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Tune Sheets
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For fingering
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For keyboard
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Twirling and conducting batons | 1 |
| 20080264239 | Archiving of environmental sounds using visualization components - The present disclosure relates to sound recognition devices and methods. A system is provided that utilizes a system of tonal and rhythmic visualization methods to recognize different environmental sounds so as to accurately identify certain species of wildlife and other elements of nature. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080271589 | Method and apparatus for editing and mixing sound recordings - The present disclosure relates to audio mixing and editing devices and methods. A system is provided that permits mixing of and editing of multiple input audio tracks through the use of visual representation of audio signals. By viewing the visual representations of the audio inputs, a user is able to achieve a desired mix of signals with more accuracy and efficiency when compared with mixing based on hearing alone. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080276790 | System and method for sound recognition - The present disclosure relates to sound and speech recognition devices and methods. A system is provided that utilizes a system of tonal and rhythmic visualization methods to recognize different sounds so as to accurately identify true security problems in a cost effective manner. The system can also be utilized to recognize different vocal characteristics so as to accurately identify individuals based on their speech. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080289477 | MUSIC COMPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system, program code, and method for music composition, comprising: displaying a composition object according to a first value, wherein the first value includes a musical event; displaying a first and second indicator, wherein the first and second indicator describes the first value; selecting the composition object; graphically altering the first indicator; changing the first value to a second value; and graphically altering the second indicator. The first indicator comprises the position of the composition object relative to a displayed virtual instrument. The second indicator is not keyed to shapes, rather comprises a color. The method and system further incorporates a graphical user interface including a virtual music instrument; the virtual music instrument includes a plurality of virtual keys, each key corresponding to a key on a performance module. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080307945 | Device and Method for Generating a Note Signal and Device and Method for Outputting an Output Signal Indicating a Pitch Class - A device for generating a note signal upon a manual input is described which comprises an operating means which is implemented to enable a user of the same, as an input, to define an input angle or an input angle range as the input signal, and a controller which is implemented to receive the input signal and to generate a note signal associated with a pitch class based on an assignment function and on the input signal. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080307946 | BRAILLE MUSIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and systems for converting digital music scores to Braille, and vice versa and for creating Braille and digital music scores directly from music keyboard entry. The system and methods are embodied in computer programs which can extract note data from a digital score or Midi file, and correlate the note data with Braille cell data in a computer processor. A digital Braille score is created from the Braille cell data, and can be output as an embossed score, as a printed simulated Braille score or on a refreshable Braille display. The computer programs can also create digital scores from input Braille scores. Hardware components can include a music keyboard having a processor, a digital storage device and an integrated refreshable Braille display. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080314228 | Interactive tool and appertaining method for creating a graphical music display - The invention provides apparatus and a method for creating a visual representation of music that conveys the musical form, structure, event surface, orchestration, and sonic framework of the piece being visualized. The representation comprises visual characters/sprites that move in time according to instructions from the metadata synchronized to the actual musical recording. These characters accurately portray the rhythm, pitch, and timbre of the individual elements in the musical surface (individual lines or performers) and have a hierarchy of representation, e.g. thematic elements that are divided into sub-elements (gestures or phrases) that are further divided into individual notes. The visual representation corresponds to the structure of the music as heard, where simultaneous harmonic events are parsed into individual notes which are then tied together into a rhythmic stream of linked events. Two streams of data (the “musical” and the “sonic”) are synchronized to the musical piece to drive the visualization. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090019989 | Electronic Manual Display Apparatus and Method - In a memory, there are stored one or more scripts including commands for controlling an electronic music apparatus, and display data for displaying a manual pertaining to the electronic music apparatus. The display data include information associating particular description portions in the manual with the one or more scripts. Manual is displayed on a display device in accordance with the display data. In response to user's designation of any one of the description portions in the manual associated with the scripts, the script, corresponding to the user-designated description portion, is transmitted to the electronic music apparatus. Each of the script corresponding to one of the description portions includes a command for causing the electronic music apparatus to automatically perform processing pertaining to the description portion, and thus, the processing pertaining to the user-designated particular description portion is automatically performed in the electronic music apparatus in accordance with the transmitted script. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090025535 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPRESENTING MUSICAL NOTES IN AN OCTAVE TO THE VISIBLE LIGHT SPECTRUM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method of graphically representing the musical notes in an octave in parallel to the visible light spectrum, by means of one or more color codes comprising colors in a spectrally sequential order and repeating the code throughout the different octaves, and a series of apparati designed to apply said method, as a note locator, to any type of musical instrument where exactly one auditory tone is modified in pitch by exactly one manipulation of the instrument, including all stringed, keyboard, and melodic percussion instruments. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090031881 | Zinistesia: An Apparatus And Method For Teaching, Writing, And Reading Music - A system and method of identifying the parts and components of a musical work, where analysis and time dedicated to studying are combined in a color based system which uses multicolor musical scores to indicate specific components of the musical work. Each of the components of the musical score, such as melody or theme, transition or bridge, accompaniment, counter-song, coda, etc., is denoted by separate colors. In addition, the most difficult sections of a musical work are identified by indicia to assist the student or musician when learning a particular musical work. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090095144 | Musical score recognition device and computer program thereof - The part template including information that is necessary to set after the image of the musical score read out by the scanner is recognized, is stored beforehand, and the part template corresponding to the read out musical score by the scanner is selected from a plurality of the part templates. And then, with the selected part template, setting (correcting) is to be performed automatically for the musical score read out by the scanner. Accordingly, it is possible to make the settings, which the user performs after a musical score is recognized, fewer than conventionally, and it is possible to increase the recognition rate of the musical score higher than conventionally. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090114079 | Virtual Reality Composer Platform System - A virtual reality composer platform and system (VRCPS) includes a plurality of user input/output devices and signal input/output controllers interfaced to a central processing unit complete with plurality of memory means, a butterfly morpheus musical instrument with plurality of manual input means each with a first unique visible indicia interfaced to said central processing unit, a plurality of finger adapters each with a second unique visible indicia donned on respective fingers and at least one custom butterfly morpheus music notation computer interface. The system is particularly suited for composing music for self-learning and teaching for all types of musical instruments for optimal virtual reality multimedia experience. The VRCPS platform and concepts disclosed are vari-dimensional acoustic environments, which are equally suited to all types of electronic learning and composing systems, game systems and computers. It is suitable for all levels of Do-It-Yourself learning from learning Beginners to Virtuoso Levels. