An electronic circuit driven, multi-sensory, pleural stimuli, interactive method of instruction for teaching the user to play a keyboarded musical instrument using components and functions of apparatus
- to generate verbal prompts to the user simultaneously with other sensory prompts as indicated by the following:
- to illuminate single or multiple finger shapes one at a time, in any sequence, one shape or multiple shapes at a time, prompting the user to activate said shape or shapes with user's finger or fingers which correspond to the illuminated finger shape or shapes;
- to vibrate single or multiple finger shapes to prompt user to activate said shape or shapes with user's finger or fingers corresponding to the vibrating shape or shapes;
- to vibrate single or multiple finger shapes and simultaneously to illuminate a finger shape or finger shapes to prompt user to activate shape or shapes with user's finger or fingers corresponding to the vibrating/illuminated shape or shapes;
- to vibrate single or multiple finger shapes in a predetermined rhythm to prompt user to duplicate rhythm by activation of finger shapes;
- to vibrate single or multiple finger shapes in a predetermined rhythm and simultaneously to illuminate corresponding finger shape or shapes in said predetermined rhythm, allowing user to both feel and see the predetermined rhythm to prompt user to duplicate rhythm by activation of finger shapes;
- to illuminate key or keys in a color of a finger shape or shapes to prompt user to use his/her finger or fingers corresponding to the color of the finger shape or shapes to activate the key or keys illuminated in a color of the finger shape or shapes;
- to selectively activate light or lights under a key or keys to prompt the user to activate said key or keys;
- to vibrate key or keys, to simultaneously illuminate in color said key or keys, and to simultaneously illuminate finger shape or shapes, to prompt user to activate said vibrating, illuminated key or keys as indicated by both the visual colored illumination and tactile vibration of key or keys with user's finger or fingers that correspond to the illuminated finger shape or shapes;
- to illuminate key or keys one at a time or in a sequence, in colors which correspond to a finger shape or shapes, and simultaneously to illuminate corresponding finger shape or shapes indicating finger or fingers to be used on said key or keys, to prompt the user to activate said key or keys with user's finger or fingers that correspond to the illuminated finger shape or shapes;
- to vibrate a key or keys, one at a time or in sequence, and simultaneously to illuminate finger shape or shapes corresponding to user's finger or fingers that should be used on said vibrating key or keys to prompt user to activate said vibrating key or keys using the finger or fingers corresponding to the illuminated finger shape or shapes;
- to illuminate in “white” a key or keys one at a time, or in a sequence, and simultaneously to illuminate corresponding finger shape or shapes indicating finger or fingers to be used on said key or keys, to prompt the user to activate said key or keys with user's finger or fingers that correspond to the illuminated finger shape or shapes;
- to vibrate a key or keys, one at a time or in sequence, simultaneously to illuminate in “white” said key or keys, and simultaneously to illuminate finger shape or shapes indicating finger or fingers to be used on said illuminated and vibrating key or keys, to prompt the user to activate said illuminated and vibrating key or keys with user's finger or fingers that correspond to the illuminated finger shape or shapes;
- to activate the accurate piano sound and pitch when key or keys are activated to enable user to hear proper sound and pitch;
- to activate the properly pitched sound when finger shape or shapes are activated to enable user to hear proper pitch;
- to activate sounds of both keys and finger shapes simultaneously to enable user to hear accurate pitch utilizing two simultaneous sounds;
- to activate sound or sounds of a finger shape or finger shapes when finger shape or shapes are vibrated to enable user to both hear and feel simultaneous sensory stimuli;
- to activate sound or sounds of a key or keys when key or keys are vibrated to enable user to both hear and feel simultaneous sensory stimuli;
- to visually display on flat-screen monitor standard music notation with music notes placed properly on treble staff, bass staff, or grand staff to prompt the user to activate corresponding key on apparatus to the visually displayed notation;
- to display notation singly or in multiples as determined by skill level of user;
- to display notation color coded to finger shapes, and simultaneously to illuminate colored finger shape or shapes, to prompt user to use his/her finger corresponding to illuminated finger shape or shapes to activate a particular “white” illumination or colored illuminated key or keys indicated by the notation;
- to display notation color coded to finger shape, simultaneously to illuminate colored finger shape or shapes, and simultaneously to activate a “white” illumination or colored illumination of key or keys, to indicate to user to use his/her corresponding finger or fingers corresponding to illuminated finger shape or shapes to activate the color illuminated or “white” illuminated key or keys indicated by notation on display screen;
- to display notation color coded to finger shapes, simultaneously to illuminate colored finger shape or shapes, and simultaneously to vibrate the particular key or key as indicated by the displayed notation, to prompt user to use his/her finger or fingers corresponding to illuminated finger shape or shapes to activate said particular vibrating key or keys indicated by the notation;
- to display standard notation, that is, without color coding to finger shapes, simultaneously to illuminate colored finger shape or shapes, and simultaneously to activate the color illumination or “white” illumination of key or keys, to indicate to user to use his/her corresponding finger or fingers corresponding to illuminated finger shape or shapes to activate the color or “white” illuminated key or keys indicated by notation on display screen;
- to display standard notation, simultaneously to illuminate colored finger shape or shapes, simultaneously to vibrate a particular key or keys, to prompt user to use his/her corresponding finger or fingers to the illuminated finger shape or shapes to activate vibrating key or keys indicated by notation on display screen;
- to display standard notation, and simultaneously to illuminate colored finger shape or shapes, to prompt user to use his/her corresponding finger or fingers to the illuminated finger shape or shapes to activate key or keys indicated by notation on display screen;
- to display notation color coded to finger shapes with one or multiple notes on screen, and simultaneously to illuminate the finger shapes for this color-coded notation one at a time, to prompt user to activate each key of the notation one at a time using the user's corresponding finger to the illuminated finger shape for activating said keys;
