Patent ID: 7390955

Claim:
A tactile metronome for use by a musician comprising: a signal generator that generates signals according to a desired timing scheme that includes a complex beat pattern; a short range wireless transmitter associated with the signal generator for wirelessly transmitting the signals generated by the signal generator to at least one receiving unit; a wireless receiver associated with the at least one receiving unit for receiving the wireless signals transmitted by the short range wireless transmitter; a tactile transducer, worn by the musician, associated with the at least one receiving unit, the tactile transducer imparting tactile stimulations to a musician in accordance with the complex beat pattern of the desired timing scheme wherein said tactile transducer includes; a rigid housing; an electric motor enclosed within said rigid housing, said electric motor having attached thereto an eccentric weight; and wherein said electric motor is supported within said rigid housing by a motor mount that enables the electric motor, when energized, to wobble within the rigid housing so that the eccentric weight orbits about an elliptical path.