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Game for playing and reading musical notation

  • US 20060107819A1
  • Filed: 05/30/2003
  • Published: 05/25/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of instructing a user to read musical notation through interaction with a graphical user interface and an input device coupled to a drumpad, comprising the steps of:

  • a) generating the graphical user interface, having a first position, including a virtual drum set, having a plurality of pads, each pad having a corresponding pad on the input drumpad;

    b) incorporating a music file into the graphical user interface, wherein the music file contains data corresponding to an arrangement of at least a first and a second musical note in sequence, having a rhythmic pattem;

    c) directing a first game object, representing the first musical note in the arrangement, upward, in a first substantially straight trajectory, toward a first pad on the virtual drumpad, corresponding to the first musical note, such that the first game object will experience a first collision with the first pad;

    d) directing a second game object, representing the second musical note in the arrangement, upward, in a second substantially straight trajectory, toward a second pad on the virtual drumpad, corresponding to the second musical note, such that the second game object will experience a second collision with the second bar or pad, according to the rhythmic pattern of the arrangement; and

    e) awarding a value to the user based upon the user striking the corresponding input drumpad approximately simultaneously with the first and second collisions.

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