- to display visual notation color coded to finger shapes with one or multiple notes on screen, simultaneously to illuminate the finger shapes for this color-coded notation one at a time, and simultaneously to illuminate in a color or “white” the key or keys for this color-coded notation one at a time, to prompt user to activate each key of the notation one at a time using the user's corresponding finger to the illuminated finger shape for each of said keys;
- to display visual notation color coded to finger shape with one or multiple notes on screen, simultaneously to illuminate the finger shapes for this color-coded notation one at a time, and simultaneously to vibrate individual keys for this notation one at a time, to prompt user by this visual and tactile sensory stimuli to activate each key of the notation one at a time using the user's corresponding finger to the illuminated finger shape for activating each key;
- to display visual notation color coded to finger shapes with one or multiple notes on screen, to simultaneously illuminate the finger shapes for this color-coded notation one at a time, to simultaneously illuminate keys in color or “white” one a time, and simultaneously vibrate individual keys for this notation one at a time, to prompt user by visual and tactile sensory stimuli to activate each key of the notation one at a time using the user's corresponding finger to the illuminated finger shape to activate illuminated/vibrating keys;
- to display visual standard notation consisting of one note or multiple notes on screen, simultaneously to illuminate the finger shape or shapes, and simultaneously to illuminate key or keys corresponding to said displayed notation, to prompt user to activate key or keys one at a time for that visual notation using the user's corresponding finger to the illuminated finger shape;
- to display visual standard notation consisting of one note or multiple notes on screen, simultaneously to illuminate corresponding color-coded finger shape or shapes, and simultaneously to vibrate keys corresponding to notation, to prompt user to activate vibrating key or keys one at time for that visual notation using the user's corresponding finger to the illuminated finger shape;
- to display visual standard notation consisting of one note or multiple notes on screen, to simultaneously illuminate color-coded finger shapes corresponding to finger or fingers that should be used for said notation, to illuminate key or keys corresponding to notation, and to vibrate said keys, to prompt user to activate illuminated and vibrating key or keys one at time for that visual notation using the user's corresponding finger or fingers to the illuminated finger shape or shapes;
- to display visual standard notation one note or multiple notes at a time, with indicated fingering above or below each note or notes displayed color-coded to corresponding colors of finger shapes, and simultaneously to illuminate corresponding finger shape for each note, to prompt user to activate each key for that visual notation one at a time using the user's corresponding finger to the color-coded fingering number as per illuminated finger shape or shapes;
- to display visual standard notation one note or multiple notes at a time, with indicated fingering number above or below the note or notes displayed color-coded to finger shapes, to simultaneously illuminate corresponding shape or shapes, and simultaneously to illuminate corresponding key or keys, to prompt user to activate each key for that visual notation one at a time using the user's corresponding finger to the color-coded fingering number as per illuminated finger shape or shapes;
- to display visual standard notation one note or multiple notes at a time, with indicated fingering number above or below the note or notes displayed color-coded to finger shapes, to simultaneously illuminate a finger shape for each note, and simultaneously to vibrate key or keys corresponding to visual notation, to prompt user to activate each vibrating key for that visual notation one at a time using the user's corresponding finger to the color-coded fingering number as per illuminated finger shape or shapes;
- to display visual standard notation one note or multiple notes at a time, with indicated fingering number above or below the note or notes displayed color-coded to finger shapes, simultaneously to illuminate corresponding finger shape or shapes, simultaneously to illuminate key or keys corresponding to visual notation, and simultaneously to vibrate key or keys corresponding to visual notation, to prompt user to activate each illuminated and vibrating key or keys for that visual notation one at a time using the user's corresponding finger to the color-coded fingering number as per illuminated finger shape or shapes;
- to display visual standard notation one note or multiple notes at a time, with indicated standard, that is, not color-coded to finger shapes, fingering number above or below the displayed note or notes, and simultaneously to illuminate finger shape or shapes corresponding to fingering number, to prompt user to activate each key for said visual notation one at a time using the user's corresponding finger to the standard fingering number as per illuminated finger shape or shapes;
- to display visual standard notation one note or multiple notes at a time, with indicated standard fingering number above or below the displayed note or notes, simultaneously to illuminate finger shape or shapes corresponding to fingering number or numbers, and simultaneously to illuminate key or keys corresponding to visual notation, to prompt user to activate each key for that visual notation one at a time using the user's corresponding finger as per illuminated finger shape or shapes to the standard fingering number;
- to display visual standard notation one note or multiple notes at a time with indicated standard fingering number above or below the displayed note or notes, simultaneously to illuminate finger shape or shapes corresponding to finger number or numbers, and simultaneously to vibrate key or keys corresponding to visual notation, to prompt user to activate each vibrating key for that visual notation one at a time using the user's corresponding finger as per illuminated finger shape or shapes;
- to display visual standard notation one note or multiple notes at a time with indicated standard fingering number above or below the displayed note or notes, simultaneously to illuminate finger shape or shapes corresponding to fingering, simultaneously to illuminate key or keys corresponding to visual notation, and simultaneously to vibrate key or keys indicated by visual notation, to prompt user to activate each illuminated and vibrating key for that visual notation one at a time using the user's corresponding finger as per illuminated finger shape to the standard fingering number;
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- to gradually eliminate instructional, sensory stimuli one at a time until user is able to correctly play, read and respond to standard music notation on any keyboarded musical instrument.