SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TEACHING MUSICAL NOTES

• US 20070089589A1
• Filed: 10/20/2005
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cristofori Baby Company LLC
• Original Assignee: Cristofori Baby Company LLC
• Inventors: Scarpa, Joseph, Scarpa, Annette
• Granted Patent: US 7,414,186 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/478
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 15/08 Practice keyboards for teaching typing G09B13/02

Abstract

A system and method of teaching musical notes are adapted to teach identification of music staff notes, the names and sounds of notes, as well as piano keys corresponding to notes. An implementation of the method entails displaying a musical keyboard having a plurality of keys, a musical staff and a note on the staff. One of the plurality of keys corresponds to the note. The corresponding key produces a sound corresponding to the note when played. The name of the note is pronounced by a narrator or some other character. The note is visually identified on the staff by the narrator or some other character. The note is also associated with the corresponding key. Association may entail generating a note character and associating the note character with the note and key. A sound corresponding to the corresponding key is played.

Claims

1. A method of teaching musical notes using a display device, said method comprising steps of:

displaying a musical keyboard having a plurality of keys, a musical staff and a note on the staff, wherein one of the plurality of keys corresponds to the note, said corresponding key producing a sound corresponding to the note when played;

pronouncing the name of the note;

identifying the note on the staff;

associating the note with the corresponding key; and

playing a sound corresponding to the corresponding key.

2. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 1, said method further comprising a step of introducing a narrator, said narrator pronouncing the name of the note.

3. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 1, said method further comprising a step of introducing a narrator, said narrator identifying the note on the staff.

4. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 1, said method further comprising a step of introducing a note character and associating the note character with the note on the staff.

5. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 1, said method further comprising a step of singing the note.

6. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 1, said method further comprising a step of playing the key.

7. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 1, said method further comprising steps of introducing a narrator, said narrator pronouncing the name of the note and identifying the note on the staff.

8. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 7, said method further comprising a step of introducing a note character and associating the note character with the note on the staff.

9. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 8, said method further comprising a step of singing the note.

10. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 9, said method further comprising a step of playing the key.

11. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 10, wherein the step of associating the note with the corresponding key includes linking the note character associated with the note on the staff to the corresponding key.

12. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 10, wherein the step of associating the note with the corresponding key includes moving the note character associated with the note on the staff to the corresponding key.

13. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 10, wherein the step of associating the note with the corresponding key includes extending the note character associated with the note on the staff to the corresponding key.

14. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 10, wherein the step of introducing a note character and associating the note character with the note on the staff includes transforming the note into a note character.

15. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 10, wherein the step of introducing a note character and associating the note character with the note on the staff includes projecting the note character from the note via animation.

16. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 10, wherein the note character and note on the staff feature the same color.

17. A method of teaching musical notes according to claim 10, wherein the note character, note on the staff and corresponding key feature the same color.

18. A system for teaching musical notes, said system comprising a display device equipped to produce scene images and audio output corresponding to scene signals, wherein

said scene images include a display of a musical keyboard having a plurality of keys, a musical staff and a note on the staff, wherein one of the plurality of keys corresponds to the note, said corresponding key producing a sound corresponding to the note when played;

means for visually identifying the note on the staff;

means for visually associating the note with the corresponding key; and

said audio output includes pronouncement of the name of the note;

audible identification of the note on the staff; and

audibly playing a sound corresponding to the corresponding key.

19. A system for teaching musical notes according to claim 18, wherein said scene images further include a narrator, said narrator visually identifying the note on the staff, and a note character, said note character being visually associated with the note on the staff.

20. A system for teaching musical notes according to claim 18, wherein said audio output further audibly singing the note.