Isolated guitar string audio capture and visual string indication and chord-finger number overlay process and system
OwnerJohn Michael Helmsinventor
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Abstract
An isolated guitar string audio capture and visual string indication and chord-finger number overlay process and system that provides a visual way to show what strings are being pressed and played during a guitar instruction video is disclosed. The isolated guitar string audio capture and visual string indication and chord-finger number overlay process and system visibly shows the student what strings are being pressed and played in a given chord by the guitar instructor in the video, all from one camera angle.
Claims10
An isolated guitar string audio capture and visual string number overlay process comprising:
- recording a video with an audio track of a guitar instructor playing a guitar for a guitar instruction video;
- utilizing an isolation device to capture audio and isolate the sound coming from each individual string of the guitar whenever a string is played individually or in combination with other strings;
- recording each isolated individual string into a digital audio track recording of the string;
- overlaying guitar chord fingering markers on top of the instructor's fingers based on digital audio track recordings of all the strings played;
- overlaying semi-transparent guitar frets and strings on top of the instructor's hand to visual demonstrate which guitar fret is being used and which strings are being pressed and played;
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- layering the guitar instruction video with a transparency that includes visual representations of the overlaying guitar chord fingering markers and the semi-transparent guitar strings.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program, when executed by a processor of a computing device, provides string and finger overlay visuals that modify an instructional string instrument video during playback by a viewer, said program comprising sets of instructions for:
- identifying a string of a multi-string music instrument being played by an instructor in an instructional video with audio of isolated sounds captured during a video recording of the instructor playing the multi-string music instrument;
- determining whether the string corresponds to a sound captured and isolated during the video recording;
- generating a visual marker at a location of a finger of the instructor pressing the string when the string corresponds to the sound captured and isolated during the video recording;
- overlaying the visual marker in the instructional video at the location;
- measuring amplitude of the string being played;
- generating a line as a semi-transparent overlay based on the amplitude;
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- overlaying the semi-transparent overlay of the line in the instructional video.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.