Music composition method and system for portable device having touchscreen
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMoon Sik Jung, Seung Woo Shin, Myoung Hwan Han, Joong Sam Yun
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Abstract
A music composition method and system is provided for composing a music piece using a touch interaction with a touchscreen-enabled portable device. A music composition method includes setting an accompaniment with chords varying according to the progress of a unit play time; playing the accompaniment; displaying, when a series of touches are detected, a trace of the touches; playing a melody of tones mapped to positions of the touches and matching notes of a note scale defined by chords of the accompaniment playing at the times when the touches are detected; and saving the trace, melody, and accompaniment as a music piece as an ensemble.
Claims18
A music composition method operable in a portable device having a touchscreen, the method comprising:
- setting an accompaniment with chords varying according to the progress of a unit play time;
- playing the accompaniment;
- displaying, when a series of touches are detected, a trace of the touches;
- playing a melody of tones mapped to positions of the touches and matching notes of a note scale defined by chords of the accompaniment playing at the times when the touches are detected;
- and
- saving the trace, melody, and accompaniment as a music piece as an ensemble.
A music composition method for a portable device having a touchscreen, the method comprising:
- displaying a handle moving along a vertical axis on the touchscreen in response to a input on the touchscreen;
- selecting an accompaniment having at least one chord per unit play time;
- playing, when the handle moves by a touch event, a tone mapped to a moved position and matching a note of a note scale corresponding to the chord at the time when the touch is detected and the selected accompaniment;
- and
- saving the tone and accompaniment along with a trace of the touch.
A music composition system for a portable device having a touch screen, comprising:
- a drawing region having a play bar which indicates a current tone of a melody and a current play time of an accompaniment on the touch screen;
- an accompaniment region which displays unit play times matching the accompaniment;
- and
- a control region which provides menu options for controlling the melody, wherein the drawing region displays a trace of a handle in response to touch inputs, the trace being defined by a line drawn.
A portable terminal for composing a musical composition comprising:
- a touchscreen;
- a display unit;
- and
- a processor in communication with a memory, the memory including code, which when accessed by the processor causes the processor to:
- receive an input from the touchscreen;
- set an accompaniment with chords varying according to progress of a unit play time in response to the input;
- play the accompaniment;
- display on the display unit a trace of a plurality of touches as the plurality of touches is detected on the touch screen;
- play a melody of tones mapped to positions of the plurality of touches and matching notes of a note scale defined by chords of the accompaniment playing at the times when the touches are detected;
- and
- save the trace, melody, and accompaniment as a music piece in an ensemble.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.