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US 10,096,305 B2Granted
Musical instruction and methods of notating music related thereto
OwnerJoseph D. Brennainventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of notating music comprising the steps of providing a plurality of icons, wherein each icon comprises at least two characteristics selected from the group consisting of a shape, a symbol, and a color, and assigning each icon to a note of a plurality of notes of the chromatic scale. The plurality of notes includes notes that may be arranged into a plurality of chords. At least one characteristic of the icons of each of the notes of each chord is the same. The method further comprises the step of providing a musical notation comprising the plurality of icons.
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A method of notating music comprising the steps of:
- providing twelve unique icons, each icon including a unique combination of at least two visual identifiers, including a primary visual identifier and a secondary visual identifier;
- wherein the primary visual identifier is one of a plurality of external shapes, one of a plurality of internal symbols, or one of a plurality of colors;
- wherein the secondary visual identifier is one of the plurality of external shapes, one of the plurality of interior symbols, or one of the plurality of colors;
- wherein when the primary visual identifier is one of the plurality of external shapes, the secondary visual identifier is one of the plurality of internal symbols or one of the plurality of colors;
- wherein when the primary visual identifier is one of the plurality of internal symbols, the secondary visual identifier is one of the plurality of external shapes or one of the plurality of colors;
- wherein when the primary visual identifier is one of the plurality of colors, the secondary visual identifier is one of the plurality of external shapes or one of the plurality of internal symbols;
- assigning each unique icon to one of twelve notes of a musical scale;
- wherein the musical scale includes notes arranged into three four-note diminished seventh chords, including a first diminished seventh chord, a second diminished seventh chord, and a third diminished seventh chord;
- wherein the musical scale includes notes arranged into four three-note augmented triads, including a first augmented triad, a second augmented triad, a third augmented triad, and a fourth augmented triad;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the first diminished seventh chord includes a first primary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the second diminished seventh chord and the third diminished seventh chord;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the second diminished seventh chord includes a second primary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the first diminished seventh chord and the third diminished seventh chord;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the third diminished seventh chord includes a third primary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the first diminished seventh chord and the second diminished seventh chord;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the first augmented triad includes a first secondary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the second augmented triad, the third augmented triad, and the fourth augmented triad;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the second augmented triad includes a second secondary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the first augmented triad, the third augmented triad, and the fourth augmented triad;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the third augmented triad includes a third secondary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the first augmented triad, the second augmented triad, and the fourth augmented triad;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the fourth augmented triad includes a fourth secondary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the first augmented triad, the second augmented triad, and the third augmented triad;
- and
- providing a musical notation comprising the plurality of icons.
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A musical instruction comprising:
- a musical notation including twelve unique icons each unique icon assigned to one of twelve notes of a musical scale, each icon including a unique combination of at least two visual identifiers, including a primary visual identifier and a secondary visual identifier;
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- a set of corresponding icons configured to be applied to a playing surface of an instrument in the location in which the corresponding note is produced;
- wherein the primary visual identifier is one of a plurality of external shapes, one of a plurality of internal symbols, or one of a plurality of colors;
- wherein the secondary visual identifier is one of the plurality of external shapes, one of the plurality of internal symbols, or one of the plurality of colors;
- wherein when the primary visual identifier is one of the plurality of external shapes, the secondary visual identifier is one of the plurality of internal symbols or one of the plurality of colors;
- wherein when the primary visual identifier is one of the plurality of internal symbols, the secondary visual identifier is one of the plurality of external shapes or one of the plurality of colors;
- wherein when the primary visual identifier is one of the plurality of colors, the secondary visual identifier is one of the plurality of external shapes or one of the plurality of internal symbols;
- wherein the musical scale includes notes arranged into three four-note diminished seventh chords, including a first diminished seventh chord, a second diminished seventh chord, and a third diminished seventh chord;
- wherein the musical scale includes notes arranged into four three-note augmented triads, including a first augmented triad, a second augmented triad, a third augmented triad, and a fourth augmented triad;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the first diminished seventh chord includes a first primary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the second diminished seventh chord and the third diminished seventh chord;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the second diminished seventh chord includes a second primary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the first diminished seventh chord and the third diminished seventh chord;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the third diminished seventh chord includes a third primary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the first diminished seventh chord and the second diminished seventh chord;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the first augmented triad includes a first secondary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the second augmented triad, the third augmented triad, and the fourth augmented triad;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the second augmented triad includes a second secondary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the first augmented triad, the third augmented triad, and the fourth augmented triad;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the third augmented triad includes a third secondary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the first augmented triad, the second augmented triad, and the fourth augmented triad;
- wherein each of the icons assigned to the notes in the fourth augmented triad includes a fourth secondary visual identifier that is not included in any of the icons assigned to notes in the first augmented triad, the second augmented triad, and the third augmented triad.
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A method of notating music comprising the steps of:
- providing twelve unique icons, each icon including a unique combination of at least two visual identifiers;
- assigning each unique icon to one of twelve notes of a musical scale;
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- providing a musical notation comprising the plurality of icons;
- wherein the scale includes three four-note diminished seventh chords and four three-note augmented triads;
- each of the icons assigned to the notes in each diminished seventh chord includes one of the visual identifiers that only appears in the icons of the notes in the specific diminished seventh chord and not in any of the icons assigned to notes in any of the other diminished seventh chords;
- and each of the icons assigned to the notes in each augmented triad includes a visual identifier that only appears in each of the icons of the notes in the specific augmented triad and not in any of the icons assigned to notes in any of the other augmented triads.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.