Patent ID: 6984781
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A method for formulating music, the method comprising: the steps of providing for subsequent choice a plurality of pre-set musical-instrument objects for formulating music, providing a mathematical framework for formulating new musical-instrument objects for formulating music, choosing one of said pre-set musical-instrument objects or applying said mathematical framework to formulate for subsequent choice a new musical-instrument object equal to one of said musical-instrument objects formulatable using said mathematical framework, and choosing said new musical-instrument object; the steps of providing for subsequent choice a plurality of chord-progression mathematical relationships for generating chord progressions and determining identity and order of notes of each chord in a generated chord progression, choosing one of said chord-progression mathematical relationships, and applying said chosen chord-progression mathematical relationship to generate a new chord progression equal to all chord progressions formulatable using said chosen chord-progression mathematical relationship; the steps of providing one or more multiple-note origination chords, determining a mathematical relationship among said notes of each origination chord for determining identity and order of said notes of each origination chord, determining a scale-context mathematical relationship for determining compatible context scales with each origination chord, and applying each scale-context mathematical relationship to each origination chord to develop for subsequent choice a plurality of compatible context scales equal to all compatible context scales formulatable using said origination chords and said scale-context mathematical relationships; the steps of providing one or more multiple-note origination scales, determining a mathematical relationship among said notes of each origination scale for determining identity and order of said notes of each origination scale, determining a chord-context mathematical relationship for determining compatible context chords with each origination scale, and applying each chord-context mathematical relationship to each origination scale to develop for subsequent choice a plurality of compatible context chords equal to all compatible context chords formulatable using said origination scales and said chord-context mathematical relationships; the step of choosing at least one of a newly formulated chord progression, compatible context scale, and a compatible context chord from said subsequent choices for utilization for formulating said music; and the step of choosing at least one set of steps selected from the sets of steps consisting of: a) a set of steps of projecting a viewable image of said subsequent choice and saving said choice for future recall; b) a set of steps of choosing one of said compatible context scales, determining a mathematical relationship among the notes of the chosen context scale for determining identity and order of the notes of the chosen context scale, determining a context-chord expansion mathematical relationship for determining context chords compatible with the chosen context scale, and applying the context-chord expansion mathematical relationship to the chosen context scale to develop for subsequent choice a plurality of context chords equal to all context chords formulatable using the chosen context scale and said context-chord expansion mathematical relationship; c) a set of steps of choosing one of said compatible context scales, determining a mathematical relationship among the notes of the chosen context scale for determining identity and order of the notes of the chosen context scale, determining a scale-chord build-pattern mathematical relationship for generating scale chords compatible with the chosen context scale, and applying the scale-chord build-pattern mathematical relationship to the chosen context scale for developing for subsequent choice a plurality of scale chords equal to all scale chords formulatable using the chosen context scale and said scale-chord build-pattern mathematical relationship; d) a set of steps of determining a chord-scale mathematical relationship for determining chord scales for each origination chord, and applying each chord-scale mathematical relationship to each origination chord for developing for subsequent choice a plurality of chord scales equal to all chord scales formulatable using said origination chords and said chord-scale mathematical relationships; e) a set of steps of determining a substitute-chord mathematical relationship for determining substitute chords for each origination chord, and applying each substitute-chord mathematical relationship to each origination chord for developing for subsequent choice a plurality of substitute chords equal to all substitute chords formulatable using the aforesaid origination chords and said substitute-chord mathematical relationships; f) a set of steps of determining a related-chord mathematical relationship for determining related chords for each origination chord, and applying each related-chord mathematical relationship to each origination chord to develop for subsequent choice a plurality of related chords equal to all similar/related chords formulatable using said origination chords and said related-chord mathematical relationships; g) a set of steps of providing a dictionary look-up algorithm for accessing chord-specific information about any of said origination chords and applying said algorithm for generation for subsequent review and consideration a plurality of dictionary look-up information elements chosen from the group consisting of compatible context scales, context chords, scale chords, chord scales, substitute chords, related chords, chord nomenclature, chord classification, and compositional options for utilizing each origination chord and at least one of said information elements thereof for formulating said music; h) a set of steps of determining a series of chord-scale mathematical relationships for each of said origination chords for determining chord scales compatible with each origination chord, and applying the chord-scale mathematical relationships for identifying and making available a plurality of chord scales for each of said origination chords equal to all chord scales formulatable using said origination chords and said chord-scale mathematical relationships; i) a set of steps of choosing one of said compatible context chords, determining a mathematical relationship among the notes of the chosen context chord for determining identity and order of the notes of the chosen context chord, determining a chord-scale expansion mathematical relationship for determining chord scales for the chosen context chord, and applying the chord-scale expansion mathematical relationship to the chosen context chord for developing for subsequent choice a plurality of chord scales equal to all chord scales formulatable using the chosen context chord and said chord-scale expansion mathematical relationship; j) a set of steps of determining a scale-chord build-pattern mathematical relationship for generating scale chords compatible with each origination scale, and applying each scale-chord build-pattern mathematical relationship to each origination scale for developing for subsequent choice a plurality of scale chords equal to all scale chords formulatable using said origination scales and said scale-chord build-pattern mathematical relationships; k) a set of steps of determining a context-chord mathematical relationship for determining context chords compatible with each origination scale, and applying each context-chord mathematical relationship to each origination scale for developing for subsequent choice a plurality of context chords equal to all context chords formulatable using said origination scales and said context-chord mathematical relationships; l) a set of steps of determining a related-scale mathematical relationship for determining related scales for each origination scale, and applying each related-scale mathematical relationship to each origination scale to develop for subsequent choice a plurality of related scales equal to all related scales formulatable using said origination scales and said related-scale mathematical relationships; m) a set of steps of determining a substitute-scale mathematical relationship for determining substitute scales for each origination scale, and applying each substitute-scale mathematical relationship to each origination scale for developing for subsequent choice a plurality of substitute scales equal to all substitute scales formulatable using said origination scales and said substitute-scale mathematical relationships; n) a set of steps of providing a dictionary look-up algorithm for accessing scale-specific information about any of said origination scales and applying said algorithm for generating for subsequent review and consideration a plurality of dictionary look-up information elements chosen from the group consisting of compatible context scales, context chords, scale chords, chord scales, substitute chords, related chords, chord nomenclature, chord classification, and compositional options for utilizing each origination chord and at least one of said information elements thereof for formulating said music; and o) a set of steps of determining a series of scale-chord build-pattern mathematical relationships for each of said origination scales for determining scale chords for each origination scale, and applying the scale-chord build-pattern mathematical relationships for identifying and making available a plurality of scale chords for each of said origination scales equal to all scale chords formulatable using said origination scales and said scale-chord build-pattern mathematical relationships.