Patent ID: 7482524
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A system for teaching musical rhythm, said system comprising: at least one master block, each of the at least one master block visually conveying to an observer a time signature, one of the at least one master block comprising a control reference feature having a benchmark dimension, and each of the remaining at least one master block, if any, comprising a control reference feature having a dimension relative to said benchmark dimension and its visually conveyed time signature; and a plurality of cadence blocks, each of the plurality of cadence blocks visually conveying to an observer a duration value, and each of the plurality of cadence blocks comprising a reference feature relative in dimension to its duration value and the benchmark dimension; wherein the musical rhythm in a given musical measure can be correctly determined by either (1) visually reading one of the at least one master block and one or more of the cadence blocks; or (2) tactilely comparing the dimension of the control reference feature of one of the at least one master block to the dimension of the reference feature of one or more of the plurality of cadence blocks to see if they are equal.