Patent ID: 8445766

Claim:
A method of displaying sheet music on a first electronic device, the method comprising: deriving a first electronic input that indicates timing information for a musical composition using character analysis or pattern recognition on sheet music for the musical composition, wherein the sheet music for the musical composition comprises one or more of: musical tempo words, tempo defining symbols, and flow-altering indicia; determining, using one or more processors of an electronic device, a timing parameter for the musical composition using the first electronic input indicating the timing information; partitioning the musical composition, using the one or more processors of the first electronic device, into a plurality of portions that define a different partitioning than an original form of the sheet music for the musical composition, comprising at least a first portion and a second portion, wherein the partitioning of the musical composition is based at least in part on the timing parameter for the musical composition, the complexity of the musical composition or of one or more portions of the musical composition, and a size of a display screen of the first electronic device; determining a time duration associated with the first portion based at least in part on the timing parameter for the musical composition and the partitioning of the musical composition; displaying, on the display screen of the electronic device, sheet music for the first portion of the plurality of portions of the musical composition; and displaying, on the display screen of the electronic device, sheet music for the second portion of the plurality of portions of the musical composition following an expiration of the time duration associated with the first portion.