Patent Document ID: 5540132
Application ID: 08260777

Base Claim:
1. A method for teaching musical notation to a child, said method comprising the steps of: coloring each of a plurality of musical notes with a separate, distinctly identifiable color, so that said child associates said musical note with said distinctly identifiable color; matching each said distinctly identifiable color with a physical object which is selected from a group of objects with which said child has experience and which has a color in its natural condition which is substantially similar to said distinctly identifiable color, so that said child associates said musical note with said physical object; and presenting a cartoon character which prominently incorporates an image of said physical object, so that said child associates said musical note with said cartoon character which incorporates an image of said physical object.

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Claim 14:
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of forming each said cartoon character to prominently incorporate said image of said object with which said character is associated comprises the step of: incorporating said image of said object as a prominent portion of a body of said character.