A microphone and receiver for automatic accompaniment in which the
microphone outputs a mixed audio signal of a selected melody and a song
voice signal resulting from singing a song to the accompaniment of the
selected melody, and image control data corresponding to the selected
melody. The microphone stores, plays and outputs the mixed audio signal
and/or song voice signal and the receiver receives the mixed audio signal
and/or the song voice signal outputted from the microphone, and outputs
the mixed audio signal and/or song voice signal to a television receiver
set, and at the same time, generates a caption image correspond to song
words of the selected melody and a background image according to the
received image control data, for output to the television receiver set.