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090217803 | Electronic musical score display device - An electronic musical score display device comprises an electronic display panel displaying at least one page of musical score data; a manipulator that will transmit a page turn signal wirelessly, generated from a pressure contact such as the pressing of a foot; and a microprocessor that controls the divided pages of musical score data being shown on the electronic display panel, which after receiving the page turn signal will perform a page turn action. Therefore, a performer is not required to manually turn pages on the electronic musical score display device by hand, so the performance is not interrupted due to page turning, thereby increase the performance quality. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090255396 | SELF-ADJUSTING MUSIC SCROLLING SYSTEM - A system for automatically adjusting a music score comprises a display screen and a music scrolling system configured to perform the steps of selecting a music score, the music score being cataloged and stored in a music score database as a first MIDI file, displaying a first portion of the selected music score on the display screen, recording musical notes with a digital device, storing the recorded musical notes in memory as a WAV file, converting the WAV file into a second MIDI file, comparing the first MIDI file and the second MIDI file with a MIDI comparison algorithm, determining if the first MIDI file substantially matches the second MIDI file, automatically adjusting the music score on the display screen upon determining that the first MIDI file substantially matches the second MIDI file, and displaying one or more mistakes upon determining that the first MIDI file does not substantially match the second MIDI file. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090277321 | PORTABLE INTERFACE DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCORPORATING SUCH DEVICE - The present invention relates to a portable interface device ( | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100162875 | Steel Pan Tablature System and Associated Methods - A tablature system for representing a series of notes to be played on a steel pan/drum having concentric rings of note pads is provided, wherein each note pad is for producing a distinct musical pitch. The tablature includes a staff having three horizontal lines positioned atop each other, a first line representing a center ring of note pads, a second line representing an inner ring of note pads, and third line representing an outer ring of note pads. For each note pad to be represented, a rhythmic indicator is provided that lies adjacent the horizontal line commensurate with where the note pad to be represented lies. For each note pad to be represented, the note name is positioned above the respective rhythmic indicator. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100180751 | MUSICAL GUIDE FOR GUITARS - A musical guide and method for guitar playing includes providing a musical guide including a series of scales, chords or notes in the form of a temporary tattoo or sticker. The tattoo or sticker may be placed on the forearm of the user. As such, the user can match the sound to the note by glancing at their arm when needed. The student will be able to quickly find scale patterns by looking at their forearm. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100236381 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MUSICAL SCORE EDITING METHOD EXECUTED THEREON, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus that processes image data representing a musical score inputs image data of a musical score document to the image processing apparatus, detects a blank area in the musical score based on the input image data, and generates image data in which an assistance sign has been added in the blank area in correspondence with a sign in the musical score. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100236382 | Footprint Indication Kit for Percussion Instruments - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to facilitating the reproducible placement of percussive instruments, such as drums, relative to one another. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a footprint indication kit for percussion instruments. The footprint indication kit comprises a set of marking strips configured to indicate a periphery of a footprint of a percussion instrument, the set of marking strips including two or more marking strips having a first side including a connecting material configured to removably engage a complementary connecting material on a drum mat, and the two or more marking strips including at least one of a marking strip having one or more curved edges and a rectangular marking strip. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100288104 | MUSICAL CONTROLLER - Specially designed for relating musical sounds to the conventional way of writing on a staff and vice versa, the controller is formed by a casing which is flat, cylindrical or some other shape, on which a staff is depicted, with, in the areas of the staff corresponding to each of the musical notes, sensors/push-buttons corresponding to natural, flat and sharp notes (or double sharp or double flat or natural sign, if present on the frame), as well as light indicators. The notes can thus be identified aurally when working on the device as if the music was written on a staff, while if a MIDI signal is connected to the control circuit it is possible to display, in real time, on said staff and via the light indicators, each of the notes of said melody, enabling quick and easy identification of said notes. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100313736 | System and method for learning music in a computer game - A system comprising means for receiving a first input from an electronic device, said first input pertaining to performance of music by a user, means for receiving a second input, said second input pertaining at least to music intended to be performed by the user; and a comparison module software executing on a computer and adapted to receive said first input and to receive said second input, wherein the comparison module compares the first input from a user to the second input to produce at least one indicia of the user's success in performing the intended music correctly, the comparison module sends to a display module associated with the user information including at least the music intended to be performed by the user and the indicia of the user's success in performing the intended music correctly, and the comparison module further sends to the display module associated with the user a timing signal suitable for indicating the speed at which the music should be shown on the display and played by the user, said timing signal computed according to one or more tempo modes selectable by the user, is disclosed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100313737 | MUSIC SCORE RECOGNITION METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A music score recognition method and a system thereof are provided. In the present method, a music score is detected and at least one measure in the music score is obtained by searching bar lines, so as to plan a recognition order according to the position of each measure in the music score. Next, an image capturing apparatus is controlled to capture one of the measures according to the recognition order, and music information in the captured measure is recognized and outputted immediately. The method follows the recognition order to repeatedly perform the steps of controlling the image apparatus, recognizing the captured measure, and outputting the music information on the other measures until each of the measures has been processed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110154976 | DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AND ANALYZING MUSICAL DATA - The present invention relates to a device for providing and analyzing musical data that includes a rectangular base A engaging with two cursors B and C, the base and the cursors having musical data thereon that relate to notes, scales, tonalities, intervals and chords, and that analytically provides said data with regard to the fundamental rules of harmony. The rectangular base A includes a central longitudinal slot | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110185880 | Music Teaching Tool for Steel Pan and Drum Players and Associated Methods - A steel drum teaching tool includes a circular base divided into twelve radial sectors and three concentric rings, defining 36 note elements. An adjacent note name in a first radial direction is separated by an interval of a fifth, and an adjacent note name in a second radial direction, by a fourth. A translucent mask is rotatably affixed to the base and has a central portion divided into twelve radial sectors and three concentric rings corresponding to the base. A pair of ring sections extend about seven of the radial sectors and are divided into inner and outer sector elements corresponding to the central portion. The inner ring sector elements have indicia designating notes in a respective key to which the mask is aligned; the outer ring sector elements, indicia designating notes in a respective relative minor key. Additional aspects include an electronic tool and a method of use. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110214554 | MUSICAL SCORE POSITION ESTIMATING APPARATUS, MUSICAL SCORE POSITION ESTIMATING METHOD, AND MUSICAL SCORE POSITION ESTIMATING PROGRAM - A musical score position estimating apparatus includes a sound feature quantity generating unit configured to generate a feature quantity of an input sound signal, and, a score position estimating unit configured to calculate a weight coefficient based on the feature quantity of the sound signal and a feature quantity of musical score information and estimates a musical score position using a virtual musical score position and a virtual tempo corresponding to the weight coefficient. