Patent ID: 8664503

Claim:
An iconographic tablature for notating music for a harmonica, comprising: a staff having a head portion and a tail portion, said staff aligned in a vertical direction, said vertical direction reflecting progression of time; a plurality of numerals located at the head of the staff, each of the plurality of numerals representing one hole of a plurality of holes of the harmonica; and at least one elongated demarcation aligned in the vertical direction, wherein vertical dimension of said at least one elongated demarcation reflects duration of time that a note is to be played on the harmonica, wherein one of the at least one elongated demarcation is a symbol which is deflected to bend in a plurality of patterns, each one of the plurality of patterns representing an alteration of pitch while blowing or drawing the note, said alteration of pitch including a warble represented by two symbols which are connected, a tremolo represented by a serpentine-shaped symbol, and a vibrato represented by a symbol having varying width, wherein embouchure is represented by vowel sounds, wherein a greater degree of cupping the harmonica by a player's hand represented by a stripe of decreasing width located adjacent to and substantially aligned with the notes of the staff, said cupping used to modulate music texture produced, and wherein horizontal position of said at least one elongated demarcation indicates the hole of the harmonica in which it is to be played.