Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-27
2007-03-27
Donovan, Lincoln (Department: 2837)
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
C455S567000, C084S48500R, C084S609000, C084S611000, C379S374010
Reexamination Certificate
active
10912598
ABSTRACT:
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 (FIG.2) indicating a position on a neck of a stringed instrument and associating (308) at least one column of input keys such as numeric keys (115) of the mobile communication device with a string of the stringed instrument (130). Numeric keys next to one another and within a same column can specify notes which vary by approximately a half-step (130). The method also can include detecting (312) at least one activation of the numeric keys specifying at least one additional note to be played substantially concurrently or in a defined sequence with the root note (FIG.5), thereby specifying a musical chord.
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Donovan Lincoln
Motorola Inc.
Russell Christina
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