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110239845 | MUSICAL SCORE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR REALIZING MUSICAL SCORE DISPLAY METHOD - There is provided a musical score display apparatus which can display a musical score at multiple levels ranging from a partial part to all parts and can display a comment relating to the displayed musical score based on the creation date and time, and a program for realizing a musical score display method. Comment data created in a setting period are displayed on a timeline by using comment icons at positions corresponding to creation date and time. When the highest level button among level selection buttons is operated, the comment icons relating to all parts are displayed on the timeline. When the lowest level button is operated in this state, the comment icon relating to the part to be deleted when the lowest level is selected is also deleted from the timeline in the display musical score of all parts. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110259178 | Machine and method for teaching music and piano - A system for teaching music with input and output devices, musical representations presented on vertically and horizontally oriented musical staffs, output responsive to selective application of input data, confirmation of propriety of input choice, and scrolling presentation of sequential musical representations constituting music. A method to develop a positive association of correct learning input to music representation presented and a negative association of improper response, to music presented in a scrolling manner along a center bar for timing visual change in musical representation upon input. Musical representations such as notes, lines and bars may be presented and the user is required to make choices through input devices to correctly identify or play the musical representation. The system and method use both visual and audio responses to input and uses color and graphical associations between the staff and notes to teach intervals and music. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120042766 | Musical Instructional Player - A segmented, interactive audio-visual content progress bar and method of use whose divisions provide an information and instructional index of performance content. The progress bar provides a time linear segmentation of a user component of a performance content and a sound signal corresponding to the performance content. The progress bar provides a time progress marker advancing with time as a corresponding indicator of the user component of the performance content. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120067195 | EDUCATIONAL METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY TEACH READING AND COMPOSING MUSIC - A method and apparatus for composing and teaching of music while learning to read music is provided that involves a user following a supported sequence of tasks that guide creativity of the user to construct a musical composition. The musical composition is constructed by assigning alphabetical characters to colors and musical notes to form a chart, forming words and phrases using the alphabetical characters, and cross-referencing the words and phrases to the chart. Various interactive components and computer software facilitate use of the method and process. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120160077 | MUSICAL SCORE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - There are provided an image acquisition unit acquiring an image containing information of a paper-based musical score from an image reading-out unit, and a musical character recognition unit recognizing a musical character contained in the image acquired by the image acquisition unit by using a plurality of musical character recognition methods, and outputting a plurality of musical character recognition results. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120167746 | Removable Fretboard Stickers with Musical Indicia - The present invention is a device and method for teaching note locations, fretboard patterns, scales, and chords on the fingerboard of a fretted stringed instrument (“fretboard”), such as an electric or acoustic guitar. The invention comprises a set of independently affixable fretboard adhesive labels (“stickers”) that adhere to the surface of the stringed instrument, using a mild adhesive, so as not to damage the instrument, and a number of markings, which indicate musical indicia. The device is applied to the instrument by slipping the various individual stickers between the corresponding frets and strings of the stringed instrument and affixing the stickers directly to the fretboard. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120227571 | MUSICAL-SCORE INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, MUSIC-TONE GENERATION CONTROLLING APPARATUS, MUSICAL-SCORE INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND MUSIC-TONE GENERATION CONTROLLING METHOD - A musical score extracting unit specifies areas of each of measures and the measure number of each measure on a musical score based on positions of musical-score composing elements such as part lines, staffs and bar lines. A music-data dividing unit divides music-data file based on time information in the music-data file to generate plural unit music-data files containing pitch information and time information for one measure. The music-data dividing unit specifies measures where repeat marks are placed based on sorts and positions of the repeat marks and positions of the part lines, staffs and bar lines on the musical score, thereby removing unit music-data file to repeat as instructed by the repeat marks from the plural music-data files to obtain a final unit music-data files associated with the respective measure numbers. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120247305 | MUSICAL SCORE PLAYING DEVICE AND MUSICAL SCORE PLAYING PROGRAM - The musical score playing device includes a display unit | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120318120 | PRINTED MATERIAL WITH MUSICAL SCORE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MUSICAL SCORE OF PRINTED MATERIAL WITH MUSICAL SCORE - In conventional dance textbook, since there was no correlation between dance choreography and music, it was not easy to grasp the pace of dance upon dancing to the music. A ‘printed material with musical score’ | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130000461 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MUSICAL INSTRUCTION - An apparatus that includes an outer casing, having a first cover (front cover) and a second cover (back cover). The first cover and second cover having a contour shape of a selected musical instrument. The contour may be for example, the shape of a guitar, piano, drum set or other musical instrument. A plurality of pages are bound between the front cover and the back cover. The pages having the contour shape of the first cover and the second cover. A musical chip module for outputs audible musical signals corresponding to the contour shape when pressed, or the page is opened, or the module is otherwise actuated, such as motion or voice. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130000462 | GRAPHICAL TEACHING DEVICE - A device comprises a first image phase with a first set of coded indicia positioned with respect to a background image, a second image phase with a second set of coded indicia positioned with respect to the background image, and means to alternate between the first and second phases. The second set of coded indicia are related to the first set of coded indicia by a mapping based on the background image, and means are provided to alternate between the image phases, the means configured to select the background image with the first set of coded indicia or the background image with the second set of coded indicia. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130081531 | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE TRAINING DEVICE, MUSICAL PERFORMANCE TRAINING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In the present invention, a CPU acquires an achievement level based on the difficulty level of a song by evaluating the playing skills of the user based on a comparison of a plurality musical notation data expressing each note composing the song and music playing data generated in response to the song being played and inputted by the user; updates state variables (achievement level rank “achieve” and achievement level rank change “change”) in a value function table “value” based on the acquired achievement level; and gives advice of a type specified by the most effective (maximum value) advice type “action” retrieved from the value function table “value” [achieve][change][action] based on the updated state variables to the user playing and inputting the song. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130133507 | FOOTPRINT INDICATION KIT FOR PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to facilitating the reproducible placement of percussive instruments, such as drums, relative to one another. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a footprint indication kit for percussion instruments. The footprint indication kit comprises a set of marking strips configured to indicate a periphery of a footprint of a percussion instrument, the set of marking strips including two or more marking strips having a first side including a connecting material configured to removably engage a complementary connecting material on a drum mat, and the two or more marking strips including at least one of a marking strip having one or more curved edges and a rectangular marking strip. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130228061 | Blink A Beat - Blink a Beat is a electronic device that teaches the user to play drums using rudiments, beats, and songs. The device has LED's that show them how to play the beats and rudiments. The ability to download from a list of approved songs to the device for the purpose of learning the songs. