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7608774 Performance guide apparatus and program  
Two-dimensional display section is provided near a keyboard, and, in accordance with performance data, this display section is caused to effect a dynamic display moving, in a given two-dimensional...
7608773 Teaching system and method for stringed musical instruments  
A method for teaching stringed instrument students how to play sheet music through the use of colored fingering numbers. This method assists the user in knowing which finger to use on which string...
7589269 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...
7579541 Automatic page sequencing and other feedback action based on analysis of audio performance data  
Speech or musical performance is electronically analyzed using DSP techniques and is compared to a stored text script or musical score, to enable display of and automated sequencing through...
7576280 Expressing music  
Expressing a musical work includes identifying a series of musical moments in the musical work and electronically specifying values for levels of each musical moment in the series. The...
7554025 Visual chord keyboard instructional method  
Shapes formed by various series of interconnected straight lines representing lines between finger positions forming chords on musical keyboards form a system and method for learning finger...
7538266 Electronic musical apparatus for training in timing correctly  
An electronic musical apparatus for training to play the apparatus in correct timing comprises a play timing notifying device which notifies reference time points in a music progression for...
7525035 Musical performance self-training apparatus  
The apparatus of the present invention improves training efficiency, and monotonous repetition of training is avoided. A unit acceptance judgment section ( 4 ) judges whether all performance of the...
7521619 System and method of instructing musical notation for a stringed instrument  
A system and method of instructing a user to read musical notation through interaction with a graphical user interface and an input instrument representative of a stringed instrument comprising a...
7514621 Musical keyboard pattern card  
Musical Keyboard Pattern Cards designed to train musical keyboard students to learn the major/minor tonal system of scales and chords upon which Western music is based.
7507893 Method for teaching music  
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for teaching music to one or more students. The instructor's manual operation of a musical instrument controls in real-time the...
7507892 Musical note reading method and written exercises  
A method that facilitates the learning process of musical note reading which is exhibited in a series of written exercises. Musical notes, letters of the alphabet, numbers, and symbols are arranged...
7485793 Music display device and method  
A display device includes a first planar surface and a second planar surface divided into a plurality of adjacent sectors, the second planar surface attached concentrically and rotatable with...
7482524 System and method for teaching music  
A system and method for teaching music both visually and tactilely. In one embodiment, the invention comprises blocks shaped to resemble musical symbols used to compose music, including time...
7470856 Method and apparatus for reproducing MIDI music based on synchronization information  
A method and apparatus for reproducing MIDI (music instrument digital interface) music based on synchronization information are provided. MIDI performance information is detected from a musical...
7465864 Musical instrument training device with multiple mouthpieces  
A musical instrument training device, system, and method are provided for teaching a plurality of wind instrument embouchures. The instrument includes an elongate body having first end and a second...
7453036 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...
7439438 Musical notation system patterned upon the standard piano keyboard  
An improved musical notation system, which uses a staff patterned upon the standard piano keyboard. It replaces the Grand Staff's system of lines and spaces with a system of “pitch stripes” of...
7435891 Method and system for generating musical variations directed to particular skill-levels  
Various embodiments are directed to an automated method and system component for generating variations of one or more musical selections directed to particular students or to particular...
7432432 System and method for recognizing handwritten music notations  
A method and system for recognizing handwritten music notations is described. The method includes steps of recognizing notations within a notation category and receiving a plurality of input...
7427704 Stringed instrument fingering guide  
A finger guide plate includes a fret plate; a circuit board coupled to a bottom of the fret plate; and a support plate including fret relief notches coupled to a bottom of the circuit board. A...
7423213 Multi-dimensional transformation systems and display communication architecture for compositions and derivations thereof  
A composition display system produces a display presentation in one of a plurality of formats from an original composition, the formats being created from the original composition responsive to...
7414186 System and method of teaching musical notes  
A system and method of teaching musical notes are adapted to teach identification of music staff notes, the names and sounds of notes, as well as piano keys corresponding to notes. An...
7408105 Instrument training device for stringed instruments  
An instrument training device for use with a stringed instrument includes a plurality of training members. Each training member is constructed of a flexible material and includes opposed ends. Each...
7408101 Musical instrument strings and a method of instruction  
The musical instrument strings and a method of instruction comprise a set of strings, each string having colored markings along its length, each mark indicating a note sounded when the string is...
7388143 Simplified sheet music device and method  
The device and method disclosed aids in the learning of traditional sheet by providing an intermediary, more simplified system of musical notation. Unlike much of the prior art, the device and...
7378585 Musical teaching device and method using gloves and a virtual keyboard  
A portable musical teaching interface system for purposes of providing the user with the skills necessary to play the piano. The interface system comprising a pair of gloves each having a plurality...
