Patent ID: 8222506

Claim:
A method for teaching a user how to play a harmonica using a system having a multimedia player application on a personal computing device having an audio output and a video display, comprising: displaying on the video output the harmonica having a plurality of holes, displaying concurrently a plurality of number labels, a number label identifying a hole, each hole having a number label; displaying selectively on the video display a dot indicator on a first hole, indicating a first note to be sounded in a melody, a melody have a sequence of notes; sounding the first note through the audio output, selectively showing the note being sounded by illuminating the first hole while indicating a next hole by displaying the dot indicator on the next hole; sounding the next note through the audio output, showing the note being sounded by illuminating the sounding hole while indicating the next upcoming hole by the dot indicator; and continuing to sound the notes in the sequence of the melody, illuminating the sounding hole while indicating the next hole with the dot indicator until the user selectively stops the application or the melody is complete.