Patent ID: 8868411

Claim:
A method comprising: using a portable computing device for vocal performance capture, the portable computing device having a display, a microphone interface and a communications interface; responsive to a user selection, retrieving via the communications interface, a vocal score temporally synchronizable with a corresponding backing track and lyrics, the vocal score encoding (i) a sequence of notes for a vocal melody and (ii) at least a first set of harmony notes for at least some portions of the vocal melody; at the portable computing device, audibly rendering the backing track and concurrently presenting corresponding portions of the lyrics on the display in temporal correspondence therewith; at the portable computing device, capturing and pitch correcting a vocal performance of the user in accord with the score-encoded vocal melody to produce a first version of the user's vocal performance; and at the portable computing device, pitch shifting at least some portions of the user's captured vocal performance in accord with the score-encoded harmony notes to produce at least a second version of the user's vocal performance, wherein the audible rendering at the portable computing device is in real-time correspondence with the user's vocal performance and mixes either or both of first and second versions of the user's vocal performance with the backing track.