Patent ID: 9035162
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G09B,G10H

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a synthetic instance of a multi-string musical instrument using a portable computing device, the method comprising: capturing chord sounding gestures indicated by a user on a multi-touch sensitive display of the portable computing device, wherein the captured chord sounding gestures include, for particular and respective chords so gestured, contact by multiple fingers of the user's hand and wherein the captured chord sounding gestures are characterized by respective geometries of the multiple-finger contacts rather than solely by positional registrations of individual finger contacts relative to string or fret positions; distinguishing between respective of the multiple-finger contact geometries gestured by the user and based thereon passing a stream of chord indicative inputs to a digital synthesis of the multi-string musical instrument executing on the portable computing device; and in correspondence with the stream of captured chord indicative gestures, audibly rendering a performance on the portable computing device using the digital synthesis.