Music inventions 09/06

20060207404 - Movable part firmly equipped with balance weight, musical instrument and method of assembling balance weight therein: Keys of a piano are depressed against the total weight of associated action units and hammers so that balance weight pieces are embedded in the front portion of each key; since the wood bar of the key is expandable and shrinkable due to the conditions of the environment, the weight...

20060207405 - Instrument support: An instrument support may be used to support an instrument, such as a violin or a viola, against collar-bone/shoulder and chest regions of a player. The instrument support may include a collar-bone rest and a chest rest, providing a dual plane design. The rests may be adjustable to adjust the...

20060207407 - Percussion instrument: In a percussion instrument such as a drum, conga, bongo or the like, comprising a resonance body and a skin that is stretched over a top opening of the resonance body and has an imprint, it is provided that the skin (3) is transparent or semi-transparent and that an imprint...

20060207406 - Quick action drum lug assembly and method: Lug assemblies and associated methods of attaching a drum head to a drum body. The lug assembly may comprise a lug body having a seating surface; an elongate link having a proximate end disposed proximate the drum head and a distal end disposed distal from the drum head; a stop...

20060207408 - Electronic drum pedal: A foot pedal for electronic drums includes a lower tab or pedal or other extension for triggering by pressing down, and an upper tab or pedal or other extension for triggering by raising the foot. Also included is the joining of the upper and lower extensions (tab, pedal or other)...

20060207409 - Control of functions and sounds using electronic hand glove: An apparatus for remotely controlling a selectively operable device is provided. The apparatus includes a glove assembly (102) comprising a material (104) worn on a hand. The apparatus also includes sensors (116a-d) mounted to the glove assembly (102), each of the sensors generating at least one response signal in response...

20060207410 - Cup and cup-like container: A cup-like container made of one or more of a plurality of materials. A sensor unit is provided for sensing a conducting current caused by a specific resistance depending on a state and component of contents that are filled into the container. A circuit unit is provided for storing melodies...

20060207411 - Performance guide apparatus and program: Two-dimensional display section is provided near a keyboard, and, in accordance with performance data, this display section is caused to effect a dynamic display moving, in a given two-dimensional trajectory, from a first display position corresponding to a key to be currently depressed to a second display position corresponding to...

20060207412 - Electronic musical instrument and waveform assignment program: An electronic musical instrument, which can easily select waveform data assigned to each key or each key range of a keyboard, is provided. When assignment of waveform data to a key range including one or more keys of a keyboard is edited, the assignment state of the waveform data is...

20060207413 - Optical detection cell and sensor using one such cell: The invention concerns a cell for detecting the mechanical vibrations of an object. It includes a first phototransmitter 22 for emitting a light beam on one side of the said object, and two photoreceivers 24, 25. Each photoreceiver 24, 25 has a detection surface arranged in such a way as...

20060201308 - Action for piano: An action for a piano is provided for clarifying a timing of let-off, improving the sequential touching capabilities, and consequently realizing high playing performance excellent in expressive power in a simple structure without adversely affecting the key touch feeling. The action for a piano swings a hammer in response to...

20060201309 - Musical instrument stand with a neck lock assembly: A musical instrument stand with a neck lock assembly for a guitar-shaped musical instrument has a post, multiple legs and a neck lock assembly. The neck lock assembly is attached to the post and has a collar, a crossbar assembly and a crossbar fastener. The collar is attached securely to...

20060201310 - Information processing apparatus, information recording/playback system and contents transfer method: One embodiment of the invention is useful when updating data of a database which is configured to take in data through a network, has a part to be updated, and takes in information of media stored in a local storage, and characterized by that a storage place assumed to have...

20060201311 - Chord presenting apparatus and storage device storing a chord presenting computer program: CPU 31 reads out plural chord data which are stored in external storage device 34 or the like and represent a series of chords, and presents to a user the chords represented by the chord data. In presenting the chords to the user, display 21 or external displayer 53 displays...

20060201312 - Method and electronic device used to synthesise the sound of church organ flue pipes by taking advantage of the physical modelling technique of acoustic instruments: The present invention consists in a method and electronic device used to reproduce the sound of church organ flue pipes, by taking advantage of the physical modeling technique of acoustic instruments; it being an audio-digital synthesis system based on digital signal processors, which contains a programme of physical simulation of...

20060201313 - Velocity estimator for manipulators and musical instrument using the same: An automatic player piano is a combination between an acoustic piano and an electronic system serving as a recorder and an automatic player; while a user is fingering a piece of music on the acoustic piano, the player strongly depresses some keys and softly depresses other keys so as to...

20060201314 - Midi playing method: The present invention provides a MIDI playing method comprising the steps of when synchronous event messages embedded in MIDI data are detected on the sequencer side which analyzes MIDI data in order along a time series of the MIDI data where the MIDI data are analyzed from the head of...

20060201315 - Portable rhythm sensible tool: A sound determination unit previously divides sound into a low sound range for first sound, a middle sound range for second sound, and a high sound range for third sound by its frequency band. When sound information detected by the microphone is inputted to the sound determination unit, the sound...

20060196337 - Parameterized temporal feature analysis: A method (1) for classifying at least one audio signal (A) into at least one audio class (AC), the method (1) comprising the steps of analyzing (10) said audio signal to extract at least one predetermined audio feature, performing (12) a frequency analysis on a set of values of said...

20060196338 - Stringed practice device and method: The disclosed apparatus relates to a stringed practice device comprising: a neck with an upper end and a lower end; a headstock coupled to the lower end of the neck; and where the headstock comprises a plurality of tuning posts. The disclosed method relates to a using a stringed practice...

20060196339 - Treated musical instrument strings: A treated musical instrument string which has undergone the physical and chemical restructure of Cryogenic Thermal Cycling process to improve tonality and durability which is only achieved by combining both Cryogenic Thermal Cycling process and specially formulated coatings....

20060196340 - Plectrum with grip and method of manufacture: This invention relates to an apparatus, device or method for manufacturing a grip plectrum or pick formed from a first material (such as, for example, plastic or like material), the plectrum having in one embodiment a generally triangular shaped body with a broad top portion, an intermediate portion, and a...

20060196341 - Trombone stand: A trombone stand provides proper support to the weight of the trombone to prevent strain on the musician, and in particular the spine and connective tissues. The trombone stand generally includes a primary post and two support arms. The primary post supports the weight of the trombone, while the support...

20060196342 - Brass instrument: A brass instrument with improved tonal characteristics that includes a tonal material attached to the brass instrument. The instrument may be a trumpet. The tonal material may have a Mohs hardness of greater than about 6, such as a semi-precious stone. Also disclosed is a method of improving tonal characteristics...

20060196343 - System and method for musical instrument education: System and method for musical instrument education are provided. The system includes a lesson terminal which has a processor unit configured to evaluate performance musical data inputted from an electronic musical instrument, to enable a user feedback, and to enable determining new music training materials for a next lesson. The...

20060196344 - Page turning apparatus: The present invention is generally directed to a device to selectively turn pages in a book, magazine, or other publication. The device includes a tapered projection covering a corner of a page with the tapered projection operable rotationally in a plane substantially parallel to the page. The page-lifting arm lifts...

20060196345 - Music player: A music player comprising a driving mechanism configured to rotate a storage medium, and to read a music file out of the storage medium. A nonvolatile memory is configured to store the music file transferred from the storage medium. A processor is configured to read out the music file out...

20060196346 - Automatic player accompanying singer on musical instrument and automatic player musical instrument: An automatic player piano includes a voice recognizer and a piano controller; while a user is singing a song, the voice recognizer analyzes the voice signal representative of vocal tones so as to determine the loudness and pitch of each vocal tone, and successively sends music data codes each expressing...

