Music inventions 08/06

20060191397 - Button of wind instrument: An Improved Button of Wind Instruments is a kind of round button, which can be used for various wind instruments, such as soprano saxophones, alto saxophones, tenor saxophones, baritone saxophones and trumpets etc.; its characteristics contain: a bulge formed taking the center of button as the vertex, and the interface...

20060191398 - Universal 12 note musical ear training and interval study method and system: System and method for quickly learning 12 universal musical patterns that encompass all notes, melodies, harmonies, chords, and composition of western music without the use of traditional musical notation, or extensive training in music theory. Study and application of said method will result in increased recognition of distinct sound qualities...

20060191399 - Fingering guidance apparatus and program: A fingering guidance image 81 for guiding a fingering upon performing a chord of a stringed instrument to a user is displayed on a display device. This fingering guidance image 81 includes a musical instrument image 811 indicating a guitar, a depressed pointer 813 arranged at the position in the...

20060191400 - System and method for generating an identification signal for electronic devices: A system and method for creating a ring tone for an electronic device takes as input a phrase sung in a human voice and transforms it into a control signal controlling, for example, a ringer on a cellular telephone. Time-varying features of the input signal are analyzed to segment the...

20060191401 - Automatic musical instrument, automatic music performing method and automatic music performing program: When the sliding direction of a sliding operation piece (40) is changed while the sliding speed thereof exceeds a threshold value, a trigger is generated to start sound output. The termination process of the sound output started in response to the latest trigger is invoked when the sliding speed of...

20060185493 - Guitar soundhole protector: The present invention generally pertains to the protection of an acoustic guitar. Specifically, the present invention helps minimizes damage that can occur to the finish and wood immediately surrounding the soundhole on said guitar by the use a molded covering that is affixed onto the area around the soundhole. The...

20060185494 - Pitch changing arrangements for pedal steel guitar: The invention as described herein consists of a pitch-changing arrangement as may be used in a pedal steel guitar to improve the quality of the sounds emanating therefrom. The invention incorporates a tone ring for transferring the string energy from the neutral position raising lever directly into the guitar cabinet....

20060185495 - Supporting stand for a keyboard of a musical instrument: A supporting stand for a keyboard of a musical instrument has two supporting members, two legs provided in each of the supporting members, and two shanks mounted internally in the supporting members. Multiple channels are defined in the supporting members and a positioning member engaged with the channels are provided...

20060185496 - Conga stand: In a conga stand comprising a holding ring for insertion of the conga or the like, also holding projections resting laterally against the conga, as well as legs connected to the holding ring, each leg being implemented height-adjustable in such a way that it consists of at least two sections...

20060185497 - Speed detecting apparatus for keyboard musical instrument: A speed detecting apparatus for a keyboard musical instrument is provided for accurately detecting the speed of bivotal movements of a hammer and a key even if a shutter implies errors in its attachment, without affected by such errors. The speed detecting apparatus for a keyboard musical instrument comprises a...

20060185498 - Keyboard and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a keyboard using silicon rubber and a keyboard so manufactured. The method for manufacturing the keyboard according to the present comprises the steps of forming sheets from silicon rubber, forming the sheets into a top pad with keys integrally formed thereon...

20060185499 - Optical display interface for electronic tuner for musical instruments: A display interface for an electronic tuner for tuning a musical instrument includes a plurality of spaced apart, separately illuminatable, light emitting diodes (LEDs) situated in a continuous circular array. A cylindrically-shaped light pipe is situated in proximity to the circular array of LEDs. The light pipe has radially extending...

20060185500 - Electronic musical apparatus for displaying character: An electronic musical instrument loads, by a program process, automatic performance data representative of a musical piece and text data representative of characters into a RAM 24 to cause a musical tone signal generating circuit 14 to emit musical tone signals on the basis of the automatic performance data to...

20060185501 - Tempo analysis device and tempo analysis method: A tempo analyzer to analyze the tempo of sound such as a musical composition or the like is provided in which a controller (9) takes, based on level information on a sound signal from an analysis data extraction unit (62), a frame which is a predetermined unit-time interval as a...

20060185502 - Apparatus and method for detecting performer's motion to interactively control performance of music or the like: Performance interface system includes a motion detector provided for movement with a performer, and a control system for receiving detection data transmitted from the motion detector and controlling a performance of a tone in response to the received detection data. State of a performer's motion is detected via a sensor...

20060185503 - Automatic player capable of reproducing stop-and-go key motion and musical instrument using the same: A servo controller of an automatic player piano normalizes an actual key position to a value less than a reference value indicative of a target stop on a reference trajectory when the key is found in a region immediately before the target stop and to another value greater than the...

