Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
084483100 | Tune Sheets | 68 |
20080210081 | Special Music Paper - The object of the present utility model is to replace the third line from the bottom line (or from the top line) of the music paper that consists of five black lines with a line in different color of form from the other four lines in order to improve the accuracy and the efficiency of reading the musical notes in the music paper. The different color or form is adopted in the said third line (hereinafter, it is called as a “Mid-line”.) so that certain musical notes may be easily identified. Therefore, when several complicated musical notes are indicated on three inner lines together—that is, second, third and fourth lines from the bottom or top line (hereinafter, it is called as “Inner-lines”)—of a music paper, the music performers can identify the correct positions of the respective musical notes immediately without confusion. The present utility model enables the music performers to play the musical instruments or sing songs more accurately without any mistake in terms of the musical pitches and beats. In particular, the present utility model helps the beginners who are not accustomed to read the musical notes to improve the musical capabilities by allowing them to read the notes easily. | 09-04-2008 |
20090064846 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND READING BAR CODED SHEET MUSIC FOR USE WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE (MIDI) DEVICES - This disclosure concerns a method and apparatus that generates bar coded sheet music for use with Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) devices. The method may include receiving sheet music data, converting the sheet music data to MIDI data, encoding the MIDI data to bar code data, and outputting bar coded sheet music. | 03-12-2009 |
20090158915 | SHEET MUSIC CREATION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Image data of sheet music formed from a plurality of pages is input, and the input image data is divided into bars. The complexity of performance of each divided bar is determined for each page. An easy-to-play portion is detected as a page feed position for each page in accordance with the determination result. The layout of the sheet music is changed based on the detected page feed position, and the layout-changed sheet music is output. | 06-25-2009 |
20100186575 | Methods, systems, products, language and processes to depict music - Methods, systems, products, language and processes are disclosed for the visual depiction of music. The present invention assigns a set of variables for musical note pitch and another set of variables for note duration. A visual depiction of the music is created when the assigned variables are manually and/or automatically translated from musical source materials. Music may be able to be played from the visual image, or output. The image may be converted back to the source material via the Present Invention. | 07-29-2010 |
20110023688 | COMPOSITION DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE - A system for creating a musical score may be provided. The system may include a composition tool application that is configured to provide a plurality of instrument interfaces to a user. The instrument interfaces may include a keyboard interface, a stringed instrument interface, and a percussion interface. The plurality of instrument interfaces may each include a representation of an instrument and a score section for illustration of the musical score. The composition tool application may be configured to provide the user with the ability to select a portion of the representation of the instrument. In response to the selection of the portion of the representation of the instrument, the composition tool application may be configured to provide a representation of a note for the instrument in the score section. | 02-03-2011 |
20110120288 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC COLLISION AVOIDANCE, GROUPING AND ALIGNMENT OF MUSICAL SYMBOLS - Systems and methods for editing a computer-base musical score include detecting a collision between objects placed in the score and automatically moving one of the colliding objects out of the way to eliminate the collision. Selection of the object to be moved is based on a comparison of the priority levels of the colliding objects. To enhance clarity and legibility of the score, objects are organized into groups of similar type objects. Groups are treated as a single object for the purposes of avoiding collisions. Certain object types are transformed, including scaled, rotated, or sheared, to avoid collisions. | 05-26-2011 |
20110203442 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY OF SHEET MUSIC - This disclosure relates to techniques, devices, and systems for displaying sheet music on one or more electronic devices. One example method of displaying sheet music on an electronic device includes receiving a first electronic input that indicates timing information for a musical composition. The method also includes determining, by an electronic device, a timing parameter for the musical composition using the received first electronic input indicating the timing information, and displaying, on the electronic device, sheet music for a first portion of a plurality of portions of the musical composition. The method further includes determining a time duration associated with the first portion based on the timing parameter, and displaying, on the electronic device, sheet music for a second portion of the plurality of portions of the musical composition following an expiration of the time duration. | 08-25-2011 |
20130042746 | Electrical Music Books - Electrical music books of the present invention automatically flip pages of music pieces according to the music played by the user that is detected by microphone(s) on the electrical music book. The music notes on the screen are updated according to the progress of the music without needing actions by the user other than playing music. The electrical music books of the present invention also can provide suggestions and/or critics of the music played by the user. | 02-21-2013 |
