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Music November recently filed with US Patent Office 11/11

20110283860 - Piano hammer: The invention relates to a piano hammer for striking the strings of a piano, comprising a hammer shank and a hammer head, which is covered with a cover along at least part of its peripheral surface. The aim of the invention is to provide an improved piano hammer which can... Agent: Goodbuy Corporation S.a.

20110283861 - System for adding a string to a stringed instrument: The invention relates to a system for adding a string to a stringed instrument, consisting of an additional string and an additional tuning machine which can be clamped onto the head of the stringed instrument using a clamping member. The system moreover preferably comprises a hooking member to which the... Agent:

20110283862 - Flare pick: The flare Pick is a dimensional guitar pick used for playing a variety of stringed instruments that are typically strummed or where individual notes are “picked”. The pick's unique side index finger indentation allows the inside edge of the users index finger to form fit into the picks body. The... Agent:

20110283863 - Adjustable item holder: A holder, comprising a retaining device adapted to selectively couple with an item and a base adapted to selectively couple with a surface, and a clamp assembly coupled with the retaining device and base. The clamp assembly allows relative adjustment of the retaining device and base members.... Agent:

20110283864 - Musical instrument keyboard: A musical instrument keyboard is provided comprising a plurality of black and white keys being identically shaped and sized and arranged on a single plane in a parallel and fully adjacent manner relative to one another said keys being connected to key responsive means for enabling the generation of tones... Agent:

20110283865 - Method and system for visual representation of sound: A system and method for visual representation of sound, wherein the system and method obtain sound information from a multimedia content; generate an icon based on the sound information obtained; generate a directional indicator based on the sound information; and then display the icon and the directional indicator on a... Agent:

20110283866 - Computer based system for teaching of playing music: A method and system for guiding a student to learn how to play a musical instrument, the musical instrument is associated with a learner terminal which includes at least one input device and at least one output device, reference data; and a processor device; test data can be upon instruction... Agent: Musiah Ltd

20110283867 - Method, system and apparatus for instructing a keyboardist: Disclosed is player module that includes an outer frame and a signal receiver configured to receive a plurality of note-on signals, each corresponding to a musical pitch and a plurality of note-off signals, each corresponding to a musical pitch. The player module includes a plurality of LEDs extending along the... Agent:

20110283869 - System and method for a simplified musical instrument: A system and method is described for a novel, simplified electronic musical instrument. By combining a simplified user input controller with a musical instrument synthesizer, a new simple to learn musical instrument is created allowing anyone to perform music without mastering the skills required to play traditional instruments. Traditional instruments... Agent:

20110283868 - Touch screen guitar: A synthetic guitar includes a body, a neck extending from the body, and at least one touch sensor at the neck for indicating finger position of a user. The body has a receptacle for removably securing a tablet computer to the body. The tablet computer has a touch screen for... Agent:

20110277614 - Sound reverberator device for detachable connection to the strings of a string musical instrument: A sound reverberator device for detachable connection to the strings of a string musical instrument which has strings tensioned over a bridge piece connected to the top wall of the sound box or the instrument. The reverberator comprises three spaced apart metal coil springs secured side-by-side at a common end... Agent:

20110277615 - Automatic positioning of music notation: A system that allows the repositioning (scrolling) of the displayed portion of a music notation computer file in rasterized format, according to an internal or external time code/metronome, to constantly display the currently active part of the music notation file. By use of a corresponding data file describing the relative... Agent: Knowledgerocks Limited

20110277616 - