Color-coded melody text and method of teaching
OwnerRichard Mullerinventor
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Abstract
A visually enhanced teaching text comprises a series of words to be sung, the series of words having a plurality of tropes each having a predetermined tune. The text also includes symbols in the text indicative of the start and end of a trope, with at least some of the tropes being associated with a particular distinctive color so that each trope in the series of words is clearly distinguishable from surrounding tropes therein. The invention is also for a singing teaching method using color coded backgrounds.
Claims14
A method of teaching a melody for a series of words to be sung, the melody and words being comprised at least in part of a series of repetitive tropes the method comprising:
- selecting a first trope in the melody having a first predetermined tune and isolating each occurrence of the first trope in the melody,
- highlighting each occurrence of the first trope in the melody with a distinctive first color, and
- selecting and highlighting with a distinctive different color each occurrence of at least one other trope each having a unique predetermined tune in the melody so that the first and other tropes will stand out from surrounding tropes in the melody.
A visually enhanced teaching text comprising a series of words to be sung, the series of words being comprised of a plurality of tropes each having a unique and predetermined tune, symbols in the text indicative of the start and end of a trope, at least some of the tropes being associated with a particular distinctive color so that each trope in the series of words is clearly distinguishable from surrounding tropes therein.
A method of visually illustrating the melody of a text comprising a series of words to be sung, the words being comprised at least in part of a series of tropes, the method comprising:
- selecting a first trope in the melody having a first predetermined tune and isolating each occurrence of the first trope in the melody,
- highlighting each occurrence of the first trope in the melody with a distinctive color,
- selecting and highlighting with a distinctive color at least one other trope each having a unique predetermined tune in the melody so that the first and each other trope will stand out from surrounding tropes in the melody.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.