| US 7,521,619 B2 | ||
| System and method of instructing musical notation for a stringed instrument | ||
| Hal C. Salter, Seffner, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Allegro Multimedia, Inc., Seffner, Fla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 19, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/737,734. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/745763, filed on Apr. 27, 2006. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/793353, filed on Apr. 19, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0256540 A1, Nov. 08, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G09B 15/00 (2006.01); G09B 15/02 (2006.01); G10H 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 84—477R [84/470 R; 84/479 R; 84/483.2; 84/485 R] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A method of instructing a user to read musical notation through interaction with a graphical user interface and an input
instrument representative of a stringed instrument, comprising the steps of:
a) generating the graphical user interface, having a first mode, including a virtual fingerboard positioned substantially
along a vertical extreme of the interface, the virtual fingerboard including:
a first linear away representing a first string having a first frequency range;
a second linear array representing a second string having a second frequency range, wherein the second frequency range overlaps
the first frequency range associated with a string; and
a plurality of note positions, each note position having a corresponding fingerboard position on the input instrument;
wherein the first linear array, the second linear array, and the plurality of note positions form a grid;
b) displaying the first linear away and the second linear array in a second mode such that portions of the first linear away
and the second linear array having overlapping frequency ranges are substantially vertically aligned;
c) incorporating a music file into the graphical user interface, wherein the music file contains data corresponding to an
arrangement of a plurality of musical notes in sequence, having a rhythmic pattern, and represented by at least one game object;
and
d) directing the game object in substantially vertical and substantially straight trajectory, toward a note position on the
virtual fingerboard corresponding to the musical notes.
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