Method and apparatus for teaching music
OwnerRenée Francesca Bermúdezinventor
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Abstract
A music teaching method utilizes a musical notation sheet to depict a song and a keyboard for playing the song. The notation sheet has a staff having a single line with numbers printed above and below the line. The numbers correspond to both the fingers of the hands (1-5 from thumb to pinkie) and ten consecutive white keys on a keyboard. Suitable symbols indicate both hands and keyboard. The student is directed to place the hands on the keyboard with the each numbered finger on the same numbered key and to depress that key when its number appears on the music sheet using the fingers of the left hand for the numbers below the staff line and the fingers of the right hand for the numbers above the staff line.
Claims20
A method of teaching music to a student, comprising the steps of:
- assigning a name to each finger of said student's hands;
- providing a keyboard;
- assigning a name to selected keys of said keyboard, said key names corresponding to said finger names such that each finger has a key assigned to it;
- providing said student with a music sheet, said music sheet comprising:
- (a) a single staff line printed transversely of said music sheet;
- (b) note names printed on said music sheet, said note names being arranged to depict the notes of a musical composition, said note names comprising the key names of the keys which when played produce the tones corresponding to said musical notes;
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- (c) the notes to be played by the fingers of the right hand being printed on one side of said staff line and the notes to be played by the fingers of the left hand being printed on the other side of said staff line;
- instructing said student to place said fingers on said keyboard with the named fingers placed on the correspondingly named keys;
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- instructing said student to play said notes with the correspondingly named fingers by depressing the correspondingly named keys.
The method of teaching a piano, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a piano having a keyboard;
- (b) providing a music sheet with a staff printed thereon, said staff comprising a single horizontal line transverse said music sheet;
- (c) assigning a number to each finger of a person's hand, said finger numbers comprising thumb 1, index finger 2, middle finger 3, ring finger 4, and pinkie 5.
- (d) assigning numbers to ten sequentially adjacent white keys on said keyboard of said piano, said key numbers comprising, from left to right, the numbers 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, denoting the fingers of the left hand, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, denoting the fingers of the right hand, and removably affixing said key numbers on said adjacent white keys;
- (e) printing notes on said the staff sequentially from left to right in the order they are to be played in order to play a song, said staff notes comprising selected numbers from 1 to 5, wherein the notes to be played as natural notes are printed solely as numbers and the notes to be played as accidentals are printed by juxtaposing a sharp or flat by a number;
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- (f) printing said staff notes played by the right hand above said staff line and said staff notes played by the left hand below said staff line.
A music sheet, comprising:
- a pictorial depiction of a pair of hands, each of said hands having fingers thereon, said fingers being numbered as follows:
- 1 for the thumb, 2 for the index finger, 3 for the middle finger, 4 for the ring finger, and 5 for the little finger or pinkie;
- a diagram of a portion of a keyboard, said portion including a depiction of at least ten consecutive white keys, and said at least ten consecutive white keys having numbers sequentially printed thereon, said key numbers comprising, from left to right, the numbers 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, denoting the fingers of the left hand, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, denoting the fingers of the right hand;
- a staff printed on said music sheet, said staff comprising:
- (a) a single line printed transversely of said music sheet;
- (b) notes sequentially printed on said music sheet to depict the sequential notes of a song, each of said notes comprising a number selected from the set 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, said numbers simultaneously denoting both the key to be depressed to play said note and the finger to be used to depress said key;
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- (c) the notes with numbers corresponding to the numbers of the fingers of the right hand being printed above said line and the notes with numbers corresponding to the numbers of the fingers of the left hand being printed below said line.
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