Scale-based music notation system
OwnerGerald L. Johnson, Joseph Thomas Pawlowskiinventors
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Abstract
A musical notation system which displays the seven notes of any chosen scale on a staff of eight lines and seven spaces, which are typically arranged in a vertical fashion, and which is a graphical representation of a keyboard. No sharps or flats are used to designate a key, but rather only the valid notes of any particular diatonic scale are provided with positions on the staff. Notations which indicate octaves, beats per measure, the selected Key and the mode are all provided. Symbols for timbre, loudness, duration of notes and rests are the same as conventional music notations.
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A music notation system, for graphical representation of a keyboard, and for displaying notes of a selected musical scale, called valid notes, which comprises:
- said keyboard which utilizes a repeating pattern of seven keys and is programmed to play only seven valid notes of said selected musical scale;
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- a staff which is said graphical representation of said keyboard, having a recognizable pattern of positions corresponding to said keyboard, for an adjacent and consecutive display of only said seven valid notes of said selected musical scale in temporal relationship to each other, with only enough display positions for said seven valid notes of any selected musical scale.
A music notation system for graphical representation of a keyboard, and for displaying selected notes with pitch and temporal relationships, termed valid notes, of selected musical scales which contain seven valid notes, which comprises;
- said keyboard which utilizes a repeating pattern of seven keys and is programmed to play only seven valid notes of said selected musical scale;
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- a staff which is said graphical representation of said keyboard, having a recognizable pattern of seven positions for an adjacent and consecutive display of only said seven valid notes of said selected musical scale of seven notes in temporal relationship to each other, with only enough display positions for said seven valid notes of said selected musical scale.
A method of representing music notation which is based on a seven note per scale musical system, for displaying selected notes of selected musical scales which contain seven or fewer notes appropriate to a selected diatonic scale notes, which are called valid notes, which comprises the steps:
- providing a keyboard which utilizes a repeating pattern of seven keys and is programmed to play only seven valid notes of said selected;
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- providing a staff having a recognizable pattern of positions for adjacent and consecutive display of only the seven valid notes of a selected musical scale in temporal relationship to each other, with only enough display positions for said seven valid notes of any selected musical scale.
Apparatus for learning and/or teaching the playing of a note of an instrument of the type having a keyboard comprising a repeating pattern of seven black and white keys which is programmed to play only seven valid notes of a selected musical scale, said apparatus comprising:
- a sheet of paper with a graphical representation of said keyboard which includes a staff having a recognizable pattern of seven positions which represent said black and white keys of said keyboard, for an adjacent and consecutive display of only said seven valid notes of said selected musical scale of seven notes in temporal relationship to each other, with only enough display positions for said seven valid notes of said selected musical scale.
A sheet of music having a graphical representation of a keyboard of the type comprising a repeating pattern of seven keys which is programmed to play only seven valid notes of a selected musical scale, which includes a staff having a recognizable pattern of seven positions for an adjacent and consecutive display of only said seven valid notes of said selected musical scale of seven notes in temporal relationship to each other, with only enough display positions for said seven valid notes of said selected musical scale.
A music notation system for graphical representation of a keyboard with black and white notes by said music notation system, and for displaying selected notes with pitch and temporal relationships, termed valid notes, of selected musical scales which contain seven valid notes, which comprises;
- said keyboard which utilizes a repeating pattern of seven keys of two types, four keys being white in color, and three keys being black, with said keyboard being programmed to play only seven valid notes of said selected musical scale;
- a staff which is said graphical representation of said keyboard, having a recognizable pattern of seven positions for an adjacent and consecutive display of only said seven valid notes of said selected musical scale of seven notes in temporal relationship to each other, with only enough display positions for said seven valid notes of said selected musical scale, with colored positions to represent said black and white keys of said keyboard, said staff having a horizontal and a vertical axis, and a horizontal and a vertical placement of a plurality of notes, in which said staff is oriented parallel with said horizontal axis, in which said vertical placement of said notes indicate pitch, and said horizontal placement of said notes indicate a temporal relationship;
- a means of indicating said selected scale by indicating a root note of said scale;
- a means by which multiple octaves of notes are displayed;
- a means of denoting an octave of the note being played;
- a means of denoting a selected mode;
- a means of denoting beats per measure;
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- a means of denoting which hand and which finger are to play a particular note.
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