Musical teaching device and method
First Claim
1. A method of teaching a student to play the piano comprising the steps of (a) providing an interface device having an elongated carriage, a pair of gloves slidably mounted on said carriage, finger sleeves in each of said pair of gloves adapted to receive the fingers of a student, said finger sleeves connected to a controller, said controller commanding movement of said finger sleeves, a computer connected to said controller, said controller commands generated by computer programs, (b) mounting said interface adjacent a piano keyboard to register said position of said gloves on said carriage to match the position of the keys on the keyboard, (c)initiating said computer program, said program including a musical score, (d) commanding said controller to send signals to said finger sleeves to indicate striking the key to correspond to the keyboard key necessary to play said musical score.
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Abstract
A musical teaching device has a carriage to be placed in juxtaposition with a piano keyboard. The carriage has a pair of gloves slidably attached to move along the length of the carriage. The fingers of the gloves include signaling devices to indicate proper movement. The carriage and gloves are connected to a controller that commands proper hand positioning and finger movement to play a musical score loaded in the controller. The controller is powered by a computer program.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of teaching a student to play the piano comprising the steps of
(a) providing an interface device having an elongated carriage, a pair of gloves slidably mounted on said carriage, finger sleeves in each of said pair of gloves adapted to receive the fingers of a student, said finger sleeves connected to a controller, said controller commanding movement of said finger sleeves, a computer connected to said controller, said controller commands generated by computer programs, (b) mounting said interface adjacent a piano keyboard to register said position of said gloves on said carriage to match the position of the keys on the keyboard, (c)initiating said computer program, said program including a musical score, (d) commanding said controller to send signals to said finger sleeves to indicate striking the key to correspond to the keyboard key necessary to play said musical score.
- 5. A piano teaching interface for association with a piano keyboard, said interface comprising a carriage of a length approximating the length of a piano keyboard, a pair of gloves slidably attached to said carriage, each of said gloves having finger sleeves adapted to receive the fingers of a student'"'"'s hands, said controller means connected to said finger sleeves for signaling said fingers to strike a key to play a segment of a musical score.
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