Method and apparatus for an adaptive and interactive teaching of playing a musical instrument

A system for use with a musical piece, or part thereof, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memories storing software code portions executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to perform the following:
• presenting, by at least one client device to a plurality of users, a corresponding plurality of sequences of musical symbols to be cooperatively played by the plurality of users using a plurality of instruments;
• capturing instrument outputs produced by the plurality of instruments to generate audio data descriptive of the captured instrument outputs;
• analyzing the audio data for determining a level of correspondence between the captured instrument outputs and the plurality of musical symbols presented to the plurality of users;
• presenting, based on the level of correspondence, an adapted or non-adapted sequence of music symbols at least one of the plurality of players;
• and
• emitting to at least one player of the plurality of players a replacement sound output that is different from the output produced responsive to the instrument playing by at least one other player of the plurality of players.

A method for use with a musical piece, or part thereof, that is cooperatively played by a first musical instrument according to first sequence of musical symbols, by a second musical instrument according to second sequence of musical symbols, and by a third musical instrument according to third sequence of musical symbols, for use with a first client device associated with the first musical instrument and operated by a first person that is identified by a first person identifier, with a second client device associated with the second musical instrument and operated by a second person that is identified by a second person identifier, and with a third client device associated with the third musical instrument and operated by a third person that is identified by a third person identifier,

• wherein each of the first, second, and third client devices comprises one of the following:
• a microphone, a digital signal connection, a sounder, and a presentation or display and communicates over the Internet and/or any other communication network with a server device that stores the first, second, and third sequences, the method comprising:
• sending, by the server device to the first, second, and third client devices, respectively the first, second, and third sequences of musical symbols;
• receiving, by first, second, and third client devices from the server device, respectively the first, second, and third sequences;
• displaying, to the first, second, and third persons by the respective display in the respective first, second, and third client devices, the respective received first, second, and third sequences;
• capturing, by the respective microphone in the first, second, and third client devices, respective first, second, and third sounds from the respective first, second, and third musical instruments;
• sending, by the first, second, and third client devices to the server device, the respective captured first, second, and third sounds;
• receiving, by the server device from the first, second, and third client devices, the respective captured first, second, and third sounds;
• analyzing, by the server device, the received captured first, second, and third sounds;
• sending, by the server device only to the second and third client devices, the received captured first sound;
• receiving, by the second and third client devices from the server device, the received captured first sound;
• emitting, by the sounder in the second and third client devices, a synthesized version of the received captured first sound;
• sending, by the server device only to the third client device, the received captured second sound;
• receiving, by the third client device from the server device, the received captured second sound;
• and
• emitting, by the sounder in the third client devices, a synthesized version of the received captured second sound.