Music inventions 06/07

20070144327 - Stringed musical instrument having harmonic bridge: A stringed musical instrument is provided with a plate or soundboard that is curved to define a crest parallel to the strings. If the instrument is a closedbox instrument, another plate opposing the first plate may be curved to define a crest perpendicular to the strings. The first plate may... Agent: Altera Law Group, LLC

20070144329 - Acoustic microphone support bracket: A stringed instrument microphone which is particularly optimized for many players of stringed instruments is disclosed. Uniformity and faithfulness of the electrical output is provided by employing a high-quality microphone mounted by a fraction to the sound box at a fixed position in which it does not interfere with the... Agent: Anthony H, Handal, Esq. Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

20070144328 - Stringed instrument: A stringed instrument comprising an instrument belly with a neck extending therefrom, a first attachment means for strings at the free end of the neck, a second attachment means for strings on the belly of the instrument, strings extending across the upper side of the belly and neck between the... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070144330 - Enhanced resonator for banjo or other musical instrument: The enhanced resonator for banjo, or similar types of musical instruments, increases the comfort of playing a resonator banjo as an open back banjo. In addition, the ‘open back’ banjo sound quality is improved by allowing more sound to escape from the back and sides of the banjo. Furthermore, the... Agent: H. Robert Gasull Iii

20070144331 - Drum stick holder: The present invention relates to a holder for drum sticks, drum brushes, mallets and other such percussion implements for playing percussion instruments. The drum stick holder (1), comprising a plurality of substantially parallel tubular sleeves (2), each sleeve being joined to at least one adjacent sleeve and having an entrance... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.A.

20070144332 - Tension control device used on a drum: A tension control device is used on a drum having a drum shell, two drum hoops and two drumheads, is mounted on the drum shell and has two mounting posts, a connector, two locking sleeves and two adjusting bolts. The mounting posts are mounted on the drum shell, and each... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070144334 - Method for displaying music score by using computer: In displaying a music score by using a computer, there is provided a function for matching an in-music position being updated in a computer with an in-music position being played. According to the in-music position, display update is controlled. Space of music score display is divided into several partitions. The... Agent: Seiji Kashioka

20070144335 - Apparatus and method for determining a type of chord underlying a test signal: An apparatus for determining a type of chord has a means for providing a reference vector for the type of chord, a means for providing a reference vector from a test signal, and a means for comparing the reference vector with the test signal vector. The means for providing a... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070144336 - Performance assist apparatus of wind instrument: In an apparatus for assisting play of a wind instrument, an actuator is attached to the wind instrument for vibrating a portion of the wind instrument so as to assist play of the wind instrument. A microphone receives a vibration of a sound generated by the wind instrument and generates... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070131078 - Real-time digital phase and gain adaptation method using feedback and arrangement using such a method: Arrangement for real-time phase and gain adaptation as a function of frequency and gain adaptation as a function of amplitude of an input signal in relation to an output signal, the input signal having a first absolute phase and first power as a function of frequency, the output signal having... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070131079 - Wide-lane pseudorange measurements using fm signals: Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprises a receiver to receive a wireless stereo frequency-modulation (FM) signal comprising a plurality of spectral signal components including a first tone and one or more frequency bands; one or more tone generators each to generate a respective second tone based on a... Agent: Law Office Of Richard A. Dunning, Jr.

20070131080 - Modular automated assistive guitar: A modular automated assistive guitar is described comprising a base assembly, a pick assembly, a strumming mechanism and a fretting mechanism which, in combination with a standard guitar or similar stringed musical instrument (e.g., banjo, steel guitar, ukulele), forms a musical device that can be played by an individual with... Agent: L. Wayne White White & Associates

20070131081 - Neck and body attachments for stringed musical instruments: An improved system and method for connecting separate neck and body portions of a stringed musical instrument, preferably an electric guitar, are provided. The neck and body portions are connected together via a support bracket having multiple planes with screws, bolts or the like that are preferably located underneath a... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070131082 - Method and apparatus for fully adjusting and providing tempered intonation for stringed fretted musical instruments and making adjustments to the rule of 18: The present invention involves a tempering formula which utilizes specific pitch offsets, which when applied to the guitar, result in extraordinarily pleasing intonation.... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070131083 - Alternative tuning device for stringed musical instruments: A device which attaches to the non-vibrating part of specific string(s) of suitable stringed musical instruments and which enables the musician to repeatably apply alternative predetermined tension states to the string(s), so as to selectively apply a known increment in pitch without the continual need for discerning re-tuning processes.... Agent: Alasdair Bryce

20070131084 - Pythagorean fret placement: This development allows Luthiers of fretted instruments an uncompensated method of installing frets with increased accuracy. It is an improvement in calculation of fret placement over the “Rule of 18”, because it relies on the length of the vibrating string. This method is more critical at the end of the... Agent: Steven R. Miller

20070131085 - Secure guitar strap: The instant invention is comprised of a leather strap and two pieces of cord formed in a loop. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the loop is formed by sewing the two ends of a nylon cord together. The loop is then laced into the leather strap and the... Agent: Martin S. High