20140033899 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTER-MEDIATED TIMED SIGHT READING WITH ASSESSMENT - A music sight-reading apparatus comprises a library of music to be displayed; a display unit for displaying music selected from the library to a user; a timer for displaying the sheet music for a predetermined time period before the user begins sight-reading the displayed music, an input for receiving signals representative of sound produced by the user doing a sight-reading performance of the displayed music; and apparatus for assessing correctness of the user's sight-reading and for preserving a record of the user's sight-reading performance. | 02-06-2014 |
20150096432 | DISPLAYING CONTENT IN RELATION TO MUSIC REPRODUCTION BY MEANS OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INDEPENDENT OF MUSIC REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A music reproduction apparatus includes a reproduction section for reproducing user-selected music piece data, a generation section for generating control information including music piece information identifying a music piece reproduced by the reproduction section and reproduced position information indicative of a currently-reproduced position, a modulation section for outputting, on the basis of the generated control information, an audio signal of a predetermined frequency band for carrying the control information, and an output section for transmitting to outside the audio signal generated by the modulation section. An information processing apparatus stores a plurality of sets of displaying content, receives the audio signal, demodulates the control information from the received audio signal to extract the music piece information and reproduced position information, identifies displaying content from the extracted music piece information, and displays a part of the identified displaying content in accordance with the extracted reproduced position information. | 04-09-2015 |
20150348523 | Musical Score Display Device and Accessory Therefor - An electronic device adapted to display musical scores. The musical score display device includes a display for displaying a musical score, i.e. sheet music, to a user and a foot actuator accessory operatively connectable to the musical score display device that users can use to manually scroll through the displayed musical score in a hands-free manner. Alternatively, the display device comprises a microphone and is adapted to detect the playing of musical notes and automatically scroll through the displayed musical score without action by the user. Furthermore, the display device indicates to the user as to whether each note was played correctly or incorrectly via an on-screen prompt. The musical score display device is attachable to a variety of different support articles, such as a music stand or an instrument-attachable support. | 12-03-2015 |
084483200 | Notation systems | 57 |
20080202318 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MUSIC NOTATION - A system and method of notating and teaching music are disclosed. The system and method includes referencing notes and other musical representations using symbols, such as numbers, letters and color. For example, music notation may include at least one set, wherein a single set comprises twelve notes that may be numbered from 1-12, in which the numbers 1-9 may be used for the first nine notes and the letters x, y and z may be used for notes ten through twelve. Each series of twelve notes may be grouped together into a set, identified as “A Set”; “B Set”; “C Set” and so forth. | 08-28-2008 |
20080245212 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING MUSICAL RHYTHMIC STRUCTURES - The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for visualizing the rhythmic structure of musical compositions. Circular symmetry and geometric shapes are utilized to visualize representations of rhythmic structures about a central axis. In general, lower frequency rhythm instruments are represented by small geometric shapes, while relatively higher frequency instruments are represented by shapes of larger diameter. The visualizations can be presented in two or three dimensions and may incorporate the use of animation. The result is a graphical representation that is more intuitive and entertaining than traditional music notation. | 10-09-2008 |
20080264240 | Method and apparatus for computer-generated music - The present disclosure relates computer music generation methods and devices. A method and associated apparatus is provided that operates with a computer to automatically create or “compose” music that is original as well as sufficiently complex to provide ongoing interest for listeners. | 10-30-2008 |
20080271590 | System and method for speech therapy - The present disclosure relates to speech therapy and voice training methods. A system is provided which utilizes tonal and rhythm visualization components to allow a person to “see” their words as they attempt to improve or regain their ability to speak clearly. The system is also applicable to vocal music instruction and allows students improve their singing abilities by responding to visual feedback which incorporates both color and shape. The system may comprise a step-by-step instruction method, live performance abilities, and recording and playback features. Certain embodiments incorporate statistical analysis of student progress, remote access for teacher consultation, and video games for enhancing student interest. | 11-06-2008 |
20080276791 | Method and apparatus for comparing musical works - The present disclosure relates to audio and music processing devices and methods. A system is provided that utilizes tonal and rhythmic visualization methods to accurately and empirically determine the level of similarity between two or more musical works. | 11-13-2008 |
20080295670 | Morpheus music notation devices and system - Devices, methods and system for a morpheus music notation system adapted for key, string, wind and percussion instruments for ease of teaching and learning music intuitively. Intuitive morpheus music notation system creates a simple environment revolving around numbers, letters and specific technical devices to enable people of all ages of any race or colour whether they are with sight or without to learn any musical instrument. The idea relates to all instruments, wind, brass, stringed, bowed, percussion, keyboard, unusual global instruments, organ & electronic instruments. Also relates to a set of hand movements performed by conductors of music. | 12-04-2008 |
