Patent ID: 8207436
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A device for entering, editing, and outputting representations of a series of notes to be played on a bass pan set of a plurality of steel pans, each pan having three note pads, a first pad of each pan capable of producing a first musical pitch when struck, a second pad of each pan capable of producing a second musical pitch an octave above the first musical pitch when struck, and a third pad of each pan capable of producing a third musical pitch intermediate between the first and the second musical pitch when struck, the device comprising: a processor; a display in signal communication with the processor; an input and an output device in signal communication with the processor; and software encoded on a computer-readable medium and installable on the processor, the software having code segments adapted to: output at least a portion of an electronic representation of the user-selected note series to the output device.