20060196347 - Information processing apparatus and sound volume control method: An information processing apparatus comprises an operating member used for changing a sound volume, a display device which displays volume data of the sound volume changed in response to an operation of the operating member and a controller which changes the volume data. An indicator indicates level data changed in...

20060196348 - Stringed musical instrument device: A stringed musical instrument device that functions as a peripheral for a computer or computing device, whereby electronic transducers placed inside and/or outside the instrument convert the vibrations of the strings and/or the instrument body from an analog electrical signals to digital signals. The digital signals are then transmitted via...

20060196349 - Controlling instrument: s

20060196337 - Parameterized temporal feature analysis: A method (1) for classifying at least one audio signal (A) into at least one audio class (AC), the method (1) comprising the steps of analyzing (10) said audio signal to extract at least one predetermined audio feature, performing (12) a frequency analysis on a set of values of said...

20060196338 - Stringed practice device and method: The disclosed apparatus relates to a stringed practice device comprising: a neck with an upper end and a lower end; a headstock coupled to the lower end of the neck; and where the headstock comprises a plurality of tuning posts. The disclosed method relates to a using a stringed practice...

20060196339 - Treated musical instrument strings: A treated musical instrument string which has undergone the physical and chemical restructure of Cryogenic Thermal Cycling process to improve tonality and durability which is only achieved by combining both Cryogenic Thermal Cycling process and specially formulated coatings....

20060196340 - Plectrum with grip and method of manufacture: This invention relates to an apparatus, device or method for manufacturing a grip plectrum or pick formed from a first material (such as, for example, plastic or like material), the plectrum having in one embodiment a generally triangular shaped body with a broad top portion, an intermediate portion, and a...

20060196341 - Trombone stand: A trombone stand provides proper support to the weight of the trombone to prevent strain on the musician, and in particular the spine and connective tissues. The trombone stand generally includes a primary post and two support arms. The primary post supports the weight of the trombone, while the support...

20060196342 - Brass instrument: A brass instrument with improved tonal characteristics that includes a tonal material attached to the brass instrument. The instrument may be a trumpet. The tonal material may have a Mohs hardness of greater than about 6, such as a semi-precious stone. Also disclosed is a method of improving tonal characteristics...

20060196343 - System and method for musical instrument education: System and method for musical instrument education are provided. The system includes a lesson terminal which has a processor unit configured to evaluate performance musical data inputted from an electronic musical instrument, to enable a user feedback, and to enable determining new music training materials for a next lesson. The...

20060196344 - Page turning apparatus: The present invention is generally directed to a device to selectively turn pages in a book, magazine, or other publication. The device includes a tapered projection covering a corner of a page with the tapered projection operable rotationally in a plane substantially parallel to the page. The page-lifting arm lifts...

20060196345 - Music player: A music player comprising a driving mechanism configured to rotate a storage medium, and to read a music file out of the storage medium. A nonvolatile memory is configured to store the music file transferred from the storage medium. A processor is configured to read out the music file out...

20060196346 - Automatic player accompanying singer on musical instrument and automatic player musical instrument: An automatic player piano includes a voice recognizer and a piano controller; while a user is singing a song, the voice recognizer analyzes the voice signal representative of vocal tones so as to determine the loudness and pitch of each vocal tone, and successively sends music data codes each expressing...

20060196347 - Information processing apparatus and sound volume control method: An information processing apparatus comprises an operating member used for changing a sound volume, a display device which displays volume data of the sound volume changed in response to an operation of the operating member and a controller which changes the volume data. An indicator indicates level data changed in...

20060196348 - Stringed musical instrument device: A stringed musical instrument device that functions as a peripheral for a computer or computing device, whereby electronic transducers placed inside and/or outside the instrument convert the vibrations of the strings and/or the instrument body from an analog electrical signals to digital signals. The digital signals are then transmitted via...

20060196349 - Controlling instrument: s