Method of composing music on a handheld device
AssigneeCreative Technology Ltd
InventorSeok Kwee Chew
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Abstract
A musical sequence is formed on the keypad of a handheld electronic device. The numbered keys on the keypad of the handheld device are mapped directly to corresponding notes in an octave. The sequence of musical notes is entered by depressing at least one numbered key on the keypad and displaying a numerical representation of the sequence on the display screen of the handheld device.
Claims20
A method of forming a musical sequence on a handheld electronic device having a keypad and a display, the keypad of the handheld device having a plurality of numbered keys mapped to corresponding notes in at least one octave, the method comprising:
- composing a sequence of musical notes by selecting more than one numbered key on the keypad of the handheld device, the numbered key based on the mapping of the notes;
- and
- displaying a numbered representation of the musical sequence on the display screen of the handheld device, and
- wherein the musical sequence is transposable to any musical key without changing the numbered representation displayed.
A method of forming a musical sequence on a handheld electronic device having a keypad and a display, the keypad of the handheld device having a plurality of numbered keys mapped to corresponding notes in at least one octave, the method comprising:
- composing a sequence of musical notes by selecting more than one numbered key on the keypad of the handheld device, the numbered key based on the mapping of the notes;
- and
- displaying a numbered representation of the musical sequence on the display screen of the handheld device, and
- wherein the musical notes are entered by selecting a soft key designated in the display of the device.
A handheld electronic device comprising:
- a display screen;
- a keypad having a plurality of numbered keys mapped to corresponding notes in at least one octave;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive a musical composition formed by entry of a sequence of musical notes by selecting at least one numbered key on the keypad of the handheld device, the numbered key selected based on the mapping of the notes;
- identify a designated musical key associated with the musical sequence;
- display a numbered representation of the musical sequence on the display screen of the handheld device;
- and
- transpose the musical sequence from the designated musical key to any musical key by changing a key reference associated with the musical sequence without changing the numbered representation displayed.
A method of forming a musical sequence on a handheld wireless telephone having a keypad and a display, the keypad of the wireless telephone having a plurality of numbered keys mapped to corresponding notes in at least one octave, each progressively higher note in the octave corresponding to a progressively higher number, the method comprising:
- receiving a designated musical key;
- entering a sequence of musical notes by depressing a plurality of numbered keys on the keypad of the wireless telephone, the numbered key selected for each note in the sequence based on the mapping of the notes;
- and
- displaying a numbered representation of the musical sequence on the display screen of the wireless telephone, wherein each number in the numbered representation corresponds to the mapping of the notes;
- and
- wherein the musical sequence is transposable to any musical key without changing the numbered representation displayed;
- and
- wherein the musical sequence may be edited by using the keypad to change the numbered representation of the musical sequence.
A handheld electronic device comprising:
- a display screen;
- a keypad having a plurality of numbered keys mapped to corresponding notes in at least one octave;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- retrieve a musical sequence comprising a plurality of notes from a memory of the handheld device;
- determine whether the musical sequence is in a numbered representation;
- convert the musical sequence to the numbered representation if the determination is negative;
- generate a display comprising the numbered representation of the musical sequence on the display screen of the handheld device;
- and
- edit at least one of the notes by using the keypad to change the numbered representation of the musical sequence by receiving a keyed in replacement note for at least one of the plurality of notes retrieved from memory, wherein the replacement notes are keyed in by selecting a numbered key corresponding to a numbered designation for the corresponding note.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.