Educational method and apparatus to simultaneously teach reading and composing music
AssigneeMerrienan Melodies, LLC
InventorsMerrie L. Skaggs, Nancy C. Funkhouser
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for composing and teaching of music while learning to read music is provided that involves a user following a supported sequence of tasks that guide creativity of the user to construct a musical composition. The musical composition is constructed by assigning alphabetical characters to colors and musical notes to form a chart, forming words and phrases using the alphabetical characters, and cross-referencing the words and phrases to the chart. Various interactive components and computer software facilitate use of the method and process.
Claims17
A method for composing a musical composition, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a computer interface device adapted for alphabetical character input or numerical character input, and connecting said device to a computer programmed to recognize the alphabetical character input or numerical character input, and output a musical composition based on the alphabetical character input or numerical character input;
- (b) displaying at least one word having a plurality of alphabetical characters via a monitor connected to the computer;
- (c) displaying a plurality of colors via the monitor connected to the computer;
- (d) displaying a plurality of musical notes via the monitor connected to the computer;
- (e) enabling assignment of each one of the plurality of colors to each one of the plurality of alphabetical characters via one of the computer interface device and automatically via the computer;
- (f) enabling assignment of each one of the plurality of musical notes to each one of the plurality of colors to form the musical composition via the computer interface device;
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- (g) displaying the musical composition to enable playback thereof.
A method for composing a musical composition, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a computer interface device adapted for alphabetical character input or numerical character input, and connecting said device to a computer programmed to (i) recognize the alphabetical character input or numerical character input, and (ii) output a musical composition based on the alphabetical character input or numerical character input;
- (b) displaying a plurality of words via a monitor connected to the computer, each of the plurality of words having a plurality of alphabetical characters;
- (c) displaying a plurality of colors via the monitor connected to the computer;
- (d) displaying a plurality of musical notes via the monitor connected to the computer;
- (e) enabling selection of at least one of the plurality of words via the computer interface device;
- (f) assigning each one of the plurality of colors to each one of the plurality of alphabetical characters via the computer;
- (g) assigning each one of the plurality of musical notes to each one of the plurality of colors to form the musical composition via the computer;
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- (h) playing back the musical composition via a speaker connected to the computer.
A method for composing a musical composition, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying at least one word having a plurality of alphabetical characters via a visual-display means;
- (b) displaying a plurality of colors via the visual-display means;
- (c) displaying a plurality of musical notes via the visual-display means;
- (d) assigning each one of the plurality of plurality of alphabetical characters to (i) each one of the plurality of colors, and (i) each of the plurality of musical notes;
- (e) displaying the assignments on a chart via the visual-display means;
- (f) displaying a music composition means via the visual-display means;
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- (g) enabling input of a musical composition based on the chart using the music staff via an interface means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.