20080302231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING PIANO - A method for teaching reading of musical notes and playing the piano by introducing notes/keys in alphabetically sequential groups starting at the beginning of the musical alphabet with “A” in the middle set of seven alphabetical notes on the Grand Staff and middle set of keys on the keyboard and proceeding to a higher set of seven alphabetical notes/keys and then a lower set of seven alphabetical notes/keys. A separate page is devoted to each note along with an explanation of where the note appears on a musical clef. Notes are learned alphabetically in groups of seven alphabetically-sequential notes/keys rather than simply by finger position/patterns. Students are taught to play either clef (bass and treble) with either hand using musical pieces specifically designed to teach each note individually and in combination as it is added to the student's repertoire. The method initially teaches rhythm by reciting instructive phrases rhythmically in combination with tapping out rhythms. Eventually, rhythmic reading is expanded to include the use of visual/proportional representations of durational concepts relying on geometric shapes. Finally rhythm teaching includes time divisions along a continuum such as a measuring line and includes a discussion and explanation of counting symbols. | 12-11-2008 |
20080307947 | Easy learn music notation system - An improved music notation system for songs is disclosed that is suitable for easy teaching and learning a song. The words of the song are placed on a musical staff with optional cleft, key signature, and time signature at the level at which the notes would appear in the standard notation system. Different fonts are used to indicate whether the note should be regarded as a sharp, a flat, or a natural. Non-numeric symbols are used to indicate the duration of the note, and may be placed above or below the words of the song. | 12-18-2008 |
20080314229 | METHOD OF REPRESENTING RHYTHM IN MUSIC NOTATION AND DISPLAY THEREFOR - A music notation display system that adds distinguishable timing bars to standard music notation assists students learning to read music and assists musicians to correctly play rhythms in music. Each timing bar corresponds to an equally timed portion of a measure of written music, such as a certain number of beats or half-beats. The timing bars may be depicted as differently shaded, patterned, or otherwise differentiated background areas to the notes and rests of the music. Musical notes and rests that fall within a timed portion of the music that corresponds to a timing bar are displayed within a space defined by the timing bar. The widths of timing bars across a musical staff may be equal, or may vary, such as to accommodate printing associated lyrics of different lengths or to comfortably fit in the notes of the timed portion. Embodiments of the system are usable with various music notation systems, such as Braille and/or computer-implemented music notation systems. | 12-25-2008 |
20090056524 | METHOD FOR REMOVING THE STAFF LINES FROM A MUSIC SCORE IMAGE - Disclosed is a method of removing staff lines from a music score an image. The method includes detecting a region with staff lines in an image including a music score; checking a gradient of the staff lines, and dividing the staff lines extending continuously in a longitudinal direction into a plurality of regions in consideration of the gradient, estimating each of the staff lines included in the divided regions by analyzing a histogram of the image, extracting each of the staff lines from the music score on the basis of the estimated staff lines and removing each of the extracted lines of the staff lines from the music score. | 03-05-2009 |
20090064847 | Musical Notation System Patterned upon the Standard Piano Keyboard and Referenced with the Grand Staff - The present invention is a continuation-in-part of the inventor's prior invention (USPTO application Ser. No. 11/277,502 filed on 26 Mar. 2006), the added feature being a “Grand Staff reference marking” added to a row of the “staff of gray and white pitch stripes” of the prior invention, the said marking comprising one or more set of Grand Staff of five lines, the Grand Staff clef or clefs, with each Grand Staff line pointing or connected to a corresponding correct “white pitch stripe”. Such “Grand Staff reference marking” feature enables the precise identification of the pitch stripes relative to their corresponding keys on the piano keyboard, and in terms of pitch names commonly used by students of music theories. The pitch names of all other pitch stripes can be easily derived from its physical location in relation to those pitch stripes connected to or pointed to by the lines of the “Grand Staff reference marking”. | 03-12-2009 |
20090064848 | System and Method for Teaching Piano - A method for teaching reading of musical notes and playing the piano by introducing notes/keys in alphabetically sequential groups starting at the beginning of the musical alphabet with “A” in the middle set of seven alphabetical notes on the Grand Staff and middle set of keys on the keyboard and proceeding to a higher set of seven alphabetical notes/keys and then a lower set of seven alphabetical notes/keys. A separate page is devoted to each note along with an explanation of where the note appears on a musical clef. Notes are learned alphabetically in groups of seven alphabetically-sequential notes/keys rather than simply by finger position/patterns. Students are taught to play either clef (bass and treble) with either hand using musical pieces specifically designed to teach each note individually and in combination as it is added to the student's repertoire. | 03-12-2009 |
20090158916 | Apparatus and method for visualizing music and other sounds - The present disclosure relates to a system and method for visualization of music and other sounds. In one embodiment, the twelve notes of an octave are labeled around a circle. When notes are played, the intervals between the notes are visualized by displaying a line between the labels corresponding to the note labels on the circle. In some embodiments, the lines representing the intervals are color coded with a different color for each of the six intervals. In other embodiments, the music and other sounds are visualized upon a helix that allows an indication of absolute frequency to be displayed for each note or sound. | 06-25-2009 |