20070131087 - Captive washers of a drum: Captive washers are used with tension control devices on a drum having a drum shell, two drum hoops, two drumheads and multiple tension control devices. Each tension control device is mounted on the drum shell and has a mounting post, a connector and two adjusting bolts. Each captive washer presses... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070131086 - Percussion instrument, particularly a drum or a kettle drum: The invention relates to a percussion instrument (1), particularly a drum (2) or a kettle drum, with a resonance body (3), the length of which is variable with the help of an adjuster device (5). In accordance with the invention, the adjuster device (5) is a bellows-type device (6), in... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070131088 - Dual foot pedals for a bass drum: A dual foot pedal system operates on a bass drum with a beat having a different rhythm. The first foot pedal operates on the drum by a direct transmission from the pedal to the surface of the drum. The second foot pedal has a mechanism thereon that changes the relative... Agent: Curt A. Hauck

20070131089 - Support for musical instrument: A support for a musical instrument has an outer tube and an inner tube substantially inserted into the outer tube. A neck, which has two first skewed surfaces and petals, is mounted at a connecting portion of the inner and the outer tube. A collar, which has two second skewed... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070131090 - Percussion instruments using molten or plasticized metal: Cymbals and generally flat sheet instruments, as well as compound instruments, are formed using welding process and metal melting processes to form holes and edges with thickened edges from the melting processes, to join sections of metal, to add metal by creating beads at desired locations, to join sections with... Agent: Dennis G. Lapointe Lapointe Law Group, Pl

20070131091 - Support for a musical keyboard instrument: A support for a musical keyboard instrument has a first leg, a second leg and an adjuster. The first leg is pivotally connected to the second leg and a rod is formed in a sidewall of the second leg. Two first spiral surfaces are respectively formed in a free end... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070131092 - Tone plate for keyboard-type tone plate percussion instrument, tone plate fabricating method, tone generator unit of tone plate percussion instrument, and keyboard-type percussion instrument: A tone plate which makes it easy to reduce the entire length and width thereof, thus increasing the degree of freedom in design. The tone plate includes an antinode portion, front and rear ends, and first and second supporting holes which are located closer to the front and rear ends... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070131093 - Sound system: A sound system includes, separately, a first clock generation section that generates a system clock for supply to a CPU or others via an internal bus, and a second clock generation section that generates a waveform synthesis clock for supply to a waveform synthesizer of a sound accelerator. The first... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070131095 - Method of classifying music file and system therefor: A method which allows multimedia players to analyze features of a music file so as to classify the music file, and a system therefor are provided. The method of classifying a music file includes pre-processing to decode and normalize at least a part of an input music file, extracting one... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070131094 - Music information retrieval using a 3d search algorithm: According to one embodiment of the present invention, said method is characterized by the steps of recording (S1) said analog audio sequences (102, 300a, 400), extracting (S4a) and analyzing (S4b) various acoustic-phonetic speech characteristics of the speaker's voice and pronunciation from spoken parts (400) of a recorded song's lyrics (102″)... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070131096 - Automatic music mood detection: A system and methods use music features extracted from music to detect a music mood within a hierarchical mood detection framework. A two-dimensional mood model divides music into four moods which include contentment, depression, exuberance, and anxious/frantic. A mood detection algorithm uses a hierarchical mood detection framework to determine which... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070131097 - Method and system for regulating music based on the location of a device: A method and system for regulating music played by a mobile device based on a location of the device is useful for enhancing enjoyment and satisfaction derived from activities such as physical exercise programs. The method includes determining a first location of the mobile device (step 410), and playing a... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070131098 - Method to playback multiple musical instrument digital interface (midi) and audio sound files: The present invention is method for the playback of multiple MIDI and audio files. More specifically, it is an interactive music playback method that enables real time synchronization, quantization, music and sound modification and management of playback resources. Further, the present invention provides a method of music performance using various... Agent: Daniel W. Moffatt

20070131099 - Keyboard apparatus of electronic musical instrument: A keyboard apparatus of this electronic musical instrument is provided with touch curves TW1 through TWp, TB1 through TBq each defining a velocity value Vc varying with a key-depression velocity Kv (TD). Each of keys K1 through Kn of a keyboard 14k is associated with one of the touch curves... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070131101 - Integrated digital control for stringed musical instrument: Embodiments of the present invention provide an integrated digital control apparatus (10) for a stringed musical instrument. In some embodiments, the apparatus (10) generally includes an input (26) coupled with at least a portion of the musical instrument, a digital control element (28) coupled with at least one of the... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070131100 - Multi-sound effect system including dynamic controller for an amplified guitar: The proposed invention is a portable multi-sound effect system providing a novel and unique solution for processing the electrical audio signals created by a guitar. The innovation according to the present invention is by attaching a signal processing unit along with a touch-sensitive dynamic control unit upon the front panel... Agent: Angenehm Law Firm, Ltd.

20070125220 - Guitar cord anchor: An improved dual-functioning guitar cord anchoring device intended to prevent an unintentional disconnection of a guitar cord from a jack through proper securing of the guitar cord, and to decrease the chance of stepping on the guitar cord through redirecting thereof. The guitar cord anchor is comprised of a durable... Agent: Kevin Ray Taylor

20070125221 - Musical instrument with multiple resonance chambers: A device, system and method for a musical instrument are disclosed herein. The exemplary musical instrument may have a first resonance chamber having a first bridge coupled to a surface of the first resonance chamber and a second resonance chamber having a second bridge coupled to a surface of the... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.A.

20070125222 - Clamp for musical instrument: A system is disclosed for holding a musical instrument, such as a guitar, to a vertical post, such as a lamp post. An upper clamp is adapted for clamping to the vertical post and includes an instrument neck holder for engaging an upper portion of the musical instrument. A lower... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.