Music – Accessories – Teaching devices
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-03
2008-10-14
Donovan, Lincoln (Department: 2837)
Music
Accessories
Teaching devices
C084S47700R, C084S609000, C084S610000, C084S612000, C084S613000, C084S619000, C084S723000, C434S30700R
Reexamination Certificate
active
07435891
ABSTRACT:
Various embodiments are directed to an automated method and system component for generating variations of one or more musical selections directed to particular students or to particular skill-levels into which students may be classified. The method and system component may be included in a wide variety of different music rendering, music display, and music instruction systems. In one embodiment, variations are generated by filtering each layer of a musical selection with respect to a number of common, musical elements, with the filtering chosen to reflect a selected or desired skill-level. In this embodiment, the layers of a musical selection include a melody line, a chord progression, and a bass line, and musical elements include key-signature, rhythm, pitch range, tempo and meter, and technique. Skill-level may be based on a numerically-encoded range of skill-levels, or may include a number of fixed skill-levels, such as beginning, easy, intermediate, and advanced levels.
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Donovan Lincoln
Kivlin B. Noäl
Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel P.C.
Russell Christina
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