Patent ID: 7777117

Claim:
A method of instructing a user to read musical notation through interaction with a graphical user interface and an input instrument representative of a stringed instrument, comprising the steps of: a) generating the graphical user interface, having a first mode, including a virtual fingerboard positioned substantially along a vertical extreme of the interface, the virtual fingerboard including: a first linear array representing a first string having a first frequency range; a second linear array representing a second string having a second frequency range, wherein the second frequency range overlaps the first frequency range associated with a string; and a plurality of note positions, each note position having a corresponding fingerboard position on the input instrument; wherein the first linear array, the second linear array, and the plurality of note positions form a grid; b) displaying the first linear array and the second linear array in a second mode such that portions of the first linear array and the second linear array having overlapping frequency ranges are substantially vertically aligned; c) incorporating a music file into the graphical user interface, wherein the music file contains data corresponding to an arrangement of a plurality of musical notes in sequence, having a rhythmic pattern, and represented by at least one game object; d) directing the game object in substantially and substantially straight trajectory, toward a note position on the virtual fingerboard corresponding to the musical notes; and e) adjusting a toggle module configured to selectably toggle the second linear array between able and disabled modes.