Patent ID: 7589727
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a graphical representation of a musical work comprising a plurality of individual musical lines comprising notes, said method comprising the steps of: (1) obtaining an electronic version of said musical work; (2) translating using a processor said notes of each individual musical line of said electronic version into a separate x, y graph in which a y value of said notes is representative of a pitch of said note and an x value is representative of a relative time of said note in said musical work and a duration of said note; (3) importing using said processor each said graph into three-dimensional animation software; (4) generating using said processor a visual object corresponding to each individual musical line of said musical work; and (5) applying using said processor at least one three-dimensional animation technique to each said object, said animation technique being a function of said corresponding graph.