US 2023/0343313 A1 · METHOD OF PERFORMING A PIECE OF MUSIC

Abstract

A method for performing a piece of music comprising the steps of: receiving (310) an input signal from a musical instrument (220), the inputs signal encoding the notes played on the instrument (220), matching (320) a note or combination of notes in the input signal to a respective trigger in a predefined set of triggers stored in a memory (130), each trigger being associated with a respective fragment of music that makes up a part of the piece of music, each fragment having a predefined length and starting from a predefined position relative to the start of a bar, and at least one of the fragments being more complex than the associated trigger, wherein when a note or combination of notes that matches a trigger is played by the user the method outputs (330) at least part of the matched fragment that starts at the time that the note or combination of notes is played.

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Dependent claims

A method for performing a piece of music comprising the steps of:

receiving an input signal from a musical instrument, the inputs signal encoding the notes played on the instrument,
matching a note or combination of notes in the input signal to a respective trigger in a predefined set of triggers stored in a memory, each trigger being associated with a respective fragment of music that makes up a part of the piece of music, each fragment having a predefined length and starting from a predefined position relative to the start of a bar, and at least one of the fragments being more complex than the associated trigger,
characterised in that when a note or combination of notes that matches a trigger is played by the user the method outputs at least part of the matched fragment that starts at the time that the note or combination of notes is played.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method of performing a piece of music

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Method of performing a piece of music

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Abstract

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