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Entry of musical data in a mobile communication device

  • US 20060027080A1
  • Filed: 08/05/2004
  • Published: 02/09/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Within a mobile communication device, a method of specifying musical notes for substantially concurrent playback comprising:

  • receiving an input specifying a root note, wherein the root note indicates a barred position on a neck of a stringed instrument;

    associating at least one column of input keys of the mobile communication device with a string of the stringed instrument, wherein input keys next to one another within a same column specify notes which vary by approximately a half-step; and

    detecting an activation of at least one of the input keys specifying at least one additional note to be played substantially concurrently with the root note, thereby specifying a musical chord.

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