Patent ID: 7105733
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A system for creating and performing a musical score comprising: a user interface that enables a user to enter the musical score into the system and displays the musical score; a database that stores a data structure which supports graphical symbols for musical characters in the musical score and performance generation data that is derived from the graphical symbols; a musical font comprising a numbering system that corresponds to the musical characters; a compiler that generates the performance generation data from data in the database; a performance generator that reads the performance generation data from the compiler and synchronizes the performance of the musical score; and a synthesizer that responds to commands from the performance generator and creates data for acoustical playback of the musical score that is output to a sound generation device wherein the synthesizer generates the data for acoustical playback of the musical score from a library of digital sound samples; and wherein the user interface enables the operator to enter a desired time span for performance of the musical score and wherein a tempo for the musical score is automatically calculated based on the input time span.