Interactive guitar game designed for learning to play the guitar
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1. An interactive guitar system for learning to play a song on a guitar comprising:
- a guitar input device for receiving an analog or digital audio signal when the guitar is played by a user;
a processor executing a game engine configured to allow the user to play the song, assess a performance of the song by the user, determine a portion of the performance that should be improved, and, based on the assessed performance and the determined portion of the performance that should be improved, automatically generate at least one mini-game targeted to improving the user'"'"'s skills associated with performance of the determined portion,wherein the at least one mini-game is different from the song on which the user'"'"'s performance was assessed; and
an audio-video display device for displaying notation to be played by a user for the song at a given time for the song and providing feedback on performance by the user.
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Abstract
An interactive game designed for learning to play a guitar. A guitar may be connected to a computer or other platform, capable of loading music and displaying notes and chords and other feedback and visual learning aids on a display screen, allowing a user to read music and play along. The goal of the software or interactive game engine is for players to learn how to play a guitar. Users may operate the game in a number of modes with different goals, playing mini-games throughout the levels of the game. The game provides feedback and statistics to help users learn how to play the guitar.
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37 Claims
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1. An interactive guitar system for learning to play a song on a guitar comprising:
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a guitar input device for receiving an analog or digital audio signal when the guitar is played by a user; a processor executing a game engine configured to allow the user to play the song, assess a performance of the song by the user, determine a portion of the performance that should be improved, and, based on the assessed performance and the determined portion of the performance that should be improved, automatically generate at least one mini-game targeted to improving the user'"'"'s skills associated with performance of the determined portion, wherein the at least one mini-game is different from the song on which the user'"'"'s performance was assessed; and an audio-video display device for displaying notation to be played by a user for the song at a given time for the song and providing feedback on performance by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An interactive guitar system for learning to play a song on a guitar comprising:
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a guitar input device for receiving an analog or digital audio signal when the guitar is played by a user; a processor executing game engine configured to allow the user to play the song, break the song into a plurality of sections, assess a performance of at least one of the plurality of sections as played by the user, identify at least one of the plurality of sections that should be improved, and automatically generate at least one mini-game targeted to improving the user'"'"'s performance of the identified section, wherein the at least one mini-game is distinct and different from the identified section on which the user'"'"'s performance was assessed; and an audio-video display device for displaying notation to be played by a user for the song at a given time for the song and providing feedback on performance by the user. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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