Music shaper

• US 10,468,000 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2019
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mark Strachan
• Original Assignee: Mark Strachan
• Inventors: Strachan, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Donels, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US16/294,785
• Publication Number:
  US 20190206376A1
• Time in Patent Office: 244 Days
• Field of Search: 84464 R, 84470 R, 84471 R, 84472, 84609
• CPC Class Codes: G10G 1/00 Means for the representation of music
• CPC Class Codes: G10G 1/02 Chord or note indicators, fixed or adjustable, for keyboard of fingerboards
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0025 Automatic or semi-automatic music composition, e.g. producing random music, applying rules from music theory or modifying a musical piece automatically producing a series of tones G10H1/26
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/38 Chord
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/071 for rhythm pattern analysis or rhythm style recognition rhythm pattern per se G10H2210/341
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/105 Composing aid, e.g. for supporting creation, edition or modification of a piece of music
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/125 Medley, i.e. linking parts of different musical pieces in one single piece, e.g. sound collage, DJ mix
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/571 Chords; Chord sequences special keyboards for playing chords, e.g. accordion G10H2230/245, janko keyboard G10H2220/251
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/106 using icons, e.g. selecting, moving or linking icons, on-screen symbols, screen regions or segments representing musical elements or parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/126 for graphical editing of individual notes, parts or phrases represented as variable length segments on a 2D or 3D representation, e.g. graphical edition of musical collage, remix files or pianoroll representations of MIDI-like files
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/131 for abstract geometric visualisation of music, e.g. for interactive editing of musical parameters linked to abstract geometric figures
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/125 Library distribution, i.e. distributing musical pieces from a central or master library

Abstract

A music composition, editing, and playback system and method provides a user interface design based on geometric interpretation of music theory replacing traditional modern music notation with geometric shapes including chords represented by polygons that are colored with colors or hues.

Claims

1. A music composition, editing, and playback system comprising:

a processor associated with one or more input/output devices including a display for visualizing loti and starbursts;

the processor for executing a computer readable code for music composition, editing, and playback;

a lotus formed from a 12 note octave of a harmony spiral;

the notes of the octave evenly spaced around a lotus circle;

a lotus root note located at a lotus base; and

;

plumes that provide directional pointers from the lotus root note to each of the other notes of the octave;

wherein each plume is separated from both the root note and the note or lotus circle portion to which it points.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the plumes transition from dark to light along their length, each plume is darker at the lower frequency note and lighter near the higher frequency note regardless of the direction in which it points.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the plumes transition from a dark hue to a light hue along their length.

4. The system of claim 2 further comprising:

intervals created by overlapping plumes from two starbursts;

three note chords suitable for composing music, the chords derived from three intervals created by interaction of two starbursts;

a selected one of the chords represented by a triangle with the chord notes at the vertices.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein:

the chord notes at the vertices are aligned with matching lotus notes; and

,

a pentagon formed when 5 lines, each line between a pair of the unmatched notes, join 5 notes that may not be played with the selected one of the chords leaving 7 notes that are unmatched and that are not joined that may be played with the selected one of the chords.