Patent ID: 7521619
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A method of instructing a user to read musical notation through interaction with a graphical user interface and an input instrument representative of a stringed instrument, comprising the steps of: a) generating the graphical user interface, having a first mode, including a virtual fingerboard positioned substantially along a vertical extreme of the interface, the virtual fingerboard including: b) displaying the first linear away and the second linear array in a second mode such that portions of the first linear away and the second linear array having overlapping frequency ranges are substantially vertically aligned; c) incorporating a music file into the graphical user interface, wherein the music file contains data corresponding to an arrangement of a plurality of musical notes in sequence, having a rhythmic pattern, and represented by at least one game object; and d) directing the game object in substantially vertical and substantially straight trajectory, toward a note position on the virtual fingerboard corresponding to the musical notes.