Isomorphic Solfa Music Notation and Keyboard
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1. A musical staff including:
- a. a first axis on which time is represented;
b. a second axis substantially perpendicular to said time axis on which the width of musical intervals is represented with a continuous implied scale;
c. a means of indicating on said second axis the unique location of the interval “
unison”
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d. a means of indicating on said second axis the unique location of the interval one octave higher than unison; and
e. note lines substantially parallel to said time axis which subdivide the space between said unison location and said octave location into a number of unique note locations that is equal to the number of divisions of the octave plus one, including note lines on said unison location and on said octave location, wherein each said note line is counted as one of said unique note locations, and i. for even-numbered divisions of the octave, 1. said note lines are equally spaced, and 2. the space between each pair of said lines is counted as one of said unique note locations, and ii. for odd-numbered divisions of the octave, said note lines are proportionately spaced, such that the space between any given pair of said note lines is wide enough to contain either zero, one, or two said unique note locations.
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Abstract
A musical notation system is provided wherein equal sized pitch intervals are represented by equal sized vertical displacements on a musical staff irrespective of the key or transportation of a musical sequence. A clef symbol and diatonic scale indicators are used to indicate the positions of diatonic pitches on the staff. A moveable Do solfa system is preferred so that musical sequences remain unchanged under transposition. The staff is easily adaptable to display various equal tempered (ET) subdivisions of the octave including 12-ET, 17-ET and 19-ET tuning systems. A system of chord notation and an isomorphic transposing keyboard is also described and claimed.
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45 Claims
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1. A musical staff including:
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a. a first axis on which time is represented;
b. a second axis substantially perpendicular to said time axis on which the width of musical intervals is represented with a continuous implied scale;
c. a means of indicating on said second axis the unique location of the interval “
unison”
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d. a means of indicating on said second axis the unique location of the interval one octave higher than unison; and
e. note lines substantially parallel to said time axis which subdivide the space between said unison location and said octave location into a number of unique note locations that is equal to the number of divisions of the octave plus one, including note lines on said unison location and on said octave location, wherein each said note line is counted as one of said unique note locations, and i. for even-numbered divisions of the octave, 1. said note lines are equally spaced, and 2. the space between each pair of said lines is counted as one of said unique note locations, and ii. for odd-numbered divisions of the octave, said note lines are proportionately spaced, such that the space between any given pair of said note lines is wide enough to contain either zero, one, or two said unique note locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 34, 35, 36, 42, 43)
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25. An isomorphic solfa sequencer notation system including:
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a. a first axis on which time is represented;
b. a second axis substantially perpendicular to said time axis on which the width of musical intervals is represented;
c. a means of indicating on said second axis the unique location of the interval “
unison”
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d. a means of indicating on said second axis the unique location of the first octave higher than said unison location;
e. lines substantially parallel to said time axis which intersect said second axis equally subdividing the space between said unison location and said octave location into a number of note spaces equal to a number of divisions of the octave;
f. the placement of bars within said note spaces indicating by their continuous presence the sounding, and by their absence the silence, of notes corresponding with said note spaces, relative to unison.
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26. (canceled)
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27. A system of chord notation including:
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a. a unique symbol for each of the simple chromatic intervals from the minor second to the perfect fifth, in which each symbol is a mnemonic for either the shape of the interval on a specific isomorphic keyboard;
orii. the number of 12-ET semitones in the interval; and
b. placing these interval symbols in sequence from lowest pitch to highest pitch. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A musical keyboard including:
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a. an isomorphic layout;
b. a means of electronic transposition;
c. indicia to distinguish relative to the current electronically-transposed key;
i. each unique degree of the current diatonic scale;
orii. each unique degree of the chromatic scale;
oriii. a two-way categorization into diatonic notes and non-diatonic notes. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 40, 41)
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37. A musical keyboard including:
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a. an isomorphic layout;
b. at least one complete octave of buttons with 19 buttons per octave;
c. a means of electronic transposition; and
d. a means of selecting the division of the octave. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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44. A system of displaying musical intervals comprising:
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a. the geometry of an isomorphic note layout, b. fixed locations of the degrees of the diatonic scale, and c. electronic and/or vocal transposition of pitches to scale degrees.
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45. A system of controlling music intervals comprising:
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a. the geometry of an isomorphic note layout, b. fixed locations of the degrees of the diatonic scale, and c. electronic and/or vocal transposition of pitches to scale degrees.
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