Patent ID: 7767895

Claim:
A method for visually representing music to be played on a keyboard instrument, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a grid display having vertical columns and horizontal rows, said columns correlating to the black and white keys of a standard musical keyboard, and said rows representing time intervals; (b) applying selected note symbols to the grid display to indicate notes to be sounded in selected time intervals, with each note symbol being visually representative of a selected tone quality and a selected note duration, in accordance with a predetermined tone quality protocol and a predetermined note duration protocol; (c) applying a selected graphical treatment to each note symbol, with each selected graphical treatment being representative of a specific sound intensity in accordance with a predetermined sound intensity protocol; (d) providing on the grid display a set of hand and finger symbols representing a keyboard player's hands and fingers; (e) for each individual finger, applying to the grid display a line connecting notes to be played by that individual finger; and (f) for each individual finger, extending the line connecting the notes to be played by that finger to the corresponding finger symbol.