Computer graphic animation, live video interactive method for playing keyboard music
First Claim
1. A method for prompting play of a musical score by a user of a musical instrument having a keyboard actuated by the users'"'"' hands, comprising the steps of:
- displaying a graphical representation of at least a portion of the musical score for viewing by the user, imaging in real time at least a portion of the keyboard and the said users'"'"' hands, displaying to the user at least a portion of the image of the keyboard and users'"'"' hands in correlation with the display of the graphical representation of the musical score.
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Abstract
The present invention provides apparatus for, and novel methods of representing the content of a musical score in an animated format that graphically prompts the user of a keyboard instrument. The graphic format elucidates features of the score in a way that may also be useful as a supplement to conventional keyboard instruction. The animation is displayed on the screen of a computer monitor together with a live video image of the user'"'"'s hands on a musical keyboard. Viewing only the images on the monitor, the user guides his fingers to the keys targeted by the animation. He is thus able to play the proper keys on the real keyboard without diverting his eyes from the monitor. In the preferred embodiment, the system provides a real time display of both the score information, keyboard and the user'"'"'s hand placement relative to the keyboard. Preferably, the display of the musical score includes a note position depicted in a horizontal relationship to the keyboard, and includes a temporal indication for the notes.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for prompting play of a musical score by a user of a musical instrument having a keyboard actuated by the users'"'"' hands, comprising the steps of:
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displaying a graphical representation of at least a portion of the musical score for viewing by the user, imaging in real time at least a portion of the keyboard and the said users'"'"' hands, displaying to the user at least a portion of the image of the keyboard and users'"'"' hands in correlation with the display of the graphical representation of the musical score. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 32)
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10. A method for prompting playing a musical score by the user of a musical instrument having a keyboard actuated by the users'"'"' hands, comprising the steps of:
displaying the musical notes of the score to the user, wherein the notes are depicted by graphical animation, the depiction of the note being;
registered in a horizontal manner to the key to be actuated, and provided to the user prior to the time of actuation of the key as required by the musical score and progressing over time, culminating in an indication to the user that actuation of the key is then required by the musical score. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for displaying a musical score to a user of a musical instrument having a plurality of keys comprising the steps of:
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graphically depicting an object corresponding to a note to be played, the graphical position including a position relative to the key to be actuated and a temporal dimension indicating both the time for actuation of the note and the duration of the activation of the note. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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