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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...
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...
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...
7750224 Musical composition user interface representation  
Graphical musical user interface representation for presenting a stringed musical instrument composition, the stringed musical instrument composition including a plurality of note representations,...
7732696 Instantly playable stringed instrument and method of use thereof  
An instantly playable stringed instrument having a body, neck and fret spaces is provided. The instrument includes a plurality of strings. The strings are tuned such that in combination the sound...
7714220 Method and apparatus for self-instruction  
A method for self-instruction of a user's hands on an object such as a musical instrument or sports equipment. The method includes accessing finger placement data corresponding to a sequence of...
7692086 Method and apparatus for image interpretation into sound  
A method for interpreting an image into sound is provided and includes scanning an image to provide a plurality of scanned elements which are assigned a value and an associated sound element. The...
7663044 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...
7619154 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...
7563972 Musical instrument signaling system  
A musical instrument signaling system (10) that is designed to alert a player of a hand-held musical instrument when to commence and stop playing the instrument. Typically, the hand-held musical...
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...
7482525 Music notation  
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for notating music for a stringed instrument. A weighted tablature includes a staff having multiple horizontal lines. Each line represents a string...
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...
7402746 Training apparatus for learning to play the guitar  
A training apparatus for guiding and independently teaching a user to quickly play a guitar by interpreting stored encoded MIDI music data to guide the user's hands by illuminating sequences of...
7381884 Sound generating hand wear  
A glove includes a body that is positional about a user's hand. Speakers are embedded within the body and are coupled to the amp. Mechanisms are included for sensing external forces on each finger...
7365263 Intonation training device  
An intonation training device for training musicians in just intonation. As disclosed, the device is a pocket-sized portable device with an audio output and a user interface which includes an LCD...
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...
7355110 Stringed musical instrument having a built in hand-held type computer  
An apparatus and method is disclosed for storing, editing, deleting and visually displaying personal information within a stringed musical instrument. A hand-held type computer (34) located in and...
7321094 Electronic musical instrument  
An electronic musical instrument internally stores automatic performance data. The electronic musical instrument reads automatic performance data to perform an automatic performance, while...
7314991 Method of conveying musical information  
A method of conveying musical information is described. The method includes the steps of assigning sequential alphabetic and numeric designations as a system of reference to the physical location...
7238876 Method of automated musical instrument finger finding  
A computerized automated method for determining fingering of musical instruments from digitized scored music or tablature. The computerized automated finger finder method determines fingering such...
7196260 Entry of musical data in a mobile communication device  
Within a mobile communication device (100), a method (300) of specifying two or more musical notes for substantially concurrent playback can include receiving (302) an input specifying a root note...
6987220 Graphic color music notation for students  
A method of music notation with 7 spaces for the notes of the C major scale, with the remaining notes of the 12 tone scale overlapping these spaces. 5 staff lines per octave can be used to show the...
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...
6881883 Relative chord keyboard instructional method  
A relative chord method for playing a series of chords on a music keyboard by prescribed finger transitions from one chord to the next dependent upon the musical interval between the chords.
6881887 Teaching method and guides to teach piano  
A guide is disclosed with vertical numerically color coded lines on it. The guide can then be moved along the space between the keys and the fallboard of the piano, so that the keys can be played...
6815599 Musical instrument  
A musical instrument has play pistons incorporated in a trumpet-shaped housing at the upper central part in the front-and-back direction. An air vibration sensor for inputting voices is provided at...
6781049 Stringed musical instrument neck mounted light emitting optical display array  
An attachable and removable Light Emitting Diode array adhesively adhered to the top edge surface of a stringed instrument fretboard and fretboard. The device uses independently wired...
6660921 Colorall fingering  
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...
6605767 Music learning system including instrument and method  
A musical learning system including an instrument and method is disclosed. The instrument is comprised of a rectangularly shaped box designed for convenient handling by an operator in a manner...
