Electronic Input Device for Use with Steel Pans and Associated Methods
AssigneePangenuity, LLC
InventorBeverley I. Charles
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Abstract
A device for digitizing a series of notes to be played on a pan instrument includes a processor and software installed on the processor that has a code segment adapted to display a virtual keyboard on a display device. The keyboard has a plurality of pianistically arranged keys, each key having a note name corresponding to a pitch represented by the key imposed thereon. A code segment can receive a user selection of a pan instrument for which music is desired to be entered, retrieve a note range for the selected pan instrument, and electronically mask the virtual keyboard to exclude keys outside the retrieved note range. User input can be received for a series of notes to be encoded for playing on the selected pan instrument.
Claims6
A device for digitizing a series of notes to be played on a pan instrument comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- software installed on the processor having code segments adapted to:
- direct a display of a virtual keyboard on a display device, the keyboard having a plurality of pianistically arranged keys, each key having a note name corresponding to a pitch represented by the key imposed thereon;
- receive a user selection of a pan instrument for which music is desired to be entered;
- retrieve a note range for the selected pan instrument;
- electronically mask the virtual keyboard to exclude keys outside the retrieved note range;
- and
- receive user input for a series of notes to be encoded for playing on the selected pan instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.