System and method of teaching musical notes

• US 7,414,186 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2005
• Issued: 08/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Annette Scarpa, Joseph Scarpa
• Original Assignee: Annette Scarpa, Joseph Scarpa
• Inventors: Scarpa, Joseph, Scarpa, Annette
• Primary Examiner(s): Fletcher; Marlon T
• Application Number:
  US11/163,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20070089589A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 84/470.00R
• 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 an audiovisual display device, said method comprising steps of:

for each of a plurality of notes to be taught, displaying a musical keyboard having a plurality of keys, a musical staff and a note from said plurality of notes to be taught 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;

singing the note;

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 4, wherein the step of singing the note comprises singing the note by the note character.

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, including a scene image for each of a plurality of notes, and audio output corresponding to scene signals, wherein

each of said scene images include a display of a musical keyboard having a plurality of keys, a musical staff and a note on the staff, said note being a note from the plurality of notes, 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;

audibly playing a sound corresponding to the corresponding key; and

audibly singing the note.

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 19, wherein said audio output including audibly singing the note further includes audibly singing the note by the note character.