7365261 Musical performance data creating apparatus with visual zooming assistance  
In an apparatus for creating musical performance data according to operations of a user, a screen display section displays an input screen having a data input area for use in inputting of musical...
7358432 Method and apparatus for teaching rhythm  
An apparatus for teaching rhythm includes a housing having a plurality of tempo indicator lights and a plurality of beat indicator lights corresponding to the tempo indicator lights, such that the...
7342165 System, device and method for displaying a conductor and music composition  
The invention provides a musical display system for displaying musical notes to a musician and may include a camera for capturing a conductor image. The system may also include a display structure...
7332665 Slide rule devices for music study  
Slide-rule type devices for music study. Requires two printed parts that slide relative to each other; or three parts in the special case of a device for studying violin. Information on one of the...
7332664 System and method for musical instrument education  
System and method for musical instrument education are provided. The system includes a lesson terminal which has a processor unit configured to evaluate performance musical data inputted from an...
7323629 Real time music recognition and display system  
Systems and methods for performing simple and quick real time single music note recognition algorithm based on fuzzy pattern matching are disclosed. In one aspect, the systems and methods use a...
7301481 Typing practice apparatus, typing practice method, and typing practice program  
A finger detector is worn on a finger of a player. When a key on a keyboard is pressed down, a pressure sensor of the finger detector sends a pressure detection signal to a PC main body, and the...
7297856 System and methodology for coordinating musical communication and display  
A musical workstation system produces a display presentation in one of a musical composition responsive to musical composition data and responsive to one or both of input variables and a selected...
7220907 Data recording and retrieval, sheet music, music keyboard tablature and method of teaching music  
The present invention comprises a method of instructing a performer on the hand manipulations to make to play a piece of music. The invention includes a representation. The representation includes...
7212213 Color display instrument and method for use thereof  
A method for graphically displaying on a display device, a musical note in a range of notes within an octave, in a range of octaves. The method including, determining the display attributes of a...
7202406 System and method for teaching drummers  
The invention is a system and method for teaching how to play multi-component percussion equipment. The inventive method includes the steps of attaching respective indicators, each bearing a...
7199298 Apparatus, method and computer program for controlling music score display to meet user's musical skill  
Based on music performance data, music score display data are composed for displaying a music score representing the music performance. A user inputs his/her musical skill to the apparatus....
7184701 Stringed musical instrument learning aid and methods  
A learning aid and a method of making and using it are disclosed, and relate to the configuring of chord indicia in an ordered sequence to designate groups of chords for certain given musical keys....
7176371 Algorithmic combo-instrument slide ruler for musical reference  
An algorithmic combo-instrument slide ruler comprising one common part working in cooperation with two interchangeable parts selected from separate multitudes of unique yet related parts. An opaque...
7115806 Intonation aid and position locator for violin family of instruments  
A teaching aid for instructing proper finger position on a “fret-less” stringed instrument (for example, violin, viola, cello, bass) comprises a template that is positioned along the...
7064261 Electronic musical score device  
An electronic musical score device is disclosed. An audio unit is provided for receiving a sound signal. An audio recognition unit performs an audio frequency recognition process to the sound...
7041891 Choral keyboarding non-note reading methodology  
A non-note reading methodology developed for the instant ability of lay people/students to use any keyboard instrument to play notes combined with cardinal numbers (1–8). They can instantly play...
7041890 Electronic sheet music display device  
A portable electronic sheet music display device comprising a folding body having a left half body and a right half, each half having a planar rectangular configuration. The device providing for...
7015387 In-line chromatic harp with an adjustable string guide  
The invention provides an in-line chromatic harp including a body, a plurality of strings and a string position guide. The body is formed of a pillar, a neck and a sound box. The strings run from...
7009100 Performance instruction apparatus and performance instruction program used in the performance instruction apparatus  
A head mounting display of a goggle type has a display, on which a guide image representing a model performance manipulation and an eyesight image of a practitioner are displayed in a superimposed...
6977334 Method of writing keyboard music  
A unique method of writing keyboard music without the use of traditional lines and staff notation is provided. The method is primarily designed to represent elementary R & B, Jazz and Gospel...
6969793 Piano key finder and chord indicator  
An instructional device for use by music students is constructed as an outer sleeve having a slide member fitted within it. The outer sleeve has first and second sets of openings and is imprinted...
6936759 Teaching method and template to make a guide to teach piano  
A plastic template is disclosed with elongated slots and circular holes in it. The template can be put on a piece of paper and by running pencil through the various slots, all of the scales,...
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