Patent ID: 7956271

Claim:
A set of music instructional blocks comprising: a) a plurality of six-sided blocks, each said block having mating magnets on two opposing sides and musical indicia on the four remaining sides; b) at least one of said plurality of blocks having musical indicia representing standard rhythmic notes; c) at least one of said plurality of blocks being a primary block having musical indicia representing a quarter note value and its rhythmic equivalent; d) at least one of said plurality of blocks having musical indicia representing a note selected from the group of eighth and sixteenth notes and their rhythmic equivalent; e) said plurality of blocks including a plurality of first shaped blocks and a plurality of second shape blocks, said first shaped blocks having two opposing square sides without indicia and four square indicia bearing sides, the indicia on a respective indicia bearing side of any first shape block being different than the indicia on the remaining indicia bearing sides of the same block, said magnets disposed in said first shape blocks in the opposing sides without indicia, said second shape blocks having two opposing square sides without indicia and four rectangular indicia bearing sides, the indicia on a respective indicia bearing side of any second shape block being different than the indicia on the remaining indicia bearing sides of the same block, said magnets disposed in said second shaped blocks in the opposing sides without indicia, said second shape blocks having first and second orientations, wherein the long sides of the first orientation blocks extend vertically and the long sides of the second orientation blocks extend horizontally; f) at least one of said plurality of blocks having musical indicia representing a rest value, said musical indicia indicating a rest value being on both said first and second shape blocks, wherein the musical indicia indicating a rest value on said first shape blocks is different than the rest values on said second shaped blocks; g) each of said at least one blocks having musical indicia representing standard rhythmic notes is colored gray; h) each of said at least one blocks having musical indicia representing a rest value is colored white; and i) at least one of said plurality of blocks having musical indicia representing a time signature, said time signature being on both said first and second shape blocks, wherein said time signature on said first shape blocks is different than the time signature on said second shape blocks.