20090165631 | FREQUENCY SPECTRUM CONVERSION TO NATURAL HARMONIC FREQUENCIES PROCESS - A process for converting standard musical notes to Ra format musical notes comprising inputting a signal of standard musical notes, analyzing the frequency of each note in the signal, selecting a Ra format natural harmonic resonance, converting the frequency of each note in the signal to a Ra format frequency corresponding to the selected Ra format natural harmonic resonance, and outputting signal consisting of the converted notes. An apparatus including a processor capable of performing the inventive process on a signal of standard musical notes. The apparatus ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090173212 | KIT AND METHOD FOR LEARNING TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT - A kit and method for learning to play a musical instrument. The kit comprises a set of hands on manipulatives that assemble into a structured system of interactive musical instrument concept training components. The method comprises employing the kit according to instructions in at least one or more training manuals to assemble the hands on manipulatives into a structured system of interactive musical instrument concept training components. | 07-09-2009 |
20090249941 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING MUSICAL RHYTHMIC STRUCTURES - The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for visualizing the rhythmic structure of musical compositions. Circular symmetry and geometric shapes are utilized to visualize representations of rhythmic structures about a central axis. In general, lower frequency rhythm instruments are represented by small geometric shapes, while relatively higher frequency instruments are represented by shapes of larger diameter. The visualizations can be presented in two or three dimensions and may incorporate the use of animation. The result is a graphical representation that is more intuitive and entertaining than traditional music notation. | 10-08-2009 |
20090266222 | Notation system for music,displaying pitches in color on a keyboard chart and having rhythmic values indicated by the vertical length of said pitches - A method of notating music which displays pitches on a pitch chart, which can be displayed in various embodiments with a range of features including: different colors for each semitone of the octave, a keyboard chart displaying rhythmic value by the vertical height of the notes, a diverse shading of notes to illustrate whether they are to be played at a high sound level or instead at a low volume, and further features of harmonic, melodic, and theoretical analysis. | 10-29-2009 |
20100024626 | FREQUENCY SPECTRUM CONVERSION TO NATURAL HARMONIC FREQUENCIES PROCESS - A process is disclosed for converting standard musical notes to natural musical notes based upon Rod formats. A signal of standard musical notes is input and the frequency of each note in the signal is analyzed. A Rod format natural harmonic resonance is selected and the frequency of each note in the signal is converted to a natural frequency corresponding to the selected Rod format natural harmonic resonance. A signal consisting of the converted notes is output. An apparatus capable of performing the inventive process on a signal of standard musical notes includes a signal input port and a signal output port, means for converting the frequency of standard musical notes to a corresponding natural frequency corresponding to a Rod format, means for selecting a Rod format natural harmonic resonance, and a frequency analyzer. | 02-04-2010 |
20100089222 | MUSIC NOTATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a music notation system that obviates the need for one to have any knowledge of conventional music notation in order to play a keyboard, including those that are a component of a conventional musical instrument, those that are a component of an electronic musical instrument and those that are configured as a user interface with a computer system and/or video game. | 04-15-2010 |
20100162876 | Music Teaching Tool for Steel Pan and Drum Players and Associated Methods - A tool is provided for assisting in teaching music to a player of a steel pan/drum. The tool comprises a substantially circular base divided into twelve radial sectors, a central sector, and three concentric, radially spaced rings, thereby having 37 elements. Each element bears an indicium representative of a unitary, distinct note name in a range of three consecutive octaves plus a first note in a fourth consecutive octave. Each ring is arranged in so that a counter-clockwise-adjacent note name is separated by an interval of a fifth and a clockwise-adjacent note name is separated by an interval of a fourth. | 07-01-2010 |
20100162877 | Electronic Input Device for Use with Steel Pans and Associated Methods - A system for digitizing a series of notes to be played on a steel pan/drum includes a processor, and a display device and an input device in signal communication with the processor. Software encoded on a computer-readable medium and installable on the processor has a code segment adapted to display a virtual keyboard on the display device. The keyboard has a plurality of pianistically arranged keys, each key having a note name corresponding to a pitch represented by the key imposed thereon. A code segment can receive a user selection via the input device of a pan instrument for which music is desired to be entered, retrieve a note range for the selected pan instrument, and electronically mask the virtual keyboard to exclude keys outside the retrieved note range. User input can be received for a series of notes to be encoded for playing on the selected pan instrument. | 07-01-2010 |
20100162878 | MUSIC INSTRUCTION SYSTEM - A song audio is played and a graphical representation of a musical instrument contributing to the audio is displayed. A fingering display is overlayed on the graphical representation of the instrument during the playing of song. The fingering display is synchronized to the song audio. During the playing of the song audio, the tempo of the song is adjusted. The pitch of the song is substantially preserved in real-time despite the tempo adjustment. In addition, the synchronization between the fingering display and the audio are maintained in real-time in view of the adjusted tempo. | 07-01-2010 |
