Patent ID: 7772476

Claim:
A method for visualizing musical rhythmic structure, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving an input representing an occurrence of a musical rhythmic event; (b) assigning a visual representation to said input; and (c) displaying said visual representation along a time axis in two dimensions on a display; wherein: said visual representation comprises a first rectangular shape having a first height and first width if said input represents the sounding of a first rhythmic instrument, said first rhythmic instrument having a first primary frequency; said visual representation comprises a second rectangular shape having a second height and second width if said input represents the sounding of a second rhythmic instrument, said second rhythmic instrument having a second primary frequency that is higher than said first primary frequency, said second rectangular shape having a second height which is greater than said first height; and said visual representation comprises a third rectangular shape having a third height and third width if said input represents the sounding of a third rhythmic instrument, said third rhythmic instrument having a third primary frequency that is higher than said second primary frequency, said third rectangular shape having a third height which is greater than said second height.