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130247746 | MUSIC CONTENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A storage section stores therein a plurality of music content items each including image data of one or more pages. An order is determined of two or more of the music content items stored in the storage section. Page information designating a page to be displayed is acquired, for example, in response to a user's operation. By reference to the storage section, a page arrangement is specified which is indicative of a state in which the image data of the ordered two or more music content items are arranged in a consecutive fashion in accordance with the determined order. A page designated by the acquired page number information is identified in the specified page arrangement. Image data of the acquired page is displayed on a display. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130283999 | VIDEO EXPORT OF A DIGITAL MUSICAL SCORE - Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating an animated playback of a musical composition represented as a digital musical score. The methods involve, for each of a series of landmarks in the digital musical score: determining a temporal location of audio playback of the landmark in an audio playback of the composition; generating a video output frame showing a page of the musical score spanning the landmark in an output page format; generating a segment of the animated playback of the composition having a video component showing the video output frame for a duration approximately equal to the difference between temporal locations of audio playback of successive landmarks and an audio component including an audio rendering of a portion of the score between the successive landmarks; and generating the animated playback of the musical composition by concatenating the segments. The score format is optimized for the video aspect ratio. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140123833 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MUSIC EDUCATION - A system for music education includes a storage device being configured to store a set of record data; a recording device being configured to record a musical exercise; a processor being connected to the storage device and the recording device, and configured to determine the start and the end of the musical exercise by the detected volume of the musical exercise, to convert the recording of the musical exercise to a set of user data, to retrieve the set of record data and to map the set of user data to the set of record data, to analyze differences between the two based on the mapping and to calculate a series of values and to calculate a score as the sum of the series of values multiplied by a series of coefficients respectively; and an electronic display being connected to the processor. A method for music education is also provided. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140260902 | MUSIC INSTRUCTION APPARATUS - A music instruction apparatus includes a string adapted to be wound into a tuning peg of a string instrument, a tension indicator disposed on the string proximate to an end of the string, the tension indicator representing a predetermined level of tension in the string when the end of the string is wound into the tuning peg up to the position of the tension indicator, and a note indicator disposed on the string, the note indicator representing a musical note. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140260903 | SYSTEM, PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL MUSIC TUTORING - A system, platform, method and application are herein provided for digital music tutoring. In some embodiments the platform includes a digital device equipped with a microphone; a library of music lessons available for presentation on the digital device; a graphical user interface adapted to allow a user to select a lesson from the library and present the selected lesson on the digital device; and an analytic module adapted to analyze a signal from the microphone produced by performance of the selected lesson and provide feedback to the user concerning the performance on the digital device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140283668 | MUSICAL SCORE PERFORMING APPARATUS, A METHOD OF PERFORMING A MUSICAL SCORE, AND A PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - A musical-score performing apparatus is provided. In the apparatus, a musical-score displaying unit with a displaying screen displays a musical score of music on the displaying screen, the musical score being represented by a form of multiple staffs, and a designating unit is used to designate a position on the displaying screen of the musical-score displaying unit. A play-back controlling unit plays back the music represented by apart or the whole of the multiple staffs of the musical score in accordance with the position designated on the displaying screen. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140366708 | Musical Instructional Player - A segmented, interactive audio-visual content progress bar and method of use whose divisions provide an information and instructional index of performance content. The progress bar provides a time linear segmentation of a user component of a performance content and a sound signal corresponding to the performance content. The progress bar provides a time progress marker advancing with time as a corresponding indicator of the user component of the performance content. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150007707 | MUSIC WHEEL - METHOD AND APPARATUS OF A MUSIC LEARNING TOOL - A Music Wheel user interface or apparatus having a substantially flat surface area and being formed by a plurality of wheels stacked on top of each other. Each wheel can independently move in clockwise and anticlockwise directions. The face of each wheel displays relevant and fundamental information for musical instructions. Certain parts of the faces of certain wheels are cut out, or have windows, allowing the inscriptions of pitches or key tonalities letter, number, and symbol notes on the faces of the wheels at the bottom to be seen. The sizes of the wheels are ascending from top to bottom to allow the inscriptions on the rim of the wheels at the bottom to be seen. During operation, at least one wheel is stationary and three are movable. All moving parts can move independently of each other. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150364054 | MUSICAL LEARNING AND INTERACTION THROUGH SHAPES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for musical learning and interaction. Embodiments include presenting a playable portion of a musical instrument at a user interface. The user interface includes a video layer. The video layer is configured to visually present one or more frames of video. The user interface also includes a virtual musical instrument or a playable portion of the virtual musical instrument. At least the playable portion of the virtual musical instrument is overlaid over a least a portion of the video layer, and is at least partially transparent. As such, the portion of the video layer over which the playable portion of the virtual musical instrument is overlaid shows through the virtual musical instrument. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160042657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING A SOUND INTO DYNAMIC PITCH-BASED GRAPHS - A system and method that quantifies a sound into dynamic pitch-based graphs that correlate to the pitch frequencies of the sound. The system records a sound, such as musical notes. A pitch detection algorithm identifies and quantifies the pitch frequencies of the notes. The algorithm analyzes the pitch frequencies, and graphically displays the pitch frequency and notes in real time as fluctuating circles, rectangular bars, and lines that represent variances in pitch. The algorithm comprises a modified Type 2 Normalized Square Difference Function that transforms the musical notes into the pitch frequencies. The Type 2 Normalized Square Difference Function analyzes the peaks of the pitch frequency to arrive at a precise pitch frequency, such as 440 Hertz. A Lagrangian interpolation enables comparative analysis and teaching of the pitches and notes. The algorithm also performs transformations and heuristic comparisons to generate the real time graphical representation of the pitch frequency. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160189694 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PRESENTATION SYSTEM PAGE COMMANDS - Methods, systems and computer readable media for generating musical score presentation system page commands are described. In some implementations, the method can include receiving an electronic signal corresponding to a music track. The method can also include translating the received electronic signal into a page command. The method can further include generating a page command configured to be provided to an electronic musical score presentation system. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20190147762 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PRACTICE SYSTEM, PLAYING PRACTICE IMPLEMENTATION DEVICE, CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE | 05-16-2019 |
| 20090007759 | TWIRLING PROP AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - A twirling prop devoid of a gun barrel and for use by a marching band or the like is provided. The twirling prop includes a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a base, a distal end, and a midline. The top surface, bottom surface, and base are non-colinear and are constructed such that at least a portion of each can be gripped. Openings extending laterally through the body of the twirling prop can be present and can, in certain instances, provide a means for gripping the twirling prop. Such openings can be positioned anywhere along the length of the body between the top surface and the bottom surface and can be of any size and shape desired. | 01-08-2009 |