20100180752 | Methods and formats for visually expressing music - A method for visually expressing music includes marking a region of a stave to identify a musical note's pitch, wherein the stave includes four lines each of which is parallel or substantially parallel to the other three lines, and each of which defines at least three regional positions where a mark can be made to identify a musical note's pitch, wherein the stave includes at least twelve regional positions and each of the at least twelve regional positions corresponds to a unique pitch of a musical note within a musical octave. The method also includes marking the region of the stave to also identify the duration of the musical note. With at least twelve regional positions defined by the stave, each of the 12 pitches in an octave can have a position within the stave that uniquely identifies the pitch of the note. Furthermore, the stave can span exactly the twelve pitches in an octave to allow one to quickly identify the pitch of the note being visually expressed without having to memorize each position and its associated pitch in the stave. In addition, each pitch in an octave can be identified by numbers (1-N). Western music using 12 notes would have the following 12 Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. | 07-22-2010 |
20100242708 | MUSIC NOTATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a music notation system that obviates the need for one to have any knowledge of conventional music notation in order to play a keyboard, including those that are a component of a conventional musical instrument, those that are a component of an electronic musical instrument and those that are configured as a user interface with a computer system and/or video game. | 09-30-2010 |
20100242709 | INTERACTIVE GAME PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN MUSICAL NOTATION AND IN LEARNING AN INSTRUMENT - A musical keyboard is connected to a computer. The computer implements a graphical user interface for teaching users to play the musical instrument. A computer readable music file, such as a MIDI file, is used to drive the creation of game objects that travel from a point of origination along a path toward a key of a virtual keyboard. In one form, when a user presses a key of the musical keyboard within a certain time window of arrival of the game object at the corresponding key of the virtual keyboard, the user is awarded with an audio presentation, a visual presentation and/or with game points. In a more structured learning mode, the game can be played with selectable, progressively more difficult challenges that the user masters on the road to proficiency. | 09-30-2010 |
20100251875 | MUSIC NOTATION SYSTEM - A music notation system uses a grid with vertical columns representing musical notes and horizontal rows representing time intervals. Each note of a musical piece is indicated by a selected note symbol in the appropriate column, and extending across multiple rows if intended to be sounded for more than one time interval. Different note symbol shapes are used to indicate different tone qualities or playing styles. Note symbols are colored or graphically textured to indicate different sound intensities. Suggested fingerings may be indicated by numbers marked the note symbols, or by lines connecting notes to be played with the same finger. Other graphical design elements may be used to display rhythmic or harmonic context and, in computerized applications, to show or hide selected musical information, or to activate and listen to a sound recording of a piece of music or individually selected notes. | 10-07-2010 |
20100263516 | Apparatus and method for visualizing music and others sounds - The present disclosure relates to a system and method for visualization of music and other sounds. In one embodiment, the twelve notes of an octave are labeled. When notes are played, the intervals between the notes are visualized by displaying a line between the labels corresponding to the note labels. In some embodiments, the lines representing the intervals are color coded with a different color for each of the six intervals. | 10-21-2010 |
20100263517 | METHOD OF REPRESENTING RHYTHM IN MUSIC NOTATION AND DISPLAY THEREFOR - A music notation display system that adds distinguishable timing bars to standard music notation assists students learning to read music and assists musicians to correctly play rhythms in music. Each timing bar corresponds to an equally timed portion of a measure of written music, such as a certain number of beats or half-beats. The timing bars may be depicted as differently shaded, patterned, or otherwise differentiated background areas to the notes and rests of the music. Musical notes and rests that fall within a timed portion of the music that corresponds to a timing bar are displayed within a space defined by the timing bar. The widths of timing bars across a musical staff may be equal, or may vary, such as to accommodate printing associated lyrics of different lengths or to comfortably fit in the notes of the timed portion. Embodiments of the system are usable with various music notation systems, such as Braille and/or computer-implemented music notation systems. | 10-21-2010 |
20100288105 | SYSTEM TO TEACH MUSIC NOTATION AND COMPOSITION - Musical note tiles, a system for teaching music notation and composition, and associated methods are disclosed. The system includes manipulative musical note tiles. The note tiles are transparent and adapted for use on measure plaques, or like surfaces. The note tiles can adhere to a surface with static cling in one embodiment. Alternatively, the note tiles can adhere to a surface with magnetism. The note tiles are mathematically proportionate to each other as they are to the relative lengths of sound durations represented by note icons. The measure plaques are in complete mathematical congruence to the lengths of the note tiles. The note tiles can include transparent texture strips. The system also includes mounting platforms, staff extension plaques, grand staff brace labels, bridges, spacer tiles, pre-reading tiles, and symbol labels. | 11-18-2010 |
