Patent ID: 7375273
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. An electronic music stand for display of at least one sheet of music for a musician, the electronic music stand comprising: a housing; at least one power source to provide power to the electronic music stand; a display sized to display the at least one sheet of music so that it is viewable during a performance by the musician of the at least one sheet of music; at least one memory element for storing the at least one sheet of music; at least one processor operatively coupled with the display and the at least one memory element to display the at least one sheet of music on the display; at least one interface that allows the musician to interact with the electronic music stand to change the at least one sheet of music to a different one of the at least one sheet of music during a performance of the at least one sheet of music so that the different one of the at least one sheet of music is displayed on the display, and wherein the display shows at least one changing highlighted portion of one or more notes of the at least one sheet of music to highlight the one or more notes relative to at least one other note for easier viewing during performance of the one or more notes relative to the at least one other note, wherein the electronic music stand can keep pace along with the musician as the musician progresses through the one or more notes in the music shown on the at least one sheet of music displayed on the display, and wherein the changing highlighted portion at least includes enlarging more than one note after a note being currently performed by the musician.