Patent ID: 9711118
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A63F,G10H

Claim:
1. A method of visual display and output of a musical arrangement comprising multiple instruments, comprising: dividing said musical arrangement into individual instruments; dividing said musical arrangement into a plurality of distinct time blocks, such that an individual block is created for each said individual instrument at a given range of time during said musical arrangement; creating a visual output of sound waves for each said individual block; creating a grid with a number of rows corresponding to a number of said individual instruments and columns corresponding to a number of said distinct time blocks for each said individual instrument; outputting each said individual block in a position on said grid such that at least one said individual block is associated with an incorrect time within said musical arrangement; receiving a selection of an individual block of said individual blocks and a location on said grid; moving a visual output of a block of said individual blocks at said location to a location on said grid of said individual block for which said selection was received creating a new musical composition; and moving said visual output of said block for which said selection was received to said location such that selecting a location where said block was moved to results in playback of a different portion of said musical composition.