20110030535 | Electronic Input Device for Use with Steel Pans and Associated Methods - A device for digitizing a series of notes to be played on a pan instrument includes a processor and software installed on the processor that has a code segment adapted to display a virtual keyboard on a display device. The keyboard has a plurality of pianistically arranged keys, each key having a note name corresponding to a pitch represented by the key imposed thereon. A code segment can receive a user selection of a pan instrument for which music is desired to be entered, retrieve a note range for the selected pan instrument, and electronically mask the virtual keyboard to exclude keys outside the retrieved note range. User input can be received for a series of notes to be encoded for playing on the selected pan instrument. | 02-10-2011 |
20110107899 | Music Teaching Tool for Steel Pan and Drum Players and Associated Methods - A tool is provided for assisting in teaching music to a player of a steel pan/drum. The tool comprises a substantially circular base divided into twelve radial sectors, a central sector, and three concentric, radially spaced rings, thereby having 37 elements. Each element bears an indicium representative of a unitary, distinct note name in a range of three consecutive octaves plus a first note in a fourth consecutive octave. Each ring is arranged in so that a counter-clockwise-adjacent note name is separated by an interval of a fifth and a clockwise-adjacent note name is separated by an interval of a fourth. | 05-12-2011 |
20110167988 | INTERACTIVE MUSIC NOTATION LAYOUT AND EDITING SYSTEM - A system and method for positioning, on an electronic display, an additional musical symbol based on the location of one or more existing musical symbols can include determining one or more positional constraints on the additional musical symbol. The one or more positional constraints can include one or more preferred quantities. Each of the one or more positional constraints can be automatically defined as being either a time-based positional constraint or a space-based positional constraint. The additional symbol can be positioned in a measure of a staff at a distance away from one of the one or more existing musical symbols. The distance can be at least in part determined by at least one of the one or more preferred quantities. | 07-14-2011 |
20110192270 | Music Notation System - A method of creating a visual representation of a musical work. Data processing apparatus analyses the work, determines attributes, including a the pitch and duration of each note, and creates a data file which is used output the work in a form readable by the human eye. Symbols representing notes are placed on a grid at vertical positions in accordance with their pitch, and horizontal positions representing time. A first basic symbol is assigned to the natural notes in an octave, a second basic symbol is assigned to sharp accidentals, and a third basic symbol is assigned to flat accidentals. The horizontal extent of the symbols represents note duration. Each of the seven natural notes in an octave is assigned a colour and a vertical position on the grid, and the sharp accidental and flat accidental notes are assigned the same colour and vertical position as the associated natural note. | 08-11-2011 |
20110214555 | Apparatus and Method for Visualizing Music and Other Sounds - The present disclosure relates to a system and method for visualization of music and other sounds. In one embodiment, the twelve notes of an octave are labeled. When notes are played, the intervals between the notes are visualized by displaying a line between the labels corresponding to the note labels. In some embodiments, the lines representing the intervals are color coded with a different color for each of the six intervals. | 09-08-2011 |
20110252946 | MANIPULATIVE SYSTEM FOR TEACHING MUSICAL NOTATION - Progressive systems and methods for enabling music students to easily notate the pitch and/or rhythm of musical compositions using three-dimensional manipulative members representing musical notation symbols. The members are adapted to removably affix to a workspace, such as a magnetic white board surface to notate a musical composition. | 10-20-2011 |
20110277615 | AUTOMATIC POSITIONING OF MUSIC NOTATION - A system that allows the repositioning (scrolling) of the displayed portion of a music notation computer file in rasterized format, according to an internal or external time code/metronome, to constantly display the currently active part of the music notation file. By use of a corresponding data file describing the relative position of each music stave and form defining musical markings such as repeats or codas, a software application based on this invention can shift the displayed part of the entire music file to match the current played portion of the music notation file. | 11-17-2011 |
20120017748 | System and Methods for Sensing Finger Position in a Digital Musical Instruments - Embodiments of the invention provide a digital musical instrument. The instrument comprises a fretboard and one or more strings extended over the fretboard. The instrument further includes an electric circuit for generating digital signals based on positions associated with contacts of the strings on the fretboard and a transceiver for transmitting the digital signals to a processing device that generates musical notation based on the digital signals. | 01-26-2012 |
20120036980 | Musical Notation and Method of Teaching Same - The invention provides an apparatus and method for notating music for a harmonica. The apparatus incorporates a vertical staff in which vertical lines or tracks represent individual notes, the length of which represents duration of the note, and the horizontal location represents the physical location of the corresponding hole in a harmonica. The invention provides a rapid means of learning to play a harmonica and, for experienced players, provides a means for sight reading a new piece of music. The invention further provides ways of representing the dynamics of both pitch and loudness and a convenient way to manually transcribe musical selection for archival purposes. | 02-16-2012 |
20120085221 | CHORD TEACHING APPARATUS - The invention provides a musical indicating device for finding the 12 most common chord types and their inversions on string and fretted musical instruments. It can be generally formed as a thin sheet-like base member with a front featuring 12 different transparent chord dials that are each pivotally attached to the base member over a color-coded, pie-shaped diagram of the Willoughby Scale/Chromatic Scale. On the back is a transparent Diatonic Octave Dial pivotally attached to the base member over a color-coded diagram of the Chromatic Scale/Willoughby Scale with the Key Signatures surrounding the diagram. The octave dial has selectively aligned indicia that represent the notes of the major form of the diatonic scale. | 04-12-2012 |