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| 20080264239 | Archiving of environmental sounds using visualization components - The present disclosure relates to sound recognition devices and methods. A system is provided that utilizes a system of tonal and rhythmic visualization methods to recognize different environmental sounds so as to accurately identify certain species of wildlife and other elements of nature. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080271589 | Method and apparatus for editing and mixing sound recordings - The present disclosure relates to audio mixing and editing devices and methods. A system is provided that permits mixing of and editing of multiple input audio tracks through the use of visual representation of audio signals. By viewing the visual representations of the audio inputs, a user is able to achieve a desired mix of signals with more accuracy and efficiency when compared with mixing based on hearing alone. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080276790 | System and method for sound recognition - The present disclosure relates to sound and speech recognition devices and methods. A system is provided that utilizes a system of tonal and rhythmic visualization methods to recognize different sounds so as to accurately identify true security problems in a cost effective manner. The system can also be utilized to recognize different vocal characteristics so as to accurately identify individuals based on their speech. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080289477 | MUSIC COMPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system, program code, and method for music composition, comprising: displaying a composition object according to a first value, wherein the first value includes a musical event; displaying a first and second indicator, wherein the first and second indicator describes the first value; selecting the composition object; graphically altering the first indicator; changing the first value to a second value; and graphically altering the second indicator. The first indicator comprises the position of the composition object relative to a displayed virtual instrument. The second indicator is not keyed to shapes, rather comprises a color. The method and system further incorporates a graphical user interface including a virtual music instrument; the virtual music instrument includes a plurality of virtual keys, each key corresponding to a key on a performance module. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080307945 | Device and Method for Generating a Note Signal and Device and Method for Outputting an Output Signal Indicating a Pitch Class - A device for generating a note signal upon a manual input is described which comprises an operating means which is implemented to enable a user of the same, as an input, to define an input angle or an input angle range as the input signal, and a controller which is implemented to receive the input signal and to generate a note signal associated with a pitch class based on an assignment function and on the input signal. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080307946 | BRAILLE MUSIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and systems for converting digital music scores to Braille, and vice versa and for creating Braille and digital music scores directly from music keyboard entry. The system and methods are embodied in computer programs which can extract note data from a digital score or Midi file, and correlate the note data with Braille cell data in a computer processor. A digital Braille score is created from the Braille cell data, and can be output as an embossed score, as a printed simulated Braille score or on a refreshable Braille display. The computer programs can also create digital scores from input Braille scores. Hardware components can include a music keyboard having a processor, a digital storage device and an integrated refreshable Braille display. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080314228 | Interactive tool and appertaining method for creating a graphical music display - The invention provides apparatus and a method for creating a visual representation of music that conveys the musical form, structure, event surface, orchestration, and sonic framework of the piece being visualized. The representation comprises visual characters/sprites that move in time according to instructions from the metadata synchronized to the actual musical recording. These characters accurately portray the rhythm, pitch, and timbre of the individual elements in the musical surface (individual lines or performers) and have a hierarchy of representation, e.g. thematic elements that are divided into sub-elements (gestures or phrases) that are further divided into individual notes. The visual representation corresponds to the structure of the music as heard, where simultaneous harmonic events are parsed into individual notes which are then tied together into a rhythmic stream of linked events. Two streams of data (the “musical” and the “sonic”) are synchronized to the musical piece to drive the visualization. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090019989 | Electronic Manual Display Apparatus and Method - In a memory, there are stored one or more scripts including commands for controlling an electronic music apparatus, and display data for displaying a manual pertaining to the electronic music apparatus. The display data include information associating particular description portions in the manual with the one or more scripts. Manual is displayed on a display device in accordance with the display data. In response to user's designation of any one of the description portions in the manual associated with the scripts, the script, corresponding to the user-designated description portion, is transmitted to the electronic music apparatus. Each of the script corresponding to one of the description portions includes a command for causing the electronic music apparatus to automatically perform processing pertaining to the description portion, and thus, the processing pertaining to the user-designated particular description portion is automatically performed in the electronic music apparatus in accordance with the transmitted script. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090025535 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPRESENTING MUSICAL NOTES IN AN OCTAVE TO THE VISIBLE LIGHT SPECTRUM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method of graphically representing the musical notes in an octave in parallel to the visible light spectrum, by means of one or more color codes comprising colors in a spectrally sequential order and repeating the code throughout the different octaves, and a series of apparati designed to apply said method, as a note locator, to any type of musical instrument where exactly one auditory tone is modified in pitch by exactly one manipulation of the instrument, including all stringed, keyboard, and melodic percussion instruments. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090031881 | Zinistesia: An Apparatus And Method For Teaching, Writing, And Reading Music - A system and method of identifying the parts and components of a musical work, where analysis and time dedicated to studying are combined in a color based system which uses multicolor musical scores to indicate specific components of the musical work. Each of the components of the musical score, such as melody or theme, transition or bridge, accompaniment, counter-song, coda, etc., is denoted by separate colors. In addition, the most difficult sections of a musical work are identified by indicia to assist the student or musician when learning a particular musical work. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090095144 | Musical score recognition device and computer program thereof - The part template including information that is necessary to set after the image of the musical score read out by the scanner is recognized, is stored beforehand, and the part template corresponding to the read out musical score by the scanner is selected from a plurality of the part templates. And then, with the selected part template, setting (correcting) is to be performed automatically for the musical score read out by the scanner. Accordingly, it is possible to make the settings, which the user performs after a musical score is recognized, fewer than conventionally, and it is possible to increase the recognition rate of the musical score higher than conventionally. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090114079 | Virtual Reality Composer Platform System - A virtual reality composer platform and system (VRCPS) includes a plurality of user input/output devices and signal input/output controllers interfaced to a central processing unit complete with plurality of memory means, a butterfly morpheus musical instrument with plurality of manual input means each with a first unique visible indicia interfaced to said central processing unit, a plurality of finger adapters each with a second unique visible indicia donned on respective fingers and at least one custom butterfly morpheus music notation computer interface. The system is particularly suited for composing music for self-learning and teaching for all types of musical instruments for optimal virtual reality multimedia experience. The VRCPS platform and concepts disclosed are vari-dimensional acoustic environments, which are equally suited to all types of electronic learning and composing systems, game systems and computers. It is suitable for all levels of Do-It-Yourself learning from learning Beginners to Virtuoso Levels. