Patent ID: 8242344

Claim:
An interactive music apparatus comprising: a processing host computer; a remote wireless device configured to transmit data comprising remote wireless device location information obtained from an accelerometer of the remote wireless device, to display performance information on a touch-sensitive LCD of the remote wireless device, and to receive data from the processing host computer comprising LCD x-y coordinate location information defining an area of the LCD for providing a cue or series of cues related to a musical performance; a transmit/receive device enabling wireless transmission between the remote wireless device and the processing host computer; and a speaker and a second output component, each configured to receive an output signal from the processing host computer and emit an output based on the output signal; and wherein the processing host computer is configured to receive the data transmitted from the remote wireless device, convert the data into a first output signal and a second output signal, transmit the first output signal to the speaker and the second output signal to the second output component, and generate and send the performance information to the LCD of the remote wireless device based upon the data received from the remote wireless device.