20120216666 | Visual, tactile and motion-sensation system for representing music for an audience - System of translation between written or performed music and visual, tactile and motion sensation experiences. Specific metaphors for most aspects of music among these non-audio media are described. Examples include rules for color assignment to pitches in a scale; positioning visual representations of notes; visualizing notes between pitches; arranging tactile stimuli to represent pitches; and rendering stages of cadence with motion sensing experiences such as movement within space, or changes in one's tilt, pitch, etc. The system includes documentation of theoretical/interpretive elements such as key signature, current chord, association of notes with melody, as they occur in a piece, along with metaphors for their translation in these non-audible media. The metaphors are strictly prescribed, yet accommodating large variations and freedoms in visual, tactile and motion renderings by producers/artists, allowing for visual, tactile or motor metaphors for non-musical instrument sounds such as finger sliding across windings of a guitar string. | 08-30-2012 |
20130000463 | INTEGRATED MUSIC FILES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on one or more computer storage devices pertaining to integrated music files, The methods include receiving data representative of notes associated with a musical piece. The methods include generating an image that includes at least one glyph, the glyph including a graphical representation of one of the notes of the musical piece. The methods include generating a musical file, the music file including instructions for causing the computer to play the notes of the musical piece. The methods include generating a mapping that referencing the instructions and the glyph. The methods also include generating a sheet music data file, the sheet music data file including the image, the music file, and the mapping. | 01-03-2013 |
20130019737 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MUSIC INSTRUCTION ON PIANO - The present disclosure relates to s music instruction method. A system is provided which allows a user to more intuitively understand and play music without the complexity of traditional piano learning and embodies comprises a step-by-step instruction method of basic chords. The system also streamlines composition and arrangement of piano music for the beginner. The invention further provided which allows a learner to more intuitively understand basic music theory and performance. | 01-24-2013 |
20130036897 | INSTRUMENT GAME SYSTEM AND METHOD - A game system and method that uses an instrument as an input encourages a user to play along with the game's soundtrack on an instrument (e.g. guitar, bass, etc.). The game cues the player to play notes and/or chords on the instrument at an appropriate time and then data is collected from the instrument via a connection between the instrument and the apparatus running the game. The game then scores the user based on note/chord and timing information it receives. | 02-14-2013 |
20130186259 | MUSIC SCORE DISPLAY DEVICE, MUSIC SCORE DISPLAY METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A music score display device displays a music score representing a predetermined piece of music at a display, and stores a playing result for each measure of the music score in a memory when the piece is played. On the basis of the playing results of the measures stored in the memory, the music score display device generates graph images representing the playing results of the measures, and displays the generated graph images of the measures, superposed on images of the corresponding measures of the music score displayed at the display, such that the images of the measures are visible. | 07-25-2013 |
20130220101 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING MUSIC AND OTHER SOUNDS - The present disclosure relates to a system and method for visualization of music and other sounds. In one embodiment, the twelve notes of an octave are labeled. When notes are played, the intervals between the notes are visualized by displaying a line between the labels corresponding to the note labels. In some embodiments, the lines representing the intervals are color coded with a different color for each of the six intervals. | 08-29-2013 |
20130319209 | Distribution of Audio Sheet Music As An Electronic Book - An apparatus for synchronized digital sheet music display and audio playback comprises an electronic appliance. The apparatus includes an audio output for playing an audio recording of a piece of music and a display for displaying the piece of music in notation form, including a first portion thereof and comprising elements representing discrete segments of the piece of music that may be identified, displayed, and highlighted. The apparatus further comprises software for controllably playing the recording of and displaying the piece of music, highlighting a second portion of the piece of music within and advancing through the first, and synchronizing the highlighted second portion with the audio played from the audio output. The software further supports an electronic book format, displaying and playing book contents containing both written language and music notation. Audio playback includes both music and a voice reading the language. | 12-05-2013 |
20140041512 | MUSICAL SCORING - A musical scoring method includes providing a musical scoring interface; receiving a user defined musical curve input; rendering a musical curve based on the user defined musical curve input; and rendering notes on the musical curve to form a musical score capable of playback. | 02-13-2014 |
