Media system and method of progressive musical instruction
DCFirst Claim
1. A system for progressive musical instruction comprising:
- a processor-readable memory medium having software residing thereon, the software executable by a processor to direct the performance ofgenerating audio signals corresponding to a predetermined musical performance, the audio signals in a first operating mode including prerecorded sounds from each of one or more musical instruments associated with the musical performance, the audio signals in a second operating mode including sounds from said instruments with the exception of a predetermined musical instrument;
generating display signals corresponding to the musical performance, the display signals arranged to provide musical instruction to a user relating to playing of the predetermined musical instrument during at least the second operating mode; and
in association with successive iterations of the musical performance, incrementing a duration of the second mode and decrementing a duration of the first mode.
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Abstract
A method is provided for progressive musical instruction using a media system with processor-executable software modules storing musical performances each having a plurality of segments. A first set of audiovisual signals is generated to simulate a predetermined musical instrument from a selected performance during host segments. The audiovisual signals are adjusted to mute the predetermined instrument during user segments (non-host segments) of the performance. During the host segments a second set of audiovisual signals is generated for demonstration of a preferred user operation of the instrument. The number of user segments may be maintained or increased for successive iterations of the performance, as the user becomes more proficient. The determination to maintain or increase user segments, and which segments are added to the user segments, may be user selectable or programmable by the system based on various criteria.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for progressive musical instruction comprising:
a processor-readable memory medium having software residing thereon, the software executable by a processor to direct the performance of generating audio signals corresponding to a predetermined musical performance, the audio signals in a first operating mode including prerecorded sounds from each of one or more musical instruments associated with the musical performance, the audio signals in a second operating mode including sounds from said instruments with the exception of a predetermined musical instrument; generating display signals corresponding to the musical performance, the display signals arranged to provide musical instruction to a user relating to playing of the predetermined musical instrument during at least the second operating mode; and in association with successive iterations of the musical performance, incrementing a duration of the second mode and decrementing a duration of the first mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for progressive musical instruction comprising:
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a display device; a processor operatively coupled to the display device; and a processor-readable memory medium having program modules embodied thereon, said program modules executable by the processor and further comprising a storage module effective to store one or more musical performances, each performance further comprising a plurality of musical segments; an audio control module effective to generate sounds in accordance with a selected musical performance, the generated sounds in a first mode corresponding to those produced by each musical instrument associated with the performance, the generated sounds in a second mode corresponding to the associated instruments except for a predetermined musical instrument; a display control module effective to generate upon the display device a visual representation of the predetermined instrument and graphically populate the visual representation with instruction tools associated with the instrument and in accordance with the musical performance; and a mode control module effective to determine the number of segments in the selected performance to be associated with each mode, wherein the number of segments associated with the first mode and the number of segments associated with the second mode collectively include all of the segments associated with the performance, the determination further based upon one or more criteria including a performance iteration, wherein in successive iterations the amount of segments associated with the first mode decreases and the amount of segments associated with the second mode increases. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of progressive musical instruction comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a media system having one or more processor-executable program modules and storing one or more predetermined musical performances each further comprising a plurality of segments; (b) generating a first set of audiovisual signals effective to simulate a predetermined musical instrument associated with a selected musical performance from the one or more predetermined performances stored in the media system during one or more host segments of the performance; (c) adjusting the first set of audiovisual signals to mute the predetermined instrument during user segments further comprising the one or more non-host segments of the performance; (d) generating a second set of audiovisual signals associated with demonstration of a preferred user operation of the instrument; (e) determining whether to maintain or increase the number of user segments for a successive iteration of the performance; (f1) in accordance with a first determination, maintaining the number of user and host segments and repeating steps (b) to (e); and (f2) in accordance with a second determination, adding one or more segments of the musical performance to the one or more user segments, removing said segments added to the user segments from the one or more host segments, and repeating steps (b) to (e). - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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