Music education system
OwnerTimothy Eugene Hesterinventor
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Abstract
A music education system has a database which included all pertinent information on rooms, teachers, students, accompanists, and administration. This allows for matching of students, teachers, rooms, etc. and printing of schedules for all persons involved in a music program. A music library assists in practicing and preparatory score study by individual musicians with or without accompaniment. Each selection includes multiple recordings of cues and parts allowing selection of which part is to be played by the musician and by the accompanist. This can include sectional or skeletal tracks.
Claims26
A method for creating a work for inclusion in a musical library, which library contains a plurality of midi files, each midi file containing up to sixteen tracks, each track having been derived from one of two types of master recordings, said work being created by recording music for practice by individual musicians with or without accompaniment to assist nusicians in all facets of practicing and preparatory score study in order to improve understanding and command of a particular piece of music, said method comprising the steps of:
- setting a metronome speed at a tempo less than an indicated performance tempo;
- sequentially recording relevant portions of a musical selection in the following order:
- recording first wood block cue preparatory upbeats on a first track;
- recording piano pan accompaniment on a second track;
- recording solo part on a third track transposed by at least one octave above or below the piano part accompaniment depending upon the solo instrument;
- recording solo part on a fourth track at printed pitch using sequenced voicing wherein tone color selected is dependent upon the piece being performed for optimum educational effectiveness;
- recording second wood block cue main beats throughout piece on a fifth track;
- recording third wood block cues required to coordinate rhythmic ensemble in an efficient manner for a soloist on a sixth track;
- recording fourth wood block cues for a pianist on a seventh track;
- recording additional offbeat or sets of wood block cues on next successive tracks;
- and
- recording any sectional or skeletal tracks on remaining tracks.
A system for scheduling students, teachers, practice rooms, musical instruments, and an accompaniment library for music school, said system comprising:
- a central processing unit having data input on students, accompanists, instructors, other professionals, the physical plant, musical library, and musical instruments;
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- data search means which filters said data on said students, accompanists, instructors, other professionals, the physical plant, musical library, and musical instrument data by day needed, time needed, amount of time needed, and skill level, and creates schedules matching students, accompanists, instructors, other professionals, the physical plant, musical library, and musical instruments;
- and;
- means for printing out said schedules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.