Patent ID: 7462772
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A method for music composition, comprising: a) displaying a composition object according to a first value, wherein the first value includes a musical event; b) displaying a first indicator, wherein the first indicator describes the first value; c) displaying a second indicator, wherein the second indicator describes the first value; d) selecting the composition object; e) graphically altering the first indicator; f) changing the first value to a second value; g) graphically altering the second indicator; and h) generating a graphical user interface including a virtual music instrument, wherein the virtual music instrument includes a plurality of virtual keys, each key corresponding to a key on a performance module; i) incorporating music data in into the graphical user interface, wherein the music data contains data corresponding to an arrangement of a plurality of musical notes in sequence, having a rhythmic pattern, each note being represented by the composition object; j) directing the composition object in a substantially straight trajectory, toward the virtual keys corresponding to the musical notes; and k) colliding the composition object with corresponding virtual key according to the rhythmic pattern of the arrangement; and l) introducing a series of visible staff lines defining spaces, wherein the lines and spaces correspond to the substantially straight trajectory along which the composition object travels toward the virtual music instrument, such that the composition object travels along the visible staff lines until colliding with the virtual music instrument at the corresponding virtual key.