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8168878 System for coordinating a performance  
Embodiments described herein provide a musical performance system that produces a set of signals or cues to individual members of a choir or group of musical instruments as to when each member is...
8158869 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...
8158874 System and method for determining tempo in early music and for playing instruments in accordance with the same  
A system and method for determining the appropriate tempo for early music, which may have originally lacked metronome-based time values, and for playing musical instruments according to the same....
8134061 System for musically interacting avatars  
Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for avatars to musically interact with each other. In one representative embodiment, a server is configured to host a virtual...
8093481 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...
8093482 Detection and processing of signals in stringed instruments  
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method and system for electronic sensing of string instrument input. The method includes receiving a first signal from a peak detection...
8088985 Visual presentation system and related methods  
A control interface for a visual presentation system. Implementations include a graphical interface including a plurality of parallel lines and plurality of spaces between and adjacent to the...
8080722 Preventing an unintentional deploy of a bonus in a video game  
Described are methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer program products, for preventing an unintentional deploy of a bonus in a video game. In one aspect this is accomplished by...
8076564 Scoring a musical performance after a period of ambiguity  
Described are methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer program products, for scoring a musical performance after a period of ambiguity in a rhythm-action game. This is accomplished by...
8053657 System and methodology for image and overlaid annotation display, management and communication  
An electronic image visualization system, such as a music stand system and display are presented. The electronic music stand system is comprised of a performer subsystem comprising a processing...
8026435 Selectively displaying song lyrics  
Described are methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer program products, for selectively displaying song lyrics in a rhythm-action game. In one aspect this is accomplished by...
8018459 Calibration of transmission system using tonal visualization components  
The present disclosure relates to broadcast signal calibration devices and methods. A system is provided that permits calibration or tuning of broadcast signal transmission and reception equipment...
8017847 Violin display  
A violin display, installed on a violin, including: a control device, used to output a fingering lines pattern data; and a fingerboard display, installed on the fingerboard of the violin to display...
8017854 Dynamic musical part determination  
Described are methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer program products, for dynamically determining a musical part performed by a player of a rhythm-action game. In one aspect of a...
8013232 Music session system, music session system server, and program for implementing method of controlling the server  
A music session system which makes it possible to expand the functions of electronic musical apparatuses. The server is connected to a first electronic musical apparatus belonging to a first user...
8008563 Electronic circuit driven, inter-active, plural sensory stimuli apparatus and comprehensive method to teach, with no instructor present, beginners as young as two years old to play a piano/keyboard type musical instrument and to read and correctly respond to standard music notation for said instruments  
Electronic circuit controlled inter-active multi sensory prompting and monitoring musical keyboard instrument for teaching user—as young as two years old—how to play keyboard instrument without ins...
8008561 Audio file format with mapped lighting effects and method for controlling lighting effects using an audio file format  
An audio file format is provided, which includes definitions for one or more instruments that are associated with one or more light groupings, where each light grouping includes one or more light...
8008562 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...
7999166 Vibration authoring tool, vibration authoring method, and storage medium recorded with the same  
The present invention relates to a vibration authoring tool, a vibration authoring method, and a storage medium recorded with the same. To this end, the present invention provides a vibration...
7994409 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...
7989689 Electronic music stand performer subsystems and music communication methodologies  
An electronic music stand system and methodologies relating thereto are presented. The electronic music stand system is comprised of a performer subsystem comprising a processing subsystem,...
7982113 Method for synchronizing at least one multimedia peripheral of a portable communication device, and corresponding portable communication device  
A method and device of synchronizing at least one multimedia peripheral of a portable communication device with a synthetic audio file include storing parameters in the portable communication...
7982114 Displaying an input at multiple octaves  
Described are methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer program products, for displaying an input at multiple octaves in a rhythm-action game. In one aspect this is accomplished by...
7977556 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...
7956275 Music performance training apparatus and method  
Chord to be performed is presented to a user. Chord is detected based on one or more notes performed by the user. When it is not detected that a chord has been duly established, one of the notes...
7956272 Management of files in a personal communication device  
Improved approaches for assisting a user interacting with a portable wireless communication device are disclosed. The improved approaches can provide a user interface for the portable wireless...
7939741 Electronic musical system and control method for controlling an electronic musical apparatus of the system  
An electronic musical system by which settings on tone generators can be carried out without discontinuing a user's music production. The electronic musical system is comprised of a musical control...
7935877 System and method for music composition  
The present disclosure relates to music composition devices and methods. A system is provided which allows composers of all skill levels to easily create music that is pleasurable to the ear. The...
7923620 Practice mode for multiple musical parts  
Described are methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer program products, that provide a practice mode for multiple musical parts in a rhythm-action game. In one aspect this is...
7919702 Apparatus and method of displaying infinitely small divisions of measurement  
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for visualization of precise levels of measurement. In one embodiment, labels are placed around the perimeter of a circle. The difference...
7919703 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...
7910818 System and method for providing an edutainment interface for musical instruments  
There is provided a system and method for a musical edutainment interface on a display for playing an electronic musical instrument having frets and strings. The system comprises a processor...
7906720 Method and system for presenting a musical instrument  
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box (STB) having a controller to present a first portion of a stringed musical instrument at a...
7893337 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...
7888578 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,...
7875786 Instructional device and method for guitar or other stringed instrument  
An instructional device and method for illustrating note positions in combinations corresponding to chords formed on a musical instrument is provided. The device includes a display that defines a...
7875785 Instructional device and method for piano or other musical keyboard  
An instructional device and associated method for illustrating the positions of keys and their associated notes on a keyboard are provided. The instructional device includes key markers that are...
7875787 Apparatus and method for visualization of music using note extraction  
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for visualization of music and other sounds using note extraction. In one embodiment, the twelve notes of an octave are labeled around a...
7859409 Electronic apparatus and computer-readable medium containing program for implementing control method thereof  
An electronic apparatus which allows even a visually-handicapped user to perceive the function or state related to an operating element in advance. When an operator makes a RF tag mounted in a...
7842871 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...
7834260 Computer analysis and manipulation of musical structure, methods of production and uses thereof  
A music modification system is provided and described herein, which includes: a) a computer, b) a music element library, c) at least one part-score database, d) a software code that executes a...
7829777 Music displaying apparatus and computer-readable storage medium storing music displaying program  
A music displaying apparatus stores in advance music piece related information concerning a music piece, and a plurality of comparison parameters which is associated with the music piece related...
7825322 Method and apparatus for audio mixing  
A method, apparatus and computer program product for mixing audio is presented. A plurality of tracks is displayed in a user interface, each track of the plurality of tracks including at least one...
7820900 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...
7799984 Game for playing and reading musical notation  
A video game system comprising a standard drum set having at least one drum set component (30). An electrical pick-up is attached to each component. A game grid (12) is displayed on a display...
7777117 System and method of instructing musical notation for a stringed instrument  
A 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 may include the steps of...
7767894 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...
7745713 Electronic musical instrument with direct print interface  
In an electronic musical instrument, an input device inputs performance information. A tone generator operates based on tone setting parameters for generating music sounds according to the...
7732699 Central processing unit for singing room machinery and MP3  
A central processing unit (CPU) for an MP3 player and a karaoke system makes it possible to reduce the size of the MP3 and the karaoke system by integrally building various kinds of storage units...
7732687 Stringed instrument fretboard for use with light-system  
A fingerboard (or fretboard) for use with a stringed instrument and light-system is disclosed and has a bottom surface adapted to mate or be attached to a neck of the instrument, and has wells...