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090217803 | Electronic musical score display device - An electronic musical score display device comprises an electronic display panel displaying at least one page of musical score data; a manipulator that will transmit a page turn signal wirelessly, generated from a pressure contact such as the pressing of a foot; and a microprocessor that controls the divided pages of musical score data being shown on the electronic display panel, which after receiving the page turn signal will perform a page turn action. Therefore, a performer is not required to manually turn pages on the electronic musical score display device by hand, so the performance is not interrupted due to page turning, thereby increase the performance quality. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090255396 | SELF-ADJUSTING MUSIC SCROLLING SYSTEM - A system for automatically adjusting a music score comprises a display screen and a music scrolling system configured to perform the steps of selecting a music score, the music score being cataloged and stored in a music score database as a first MIDI file, displaying a first portion of the selected music score on the display screen, recording musical notes with a digital device, storing the recorded musical notes in memory as a WAV file, converting the WAV file into a second MIDI file, comparing the first MIDI file and the second MIDI file with a MIDI comparison algorithm, determining if the first MIDI file substantially matches the second MIDI file, automatically adjusting the music score on the display screen upon determining that the first MIDI file substantially matches the second MIDI file, and displaying one or more mistakes upon determining that the first MIDI file does not substantially match the second MIDI file. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090277321 | PORTABLE INTERFACE DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCORPORATING SUCH DEVICE - The present invention relates to a portable interface device ( | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100162875 | Steel Pan Tablature System and Associated Methods - A tablature system for representing a series of notes to be played on a steel pan/drum having concentric rings of note pads is provided, wherein each note pad is for producing a distinct musical pitch. The tablature includes a staff having three horizontal lines positioned atop each other, a first line representing a center ring of note pads, a second line representing an inner ring of note pads, and third line representing an outer ring of note pads. For each note pad to be represented, a rhythmic indicator is provided that lies adjacent the horizontal line commensurate with where the note pad to be represented lies. For each note pad to be represented, the note name is positioned above the respective rhythmic indicator. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100180751 | MUSICAL GUIDE FOR GUITARS - A musical guide and method for guitar playing includes providing a musical guide including a series of scales, chords or notes in the form of a temporary tattoo or sticker. The tattoo or sticker may be placed on the forearm of the user. As such, the user can match the sound to the note by glancing at their arm when needed. The student will be able to quickly find scale patterns by looking at their forearm. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100236381 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MUSICAL SCORE EDITING METHOD EXECUTED THEREON, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus that processes image data representing a musical score inputs image data of a musical score document to the image processing apparatus, detects a blank area in the musical score based on the input image data, and generates image data in which an assistance sign has been added in the blank area in correspondence with a sign in the musical score. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100236382 | Footprint Indication Kit for Percussion Instruments - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to facilitating the reproducible placement of percussive instruments, such as drums, relative to one another. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a footprint indication kit for percussion instruments. The footprint indication kit comprises a set of marking strips configured to indicate a periphery of a footprint of a percussion instrument, the set of marking strips including two or more marking strips having a first side including a connecting material configured to removably engage a complementary connecting material on a drum mat, and the two or more marking strips including at least one of a marking strip having one or more curved edges and a rectangular marking strip. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100288104 | MUSICAL CONTROLLER - Specially designed for relating musical sounds to the conventional way of writing on a staff and vice versa, the controller is formed by a casing which is flat, cylindrical or some other shape, on which a staff is depicted, with, in the areas of the staff corresponding to each of the musical notes, sensors/push-buttons corresponding to natural, flat and sharp notes (or double sharp or double flat or natural sign, if present on the frame), as well as light indicators. The notes can thus be identified aurally when working on the device as if the music was written on a staff, while if a MIDI signal is connected to the control circuit it is possible to display, in real time, on said staff and via the light indicators, each of the notes of said melody, enabling quick and easy identification of said notes. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100313736 | System and method for learning music in a computer game - A system comprising means for receiving a first input from an electronic device, said first input pertaining to performance of music by a user, means for receiving a second input, said second input pertaining at least to music intended to be performed by the user; and a comparison module software executing on a computer and adapted to receive said first input and to receive said second input, wherein the comparison module compares the first input from a user to the second input to produce at least one indicia of the user's success in performing the intended music correctly, the comparison module sends to a display module associated with the user information including at least the music intended to be performed by the user and the indicia of the user's success in performing the intended music correctly, and the comparison module further sends to the display module associated with the user a timing signal suitable for indicating the speed at which the music should be shown on the display and played by the user, said timing signal computed according to one or more tempo modes selectable by the user, is disclosed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100313737 | MUSIC SCORE RECOGNITION METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A music score recognition method and a system thereof are provided. In the present method, a music score is detected and at least one measure in the music score is obtained by searching bar lines, so as to plan a recognition order according to the position of each measure in the music score. Next, an image capturing apparatus is controlled to capture one of the measures according to the recognition order, and music information in the captured measure is recognized and outputted immediately. The method follows the recognition order to repeatedly perform the steps of controlling the image apparatus, recognizing the captured measure, and outputting the music information on the other measures until each of the measures has been processed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110154976 | DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AND ANALYZING MUSICAL DATA - The present invention relates to a device for providing and analyzing musical data that includes a rectangular base A engaging with two cursors B and C, the base and the cursors having musical data thereon that relate to notes, scales, tonalities, intervals and chords, and that analytically provides said data with regard to the fundamental rules of harmony. The rectangular base A includes a central longitudinal slot | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110185880 | Music Teaching Tool for Steel Pan and Drum Players and Associated Methods - A steel drum teaching tool includes a circular base divided into twelve radial sectors and three concentric rings, defining 36 note elements. An adjacent note name in a first radial direction is separated by an interval of a fifth, and an adjacent note name in a second radial direction, by a fourth. A translucent mask is rotatably affixed to the base and has a central portion divided into twelve radial sectors and three concentric rings corresponding to the base. A pair of ring sections extend about seven of the radial sectors and are divided into inner and outer sector elements corresponding to the central portion. The inner ring sector elements have indicia designating notes in a respective key to which the mask is aligned; the outer ring sector elements, indicia designating notes in a respective relative minor key. Additional aspects include an electronic tool and a method of use. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110214554 | MUSICAL SCORE POSITION ESTIMATING APPARATUS, MUSICAL SCORE POSITION ESTIMATING METHOD, AND MUSICAL SCORE POSITION ESTIMATING PROGRAM - A musical score position estimating apparatus includes a sound feature quantity generating unit configured to generate a feature quantity of an input sound signal, and, a score position estimating unit configured to calculate a weight coefficient based on the feature quantity of the sound signal and a feature quantity of musical score information and estimates a musical score position using a virtual musical score position and a virtual tempo corresponding to the weight coefficient. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110239845 | MUSICAL SCORE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR REALIZING MUSICAL SCORE DISPLAY METHOD - There is provided a musical score display apparatus which can display a musical score at multiple levels ranging from a partial part to all parts and can display a comment relating to the displayed musical score based on the creation date and time, and a program for realizing a musical score display method. Comment data created in a setting period are displayed on a timeline by using comment icons at positions corresponding to creation date and time. When the highest level button among level selection buttons is operated, the comment icons relating to all parts are displayed on the timeline. When the lowest level button is operated in this state, the comment icon relating to the part to be deleted when the lowest level is selected is also deleted from the timeline in the display musical score of all parts. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110259178 | Machine and method for teaching music and piano - A system for teaching music with input and output devices, musical representations presented on vertically and horizontally oriented musical staffs, output responsive to selective application of input data, confirmation of propriety of input choice, and scrolling presentation of sequential musical representations constituting music. A method to develop a positive association of correct learning input to music representation presented and a negative association of improper response, to music presented in a scrolling manner along a center bar for timing visual change in musical representation upon input. Musical representations such as notes, lines and bars may be presented and the user is required to make choices through input devices to correctly identify or play the musical representation. The system and method use both visual and audio responses to input and uses color and graphical associations between the staff and notes to teach intervals and music. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120042766 | Musical Instructional Player - A segmented, interactive audio-visual content progress bar and method of use whose divisions provide an information and instructional index of performance content. The progress bar provides a time linear segmentation of a user component of a performance content and a sound signal corresponding to the performance content. The progress bar provides a time progress marker advancing with time as a corresponding indicator of the user component of the performance content. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120067195 | EDUCATIONAL METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY TEACH READING AND COMPOSING MUSIC - A method and apparatus for composing and teaching of music while learning to read music is provided that involves a user following a supported sequence of tasks that guide creativity of the user to construct a musical composition. The musical composition is constructed by assigning alphabetical characters to colors and musical notes to form a chart, forming words and phrases using the alphabetical characters, and cross-referencing the words and phrases to the chart. Various interactive components and computer software facilitate use of the method and process. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120160077 | MUSICAL SCORE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - There are provided an image acquisition unit acquiring an image containing information of a paper-based musical score from an image reading-out unit, and a musical character recognition unit recognizing a musical character contained in the image acquired by the image acquisition unit by using a plurality of musical character recognition methods, and outputting a plurality of musical character recognition results. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120167746 | Removable Fretboard Stickers with Musical Indicia - The present invention is a device and method for teaching note locations, fretboard patterns, scales, and chords on the fingerboard of a fretted stringed instrument (“fretboard”), such as an electric or acoustic guitar. The invention comprises a set of independently affixable fretboard adhesive labels (“stickers”) that adhere to the surface of the stringed instrument, using a mild adhesive, so as not to damage the instrument, and a number of markings, which indicate musical indicia. The device is applied to the instrument by slipping the various individual stickers between the corresponding frets and strings of the stringed instrument and affixing the stickers directly to the fretboard. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120227571 | MUSICAL-SCORE INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, MUSIC-TONE GENERATION CONTROLLING APPARATUS, MUSICAL-SCORE INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND MUSIC-TONE GENERATION CONTROLLING METHOD - A musical score extracting unit specifies areas of each of measures and the measure number of each measure on a musical score based on positions of musical-score composing elements such as part lines, staffs and bar lines. A music-data dividing unit divides music-data file based on time information in the music-data file to generate plural unit music-data files containing pitch information and time information for one measure. The music-data dividing unit specifies measures where repeat marks are placed based on sorts and positions of the repeat marks and positions of the part lines, staffs and bar lines on the musical score, thereby removing unit music-data file to repeat as instructed by the repeat marks from the plural music-data files to obtain a final unit music-data files associated with the respective measure numbers. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120247305 | MUSICAL SCORE PLAYING DEVICE AND MUSICAL SCORE PLAYING PROGRAM - The musical score playing device includes a display unit | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120318120 | PRINTED MATERIAL WITH MUSICAL SCORE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MUSICAL SCORE OF PRINTED MATERIAL WITH MUSICAL SCORE - In conventional dance textbook, since there was no correlation between dance choreography and music, it was not easy to grasp the pace of dance upon dancing to the music. A ‘printed material with musical score’ | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130000461 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MUSICAL INSTRUCTION - An apparatus that includes an outer casing, having a first cover (front cover) and a second cover (back cover). The first cover and second cover having a contour shape of a selected musical instrument. The contour may be for example, the shape of a guitar, piano, drum set or other musical instrument. A plurality of pages are bound between the front cover and the back cover. The pages having the contour shape of the first cover and the second cover. A musical chip module for outputs audible musical signals corresponding to the contour shape when pressed, or the page is opened, or the module is otherwise actuated, such as motion or voice. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130000462 | GRAPHICAL TEACHING DEVICE - A device comprises a first image phase with a first set of coded indicia positioned with respect to a background image, a second image phase with a second set of coded indicia positioned with respect to the background image, and means to alternate between the first and second phases. The second set of coded indicia are related to the first set of coded indicia by a mapping based on the background image, and means are provided to alternate between the image phases, the means configured to select the background image with the first set of coded indicia or the background image with the second set of coded indicia. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130081531 | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE TRAINING DEVICE, MUSICAL PERFORMANCE TRAINING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In the present invention, a CPU acquires an achievement level based on the difficulty level of a song by evaluating the playing skills of the user based on a comparison of a plurality musical notation data expressing each note composing the song and music playing data generated in response to the song being played and inputted by the user; updates state variables (achievement level rank “achieve” and achievement level rank change “change”) in a value function table “value” based on the acquired achievement level; and gives advice of a type specified by the most effective (maximum value) advice type “action” retrieved from the value function table “value” [achieve][change][action] based on the updated state variables to the user playing and inputting the song. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130133507 | FOOTPRINT INDICATION KIT FOR PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to facilitating the reproducible placement of percussive instruments, such as drums, relative to one another. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a footprint indication kit for percussion instruments. The footprint indication kit comprises a set of marking strips configured to indicate a periphery of a footprint of a percussion instrument, the set of marking strips including two or more marking strips having a first side including a connecting material configured to removably engage a complementary connecting material on a drum mat, and the two or more marking strips including at least one of a marking strip having one or more curved edges and a rectangular marking strip. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130228061 | Blink A Beat - Blink a Beat is a electronic device that teaches the user to play drums using rudiments, beats, and songs. The device has LED's that show them how to play the beats and rudiments. The ability to download from a list of approved songs to the device for the purpose of learning the songs. