Patent ID: 6841725

Claim:
A measure minder device for selectively visually displaying an indication of the measure count of musical selections being played by beginning music students, the device comprising: a first display housing having a first display face; a second display housing having a second display face; a keypad mounted on said first display face of said first display housing; said keypad having keys positioned on a display membrane covering said first display face of said first display housing so as to be accessible to an operator of the device for selectively programming the device to display the measure count for chosen musical selections; a first digital measure count display unit mounted on said first display housing and viewable through a window in said display membrane to provide a continuous visible numeric indication of the measure count before and during playing for the chosen musical selections; a second digital measure count display unit mounted on said second display housing to provide a continuous visible numeric indication of the measure count for the chosen musical selections, said second display unit being larger than said first display unit so as to be easily readable while facing said second digital measure count display unit; and micro-controller means mounted within one of said first and second display housings, said micro-controller means being operatively connected to the keys of the keypad and said first and second digital measure count display units for selectively controlling the measure count indications for the chosen musical selection.