Patent ID: 7910818

Claim:
A system for providing a musical edutainment interface on a display for playing an electronic musical instrument having frets and strings, the system comprising: a processor configured to be placed in communication with the display and the electronic musical instrument; and a memory including a musical edutainment software; wherein the processor is configured to execute the musical edutainment software to: present, on the display, the musical edutainment interface showing an edutainment musical performance to be followed by a user of the electronic musical instrument, the musical edutainment interface including: a plurality of string lines arranged horizontally and corresponding to the strings of the electronic musical instrument; and a plurality of vertical lines running through the plurality of string lines and providing fret areas corresponding to the frets of the electronic musical instrument; animate game objects falling vertically to indicate a timing of the edutainment musical performance; place the game objects within the fret areas to demonstrate a corresponding fretting configuration on the frets of the electronic musical instrument; and align the game objects with the plurality of string lines to demonstrate a strumming of the corresponding strings on the electronic musical instrument.