20140190334 | INSTRUCTIONAL MUSIC READING AND INSTRUMENT PLAYING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method is provided for instructing students and players to read music notation and to play an instrument. The method includes presenting an interactive display including a graphical representation of at least a portion of a musical instrument and a plurality of lines having spaces therebetween. The plurality of lines and spaces represent a staff of musical notation. The method includes associating the lines and spaces with placement of at least one of a student's fingers to the instrument. The method further includes presenting, on the interactive display, a musical score including a plurality of notes by streaming each of the notes on one of the lines and spaces such that when each of the notes meets a portion of the graphical representation of the musical instrument the student, in response, manipulates a corresponding one of their fingers to play the instrument. | 07-10-2014 |
20140260904 | MUSICAL SCORE DISPLAY CONVERSION SYSTEM - Methods, systems and computer readable media for musical score presentation conversion are described. | 09-18-2014 |
20140311321 | Tina Illig Method for Good Piano Sight Reading - The purpose of my invention/method is to create good keyboard sight reading musicians. By marking skips between notes according to the method set forth in my detailed description and then playing them on the keyboard, the musician is able to develop good sight reading skills. The difference between my method and others is that my method uses letter names of notes only to find the beginning location of a piece of music and this is done through the use of a note/keyboard chart. All other reading is done by use of spacing and direction through recognition of skips on the staff. It is essential to the success of my method that letter names NOT be used because they interfere with the spatial and directional understanding of notes needed to sight read well. My method is useful at all levels because it is structured, concrete, and cumulative. | 10-23-2014 |
20140360339 | 3JCN MUSIC NOTATION - There is no staff in 3JCN Music Notation. Therefore, 3JCN Music Notation is very simple compare to Western Notation. A note in 3JCN Music Notation is represented by a lower case letter for the pitch class (a through g), preceded by the note's octave (1 through 11) and followed by the note's duration (a real number). For example, 6c1 is for note “c” in 6 | 12-11-2014 |
20150082972 | DISTRIBUTION OF AUDIO SHEET MUSIC WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC BOOK - A method of providing synchronized content to a user including: (i) an audio recording of a voice reading written language text and an audio recording of one or more pieces of music; (ii) written language text and music notation content, having elements that can be identified, displayed, and highlighted, the elements representing discrete segments of the written language and music notation content, each of the discrete segments having a beginning and end; and (iii) synchronization data marking beginning and end points in the audio recordings for each element. The method is implemented such that a user may play the audio recording of a voice reading the written language text, and the audio recording of the one or more pieces of music according to the EPUB format, and display the written language text and music notation content according to the EPUB format with synchronization. | 03-26-2015 |
20150107441 | COLOR-BASED MUSIC OUTPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a color-based music output system and a method thereof. The system of the present invention comprises a pickup unit receiving a musical signal; a recognition unit electrically connected with the pickup unit to receive the musical signal and recognizing musical elements from the musical signal; a conversion unit electrically with the recognition unit to receive the musical elements and converting the musical elements into colored musical notes; and a processing unit electrically connected with the pickup unit, the recognition unit and the conversion unit, receiving the colored musical notes, and outputting a colored musical notation corresponding to the colored musical notes. The present invention provides an easy-to-read colored musical notation to simplify the conventional five-line staff and overcome the disadvantages thereof and also provides an innovative color-based music output system to make users read musical notations easier. | 04-23-2015 |
20150143975 | Musical Notation Interface for the Visually Impaired - Various systems to aid a visually impaired musician to learn musical notation. The system includes a microprocessor with a memory adapted to store musical notation. Multiple transducers are operatively attached to the microprocessor. The transducers are spatially located on and/or in contact with a part of the body of the visually impaired musician. Responsive to the musical notation, the microprocessor is configured to signal the transducers to provide a physical or tactile sensation to the part of the body of the visually impaired musician. | 05-28-2015 |
20150356958 | Musical Instruction and Methods of Notating Music Related Thereto - The present invention provides a method of notating music comprising the steps of providing a plurality of icons, wherein each icon comprises at least two characteristics selected from the group consisting of a shape, a symbol, and a color, and assigning each icon to a note of a plurality of notes of the chromatic scale. The plurality of notes includes notes that may be arranged into a plurality of chords. At least one characteristic of the icons of each of the notes of each chord is the same. The method further comprises the step of providing a musical notation comprising the plurality of icons. | 12-10-2015 |
20150371550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING MUSIC - A system and method for rendering music is provided. The method includes: receiving a request for electronic content; parsing the electronic content to determine a music notation element; translating the music notation; creating a music notation object based on the translation; and rendering the music notation object via a browser application. The system includes: a connection module configured to receive a request for electronic content; a parser configured to parse the electronic content to determine a music notation element; an object module configured to translate the music notation and create a music notation object based on the translation; and a rendering module configured to render the music notation object to be displayed by a browser application. | 12-24-2015 |
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