20060185504 - Singing voice synthesizing method, singing voice synthesizing device, program, recording medium, and robot: A singing voice synthesizing method for synthesizing the singing voice from performance data is disclosed. The input performance data are analyzed as the musical information of the pitch and the length of sounds and the lyric (S2 and S3). A track as the subject of the lyric is selected from...

20060179997 - Actuation system for keyboard pedal lyre: The present invention provides an actuation system for the pedal system of a keyboard instrument. The system includes an actuator with block of ferromagnetic material having a bore, a coil disposed in the bore, and a piston surrounded by the coil, the piston is in mechanical communication with a pedal...

20060179999 - Fixed guitar bridge with sustain block: A guitar bridge including a bridge plate attached to a guitar body and a sustain block attached to the bridge plate is provided. The sustain block is positioned within a cavity of the guitar body. The position of the bridge plate may be fixed relative to the guitar body. The...

20060179998 - String support: A string support assembly for use with a musical instrument includes a base member which is connected with the musical instrument adjacent to a connection between head and neck portions of the musical instrument. A plurality of pairs of string support members are connected with the base member. Each of...

20060180000 - Strap attachment assembly: An assembly is disclosed for mounting a strap to a sports instrument (2), the assembly comprising a mounting element (6) situated in the strap (1), a slot (5) situated in the sports instrument (2) for accommodating the mounting element (6) and fixing means for securing the mounting element (6) in...

20060180001 - Button structure of saxophone: A button structure of saxophone comprising of a treble E button, a side C linking rod button and a side B linking rod button; the bottom of the treble E button and the top of the side C linking rod button oblique upward 25° from left to right, the intersection...

20060180002 - Button structure of saxophone: A button structure of saxophone modifying the shapes of the G♯ button, the bass B button, the bass C♯ button and the tongue shape Bb button; in order to match up the curve of the long round bar above the tongue shape Bb button, the centers of the surface of...

20060180003 - Percussion instrument with improved damping mechanism: The invention relates to a percussion instrument (1), such as for instance a glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone or marimba, comprising at least two rows of bars (3, 5) arranged next to each other, and a damping mechanism (10) for damping vibrations generated in the bars (7, 8) when the instrument (1)...

20060180004 - Stringed instrument tuner holder: A tuner holder for stringed instruments. A first embodiment includes (i) a strut, (ii) a shelf extending substantially perpendicular in a first longitudinal direction from the distal edge of the strut, (iii) a hook extending in a second longitudinal direction from the proximal edge of the strut, and (iv) a...

20060180006 - Apparatus and method for performing play function in a portable terminal: An apparatus and method is provided for performing a play function in a portable terminal. The apparatus and method includes a memory to store a sound combination table in which preset play sounds and their associated key input combination patterns are stored, to reproduce a particular play sound. A keypad...

20060180005 - Method and system for generating signaling tone sequences: In a method for generating signaling tones, a plurality of raw data sequences is generated using at least one recursive system. The plurality of raw data sequences is converted into a plurality of signaling tone sequences that follow a set of aesthetic music principles. In a system for generating signaling...

20060180009 - Electronic musical apparatus: In an electronic musical apparatus having a function of synthesizing audio data basing on MIDI data to generate audio data corresponding to the MIDI data and recording the audio data, when the audio data is recorded, data of a protection flag indicating whether or not to inhibit copy and movement...

20060180010 - Electronic musical apparatus: In an electronic musical apparatus having a function of synthesizing audio data basing on MIDI data to generate audio data corresponding to the MIDI data and recording the audio data when the audio data is recorded, environment information indicating a generation environment of the audio data is generated and stored...

20060180007 - Music and audio composition system: A music or audio composition system, or other composition system for time-based media such as video, defines a composition using a set of tracks. Similar to a traditional track, each track in the composition system is represented in a graphical user interface as a timeline. However, each track also has...

20060180008 - Universal unitary computer control for midi devices: An improved driving midi devices that provides a unitary driver for multiple midi devices and a universal drive that can configure drivers for midi devices even if no midi driver exists for the device is described....

20060174743 - Clamping member for a violin shoulder rest: The inventive clamping member is a rigid clamp having a generally “U”-shaped configuration the base of which is defined by two arms each terminating in an upwardly directed clamping finger adapted to engage the rim of a bottom of a violin or the like at opposed sides of the body...

20060174744 - Stringed musical instrument: A stringed musical instrument includes a string which, when vibrated, produces sound. Both ends of the vibrating portion of the string touch glass....

20060174745 - Method for coating wire for a musical instrument string, and coated string: A musical instrument string having a tarnish resistant exterior surface, comprising a metal wire at least a portion of which has an ultra-violet (U-V) or electron beam (EB) radiation cured polymeric coating defining the exterior surface and having a coating thickness preferably less than 0.0004 inch (0.4 mil). A method...

