Machine and method for teaching music and piano
First Claim
1. a system for teaching music comprising:
- a visual display of at least one vertically oriented music staff having at least one staff line where said staff is oriented with higher pitched notes positioned to the right;
representation of notes of music on said visual display in positions on said staff; and
visual feedback information on said visual display that correctly describes staff position of music tones corresponding to a plurality of depressed keys on a keyboard.
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Abstract
A system for teaching music with input and output devices, musical representations presented on vertically and horizontally oriented musical staffs, output responsive to selective application of input data, confirmation of propriety of input choice, and scrolling presentation of sequential musical representations constituting music. A method to develop a positive association of correct learning input to music representation presented and a negative association of improper response, to music presented in a scrolling manner along a center bar for timing visual change in musical representation upon input. Musical representations such as notes, lines and bars may be presented and the user is required to make choices through input devices to correctly identify or play the musical representation. The system and method use both visual and audio responses to input and uses color and graphical associations between the staff and notes to teach intervals and music.
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23 Claims
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1. a system for teaching music comprising:
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a visual display of at least one vertically oriented music staff having at least one staff line where said staff is oriented with higher pitched notes positioned to the right;
representation of notes of music on said visual display in positions on said staff; and
visual feedback information on said visual display that correctly describes staff position of music tones corresponding to a plurality of depressed keys on a keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for teaching music comprising:
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a representation of at least one music staff through a visual display having at least one staff line;
scrolled musical representations through a visual display means whereby images of notes along said staff lines move with relatively constant speed;
a visual representation of a position point along said staff that designates a time bar; and
presentation of selected musical representations along said time bar corresponding to the notes that are to be played. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for teaching music comprising the steps of:
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presenting a plurality of pictures to a user through a visual display interconnected to a computing device;
designating for each of said pictures a pre-determined word, whereby each word is phonetically assocated with a note name on the Solfeggio scale; and
associating said pictures with said note name. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A process for teaching music comprising the steps of:
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presenting a user a graphical representation of lines and spaces from a musical staff on a visual display;
visually presenting said lines and spaces in generally equal width, thereby associating said lines and spaces with the proper musical intervals of a musical scale through an interconnection between a computing device and said display; and
presenting musical representations along said lines and spaces and selectively providing visual output in response to user input corresponding to choices made by said user. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A process of teaching music comprising the steps of:
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presenting two musical staffs, having lines and spaces, on a visual display through a computing device;
designating for each musical staff a different visual presentation for the lines of that particular staff; and
providing visual information on said display which describes position of music tones corresponding with a plurality of depressed keys on a keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A process of teaching music comprising the steps of:
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presenting a musical staff, having lines and spaces, on a visual display;
designating a different visual presentation for the notes that fall on the lines from the visual presentation for the notes that fall on the spaces of said staff. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method for teaching music comprising the steps of:
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presenting a user through a visual display a pre-determined series of musical representations;
permitting user input corresponding to the playing of a sequence of musical notes in response to said representations;
presenting said user on a visual display with said representations on a vertically oriented staff; and
changing said display to a horizontal musical staff showing the same musical representations. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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Specification