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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...
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7576279 |
Musical content utilizing apparatus
A musical content utilizing apparatus has a data input portion B 11 , transformation process portion B 13 and utilization process portion B 15 implemented via programmed processes. The data input...
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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...
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7525034 |
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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6107557 |
Chord display apparatus and storage medium
A chord display apparatus for use with a musical instrument is provided, which displays chords so as to enable the player to give diversified performance, and a storage medium that stores such a...
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6087577 |
Music navigator with visual image presentation of fingering motion
A music navigator provides a visual image indication or presentation of fingering motion of a hand in playing notes. In an embodiment, the music navigator employs a fingered music storage and a...
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6080925 |
Calculator for guitar scales
An electronic device in the nature of a hand-held calculator, for illustrating on an active tablature display area, simulating a guitar fingerboard, chord shapes and scale patterns across a full...
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6066791 |
System for instructing the playing of a musical instrument
The present invention discloses a novel method and apparatus for instructing a student how to play a musical instrument. The method includes providing a display device, displaying a staff on the...
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5959229 |
Strobe tuner for musical instruments with multiple light sources
A tuning device for a stringed musical instrument consisting of stroboscopic light sources, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs), positioned to be seen by a musician in or near normal playing...
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5920023 |
Stringed instrument finger positioning guide and method for teaching students to read music
The present invention is directed to a device for teaching students of stringed instruments note locations and proper finger placement on the fingerboard of the instrument. The device may be...
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5907115 |
Keyboard musical instrument with keyboard range indicator
A keyboard musical instrument having a keyboard range display device with which the positions of player's hands or fingers on a keyboard and the keys to be depressed as needed, are visually...
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