6555737 Performance instruction apparatus and method  
Pictures of a predetermined musical instrument, such as a drum set, and a model player are displayed, so as to visually indicate, in accordance with a progression of performance, which musical...
6515211 Music performance assistance apparatus for indicating how to perform chord and computer program therefor  
Display device is supplied with basic screen display data for displaying a basic screen including a plurality of chord names to be indicated on the basic screen, and displays the basic screen on...
6486388 Apparatus and method for creating fingering guidance in playing musical instrument from performance data  
Performance data for a musical instrument having note designating keys are provided representing a sequence of notes which constitute a length of musical performance. The performance data are...
6486387 Fingering information analyzer, electronic musical instrument including fingering information analysis and method therefore  
In a fingering information analyzer, tone pitch information indicative of each tone pitch of a series of musical notes supplied from a flexible disc or a performance information memory is analyzed...
6483018 Method and apparatus for teaching playing of stringed instrument  
A chromatic fingerboard map is provided for teaching the playing of an unfretted stringed instrument such as a cello, violin, viola or bass, having strings extending from a nut at the top to a...
6452080 Note locator for stringed instruments  
An apparatus and method for a note locator for stringed instruments and method of use. Note locator (10) comprises a flexible planar top and bottom surface wherein the top surface has note position...
6388181 Computer graphic animation, live video interactive method for playing keyboard music  
The present invention provides apparatus for, and novel methods of representing the content of a musical score in an animated format that graphically prompts the user of a keyboard instrument. The...
6380472 ELECTRIC TUTOR FOR DIRECTLY INDICATING MANIPULATORS TO BE ACTUATED, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WITH BUILT-IN ELECTRIC TUTOR, METHOD FOR GUIDING FINGERING AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVE OF THE METHOD  
A keyboard musical instrument that is equipped with an electric tutor for guiding a trainee in practicing manipulation of black and white piano keys, whereby the electric tutor reads pieces of...
6365814 Electronic musical instrument and recording medium  
In an electronic musical instrument having a function to perform auto-playing with reading out a quantity of auto-play data every time any key is operated, a guide display comprising a plurality of...
6350942 Device, method and system for the visualization of stringed instrument playing  
The present invention provides a device, method and system for the visualization of stringed instrument playing. The invention involves measuring a property of one or more strings, and using the...
6348649 Scale indicator for a keyboard instrument  
A scale indicator has a key selecting device and multiple illuminating devices. The key selecting device is arranged on the keybed of the keyboard. The player can use the key selecting device to...
6337434 Music teaching instrument  
A music teaching instrument adapted to teach a player the notes of a musical scale so that the notes will be remembered. The instrument includes a sound system having a memory in which is stored...
6239344 Apparatus and method for instructing the playing of notes of a finger operated instrument  
An apparatus and method for instructing a user in the playing of notes associated with a finger operated instrument such as a guitar. A chart has a length and width and presents a planar display...
6211452 Electronic musical instrument having a function of dividing performance information into phrases and displaying keys to be operated for each phrase  
Plural key-displaying elements are provided in corresponding relation to plural keys. A series of performance information is divided into plural phrases, namely sections, and for each of the...
6204441 Method and apparatus for effectively displaying musical information with visual display  
An electronic musical apparatus for effectively displaying musical information such as notes and beats is configured using a keyboard, a visual display (e.g., liquid crystal display) and a storage...
6191348 Instructional systems and methods for musical instruments  
Instructional systems and methods for musical instruments. An array of graphic note elements are arranged on a neck of a musical instrument such that they are visible from behind or on top. The...
6188008 Chord indication apparatus and method, and storage medium  
A chord indication apparatus and method and a storage medium are provided which enable the indication of string plucking positions for playing chords with plural kinds of stringed instruments. A...
6162981 Finger placement sensor for stringed instruments  
Apparatus providing instructional assistance to a student playing a stringed musical instrument. The apparatus instructs the student of proper finger placement on the instrument's strings and...
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