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130247746 | MUSIC CONTENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A storage section stores therein a plurality of music content items each including image data of one or more pages. An order is determined of two or more of the music content items stored in the storage section. Page information designating a page to be displayed is acquired, for example, in response to a user's operation. By reference to the storage section, a page arrangement is specified which is indicative of a state in which the image data of the ordered two or more music content items are arranged in a consecutive fashion in accordance with the determined order. A page designated by the acquired page number information is identified in the specified page arrangement. Image data of the acquired page is displayed on a display. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130283999 | VIDEO EXPORT OF A DIGITAL MUSICAL SCORE - Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating an animated playback of a musical composition represented as a digital musical score. The methods involve, for each of a series of landmarks in the digital musical score: determining a temporal location of audio playback of the landmark in an audio playback of the composition; generating a video output frame showing a page of the musical score spanning the landmark in an output page format; generating a segment of the animated playback of the composition having a video component showing the video output frame for a duration approximately equal to the difference between temporal locations of audio playback of successive landmarks and an audio component including an audio rendering of a portion of the score between the successive landmarks; and generating the animated playback of the musical composition by concatenating the segments. The score format is optimized for the video aspect ratio. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140123833 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MUSIC EDUCATION - A system for music education includes a storage device being configured to store a set of record data; a recording device being configured to record a musical exercise; a processor being connected to the storage device and the recording device, and configured to determine the start and the end of the musical exercise by the detected volume of the musical exercise, to convert the recording of the musical exercise to a set of user data, to retrieve the set of record data and to map the set of user data to the set of record data, to analyze differences between the two based on the mapping and to calculate a series of values and to calculate a score as the sum of the series of values multiplied by a series of coefficients respectively; and an electronic display being connected to the processor. A method for music education is also provided. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140260902 | MUSIC INSTRUCTION APPARATUS - A music instruction apparatus includes a string adapted to be wound into a tuning peg of a string instrument, a tension indicator disposed on the string proximate to an end of the string, the tension indicator representing a predetermined level of tension in the string when the end of the string is wound into the tuning peg up to the position of the tension indicator, and a note indicator disposed on the string, the note indicator representing a musical note. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140260903 | SYSTEM, PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL MUSIC TUTORING - A system, platform, method and application are herein provided for digital music tutoring. In some embodiments the platform includes a digital device equipped with a microphone; a library of music lessons available for presentation on the digital device; a graphical user interface adapted to allow a user to select a lesson from the library and present the selected lesson on the digital device; and an analytic module adapted to analyze a signal from the microphone produced by performance of the selected lesson and provide feedback to the user concerning the performance on the digital device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140283668 | MUSICAL SCORE PERFORMING APPARATUS, A METHOD OF PERFORMING A MUSICAL SCORE, AND A PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - A musical-score performing apparatus is provided. In the apparatus, a musical-score displaying unit with a displaying screen displays a musical score of music on the displaying screen, the musical score being represented by a form of multiple staffs, and a designating unit is used to designate a position on the displaying screen of the musical-score displaying unit. A play-back controlling unit plays back the music represented by apart or the whole of the multiple staffs of the musical score in accordance with the position designated on the displaying screen. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140366708 | Musical Instructional Player - A segmented, interactive audio-visual content progress bar and method of use whose divisions provide an information and instructional index of performance content. The progress bar provides a time linear segmentation of a user component of a performance content and a sound signal corresponding to the performance content. The progress bar provides a time progress marker advancing with time as a corresponding indicator of the user component of the performance content. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150007707 | MUSIC WHEEL - METHOD AND APPARATUS OF A MUSIC LEARNING TOOL - A Music Wheel user interface or apparatus having a substantially flat surface area and being formed by a plurality of wheels stacked on top of each other. Each wheel can independently move in clockwise and anticlockwise directions. The face of each wheel displays relevant and fundamental information for musical instructions. Certain parts of the faces of certain wheels are cut out, or have windows, allowing the inscriptions of pitches or key tonalities letter, number, and symbol notes on the faces of the wheels at the bottom to be seen. The sizes of the wheels are ascending from top to bottom to allow the inscriptions on the rim of the wheels at the bottom to be seen. During operation, at least one wheel is stationary and three are movable. All moving parts can move independently of each other. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150364054 | MUSICAL LEARNING AND INTERACTION THROUGH SHAPES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for musical learning and interaction. Embodiments include presenting a playable portion of a musical instrument at a user interface. The user interface includes a video layer. The video layer is configured to visually present one or more frames of video. The user interface also includes a virtual musical instrument or a playable portion of the virtual musical instrument. At least the playable portion of the virtual musical instrument is overlaid over a least a portion of the video layer, and is at least partially transparent. As such, the portion of the video layer over which the playable portion of the virtual musical instrument is overlaid shows through the virtual musical instrument. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160042657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING A SOUND INTO DYNAMIC PITCH-BASED GRAPHS - A system and method that quantifies a sound into dynamic pitch-based graphs that correlate to the pitch frequencies of the sound. The system records a sound, such as musical notes. A pitch detection algorithm identifies and quantifies the pitch frequencies of the notes. The algorithm analyzes the pitch frequencies, and graphically displays the pitch frequency and notes in real time as fluctuating circles, rectangular bars, and lines that represent variances in pitch. The algorithm comprises a modified Type 2 Normalized Square Difference Function that transforms the musical notes into the pitch frequencies. The Type 2 Normalized Square Difference Function analyzes the peaks of the pitch frequency to arrive at a precise pitch frequency, such as 440 Hertz. A Lagrangian interpolation enables comparative analysis and teaching of the pitches and notes. The algorithm also performs transformations and heuristic comparisons to generate the real time graphical representation of the pitch frequency. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160189694 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PRESENTATION SYSTEM PAGE COMMANDS - Methods, systems and computer readable media for generating musical score presentation system page commands are described. In some implementations, the method can include receiving an electronic signal corresponding to a music track. The method can also include translating the received electronic signal into a page command. The method can further include generating a page command configured to be provided to an electronic musical score presentation system. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20190147762 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PRACTICE SYSTEM, PLAYING PRACTICE IMPLEMENTATION DEVICE, CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE | 05-16-2019 |
| 20090007759 | TWIRLING PROP AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - A twirling prop devoid of a gun barrel and for use by a marching band or the like is provided. The twirling prop includes a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a base, a distal end, and a midline. The top surface, bottom surface, and base are non-colinear and are constructed such that at least a portion of each can be gripped. Openings extending laterally through the body of the twirling prop can be present and can, in certain instances, provide a means for gripping the twirling prop. Such openings can be positioned anywhere along the length of the body between the top surface and the bottom surface and can be of any size and shape desired. | 01-08-2009 |
