# US 2014/0360339 A1 · 3jcn music notation

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- Number: US 2014/0360339 A1
- Document ID: US20140360339A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/911,981
- Filed: 2013-06-06
- Published: 2014-12-11
- Earliest claimed: 2013-06-06
- Inventors: THOMAS NGUYEN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140360339A1

## CPC

- G09B 15/026: {Non-electrically operated}
- G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B)

## Abstract

There is no staff in 3JCN Music Notation. Therefore, 3JCN Music Notation is very simple compare to Western Notation. A note in 3JCN Music Notation is represented by a lower case letter for the pitch class (a through g), preceded by the note's octave (1 through 11) and followed by the note's duration (a real number). For example, 6c1 is for note “c” in 6th octave (middle C) with 1 unit of duration.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of notating music piece consisting of:
(a) the information line consisting of tempo and/or time signature and/or key signature;
(b) body of music piece consisting of horizontal musical lines (not staves);
(c) musical line's supports to indicate sound intensity, chords, dynamics, symbols, lyrics, etc;
(d) 3JCN music note consisting of a lower case letter for the pitch class (a through g), preceded by the note's octave (1 through 11) and followed by the note's duration (a real number);

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1a, wherein tempo consisting of tempo words and/or number.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein tempo words are listed in FIG. 3.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein number shows number of beats play in one minute.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1a, wherein time signature specifies how many beats are in each measure and what note duration units constitutes one beat.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein measure is a part of musical line lies between two vertical bar lines.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein time signature is represented by a fraction number (numerator/denominator).

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein denominator determines what note duration units constitutes one beat.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein numerator specifies how many beats are in each measure.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1a, wherein key signature is a series of plus + (also called sharp #) or minus − (also called flat b), designating notes that are consistently play one semitone higher or lower than the equivalent natural notes unless otherwise altered with a natural accidental “o”.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1b, wherein musical line is consisting of measures.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein a measure is consisting of music notes; sum of those notes' duration units must equal to the numerator of time signature.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1c, wherein musical line's supports are listed in FIG. 7.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1d, wherein a note has two parts, part one consisting of a lower case letter preceded by a number to determine note position on musical instrument, part two is a real number followed the lower case letter to show note duration unit.