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US 8,273,976 B1Granted
Method of providing a musical score and associated musical sound compatible with the musical score
OwnerMichael Dalbyinventor
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Abstract
A synchronized performance process includes performing a first portion of a musical work using musicians and performing a second portion of the musical work using a computer.
Claims20
A process comprising the steps of
- activating a MIDI file comprising a series of music tracks, each music track representing an instrumental score for a specified musical instrument,
- selecting some of the music tracks in the series of music tracks to establish a synthesized-performance package,
- selecting others of the music tracks in the series of music tracks to establish a sheet-music printing package,
- converting each of the music tracks in the sheet-music printing package to a musical score,
- printing the musical scores associated with each of the music tracks in the sheet-music printing package to provide printed musical scores for use by human musicians playing instruments in a live musical performance,
- converting the music tracks in the synthesized-performance package into a computer performance file comprising sounds of various instruments performing music associated with the music tracks in the synthesized-performance package, and
- activating the computer performance file to create sounds of the various instruments performing music associated with the music tracks in the synthesized-performance package during the live musical performance while human musicians are using the printed musical scores to create sounds associated with the music tracks in the sheet-music printing package.
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A process comprising the steps of
- activating a computer file comprising a series of music tracks, each music track representing an instrumental score for a specific musical instrument,
- selecting some of the music tracks in the series of music tracks to establish a musical-practice package,
- selecting others of the music tracks in the series of music tracks to establish a sheet-music printing package,
- converting each of the music tracks in the sheet-music printing package to a musical score,
- printing the musical scores associated with each of the music tracks in the sheet-music printing package to provide printed musical scores for use by musicians playing instruments in a live practice session,
- converting the music tracks in the musical-practice package into a computer practice file comprising sounds of various instruments performing music associated with the music tracks in the musical-practice package, and
- activating the computer practice file to create sounds of the various instruments performing music associated with the music tracks in the musical-practice package during the live practice session while musicians are using the printed musical scores to create sounds associated with the music tracks in the sheet-music printing package.
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A process comprising the steps of
- obtaining a licensed computer file comprising a series of music tracks, each music track representing an instrumental score for a specified musical instrument,
- selecting a first set of music tracks included in the series of music tracks to establish a synthesized-performance package,
- selecting a second set of music tracks included in the series of music tracks to establish a sheet-music printing package,
- compiling the first set of music tracks in the synthesized-performance package into a computer performance file played using a computer controlling a music synthesizer during a synchronized performance,
- converting each of the music tracks in the sheet-music printing package to a musical score played by a musician using the specified musical instrument during the synchronized performance, and
- activating the computer performance file to create sounds of the various instruments performing music associated with the music tracks in the synthesized-performance package during a live musical performance while human musicians are using the printed musical scores to create sounds associated with the music tracks in the sheet-music printing package.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.