Patent ID: 9747876
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G09B,G10G,G10H

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of displaying sheet music on an electronic device, the method comprising: receiving sheet music data, the sheet music data comprising an electronic representation of sheet music; receiving input on a display of a device indicating a starting location in the sheet music data; determining first audio data using a microphone of the device, the first audio data corresponding to music detected by the device; determining a first audio note from the first audio data, wherein the determining further comprises identifying a frequency associated with a first portion of the first audio data and determining a musical note corresponding to the frequency; comparing the first audio note to a plurality of sheet music notes included in the sheet music data after the starting location; determining a first sheet music note in the plurality of sheet music notes, corresponding to the first audio note, a frequency of the first sheet music note substantially similar to a frequency of the first audio note; determining a first layout of the sheet music data for the display, the first layout including the first sheet music note, wherein the determining further comprises identifying a first number of measures in a horizontal direction and a second number of staffs in a vertical direction using the resolution of the display and an orientation of the device; and displaying a visual representation of the sheet music data using the first layout on the display.