20060174746 - Non-toxic chemical musical instrument string coating and preservative: A chemical preservative treatment for strings of a musical instrument. The chemical preservative treatment is a fluorochemical acrylate polymer coating carried in a hydrofluoroether solvent, which results in a film covering the strings that has low surface energy values and a thickness of less than 1 micron. The chemical preservative...

20060174747 - Restraint for endpin of a cello or other floor-resting stringed musical instruments: A device for restraining or anchoring the endpin of a floor-resting musical instrument such as a cello or a string bass is provided for allowing the musician to hold the musical instrument in a desired position and prevent the endpin from sliding around on the floor surface. The device also...

20060174748 - Guitar fret board overlays and method for making overlays: One embodiment of the invention is an overlay that includes a sheet comprising a first substantially flat surface and a second substantially flat surface opposite the first surface, an image disposed on the first surface, an adhesive disposed on the second surface, and a backing layer adjacent, and removably adhered...

20060174749 - Drum structures having turn-on drumhead tuning and spherical acoustic chambers: A turn-on tuning system which uses threaded tuning rims in place of lugs used by conventional drums, and a spherical acoustic chamber to provide both acoustic and visual improvements over prior art instruments. The turn-on tuning system uses a drum head which is secured to the drum when sandwiched between...

20060174750 - Drum bracket: A drum bracket including an adjustment rod and three support bars pivotally connected with upper end of the adjustment rod at equal angular intervals. Each support bar has a swinging end. An L-shaped claw section is pivotally connected with the swinging end of each support bar and fixable with the...

20060174751 - Pivotal mechanism of a swinging structure of a cymbal pedal: A pivotal mechanism of the swinging structure of cymbal pedal comprises a moving element, the upper portion of the moving element having a pair of mounting plates, the front end of the mounting plate connected to the front end of a pedal stand through a first chain, the back end...

20060174752 - Drum accessory for imparting flipping motion to a drum stick: The present invention provides a drum accessory that may be connected to a drum and used by a drummer to impart a flipping motion to his/her drum stick. The drum accessory generally comprises a body member that includes an elongated channel formed on its upper surface, an intermediate clamping member,...

20060174753 - Musical instruments and components manufactured from conductively doped resin-based materials: Musical instruments are formed of a conductively doped resin-based material. The conductively doped resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The percentage by weight of the conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination thereof is...

20060174754 - Preamp for use with musical instrument and electric instrument: A preamp for use with a musical instrument includes a processing circuit that processes an electrical signal and an output device that outputs the electrical signal to an external device. The preamp also includes a battery that supplies electric power to the processing circuit. A switch switches in those cases...

20060174755 - Electric stringed instrument: A display device that displays a selected pickup is provided in a volume control that adjusts the volume of a performance. The display device is formed by a light guiding body, and by two types of LED that emit light in different colors, for example, a green LED and a...

20060174756 - Virtual instrument: An exemplary retainer ring for a head of an acoustic drum can produce a visual display that allows an observer to visualize timing associated with percussive sound. An exemplary retainer ring includes a vertical wall disposed at a radius about a central axis and a laser diode module that includes...

20060169122 - Automatic musical instrument: An automatic musical instrument includes a tine, a rotor, an actuatable arm, and a rotatable cam. The tine emits an audible sound when vibrated. The rotor has plural picks extending radially outwardly therefrom, and the actuatable arm is disposed to displace the rotor when the actuator arm is pivoted between...

20060169123 - String-striking device for piano: A string-striking device for a piano, where a static loading acting on a fore-end on the playing side of a key can be easily adjusted. A long weight lever (21) is provided on each key (3). The lever (21) is installed along the length direction of the key 3, on...

20060169124 - Connector assembly for hi-hat stand: A hi-hat stand includes an operating rod having first and second rod parts, and a connector assembly coupling the first and second rod parts. The first rod part has a first end portion facing the second rod part and a second end portion connected to a movable cymbal, while the...

20060169125 - Musical pacemaker for physical workout: A music player device comprising a playback device for playing music piece, a memory unit for storing a database comprising a list of rhythm values attributed to each music piece corresponding to the rhythm of that piece; and a controller for choosing a workout program comprising at least one of...

20060169126 - Music classification device, music classification method, and program: A parameter used in sorting genre is adequately set to improve sorting accuracy. To this end, a music sorter includes a parameter selecting section 160 for obtaining a plurality of candidate genres which are genres to which the music possibly belongs and for selecting a sorting parameter type which is...

20060169127 - Keyboard attachment for disabled persons: A key extender includes an elongated member, e.g., a deformable metal rod, having a first end portion secured to a contact member, e.g., a circular disc having a contact area greater than the available touch plate surface area of the key. An opposite second end portion of the elongated member...