Education and demonstration – Language
Patent
1996-01-18
1998-07-07
Apley, Richard J.
Education and demonstration
Language
844832, 84471R, G09B 1900, G09B 1502
Patent
active
057759154
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an improved form of musical score which assists in the teaching of students to read music and to play instruments with greater accuracy.
In conventional music scores the hey signature is placed at the beginning of each staff so that the student has to play without further prompting the necessary sharps and flats as required through the piece. Variations from the specified key are indicated by accidentals adjacent to particular notes. Such existing presentation results in considerable visual clutter especially where there is a large number of accidentals. Moreover, it has been estimated that only those students with abilities in about the top 5% are able to easily follow a key signature throughout a composition without error.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of this invention to eliminate the aforementioned disadvantage and accordingly a musical score is disclosed in which the key and any accidentals are indicated by colour or other visual coding at specific individual notes and associated components as they appear throughout the composition.
Preferably said individual notes are coded by printing the heads thereof in contrasting colours in accordance with whether they are inflected with a sharp or flat.
Alternatively the visual coding may be obtained by altering the shape of the noting heads.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIGS. 1a and 1b show the conventional prior art method of writing crotchets, minims and semibraves.
FIGs. 2a to 2c show guidelines which may be used to facilitate note reading.
FIG. 3 shows the preferred method of highlighting changes of clef according to this invention,
FIG. 4 shows the preferred method of indicating ties according to this invention,
FIG. 5a shows the preferred method of writing notes inflected with double sharps and flats according to this invention.
FIG. 5b, 5c and 5d show the preferred methods of writing a double sharp or flat as minims or open notes according to this invention.
FIGS. 6a, 6b, 6c and 6d show the preferred methods of writing certain sharps and flats as the actual note to be played according to this invention.
FIG. 7a shows a score presented in conventional prior art fashion,
FIG. 7b shows the score of FIG. 7a printed in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 7c shows a transitional form of score
FIG. 8a shows another score presented in conventional prior art fashion, and
FIG. 8b shows the score of FIG. 8a printed in accordance with this invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The invention in its currently preferred forms will now be described with reference to the following figures in which the letter "G" indicates notes or associated components coloured green and the letter "g" indicates such items as coloured red.
FIG. 1a illustrates the conventional method of writing F.music-sharp. and D.music-flat. in crotchets, or any other filled in note e.g. quaver etc. Alongsido is a preferred method according to the invention where colour is used to indicate that these notes 1 and 2 are on the black keys, rod indicating a semitone to the right of the note, and green a semitone to the left of the noise, thus eliminating accidentals.
FIG. 1b illustrates the conventional method of writing F.music-sharp. and D.music-flat. as minims, or semibreves. Alongside is shown the preferred method according to this invention where colour is used to indicate that these notes 3 and 4 are on the black keys: red indicating a semitone to the right of the note, green a semitone to the left of the note, thus eliminating accidentals.
FIG. 2a shows a guideline which may be coloured red to facilitate the reading of notes above or below the tremble staff. The third line 5 above the treble clef name E as a reference point relating to the first line E of the standard treble clef E G B D F. The third line 5a below the treble relates to the first spats of treble clef F A C E. These lines and spaces are very familiar to music students as they form the basic treble staff.
FIG. 2b shows a gui
REFERENCES:
patent: 6528 (1849-06-01), Von Heeringen
patent: 122096 (1871-12-01), Acee
Apley Richard J.
Rovnak John Edmund
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