time stamp to identify a time at which it is supposed to be played in the musical score.
MUSIC INSTRUMENT WHICH GENERATES A RHYTHM EKG