Music – Accessories – Teaching devices
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-18
2006-04-18
Donels, Jeffrey W (Department: 2837)
Music
Accessories
Teaching devices
Reexamination Certificate
active
07030307
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus are provided that help users learn to play one or more instruments by employing simplified note recognition techniques, improved feedback, and a simplified keyboard tablature. In one aspect, users are encouraged to play specified notes within a specified time frame. The pitch and duration can be represented in any suitable manner, but are advantageously displayed together as a single icon (232A–232F). Preferably, the icon has an elongated shape in which the horizontal length correlates with duration of the note, and its vertical position on a display correlates with a pitch of the note. Notes can thus be represented by elongated lines, bars, ellipses, or even missiles or arrows. In another aspect, an improved musical tablature effectively clusters juxtaposed black keys (412A,412C,412E) and white keys (412B,412D) on a display for easier visualization.
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Donels Jeffrey W
Rutan & Tucker LLP
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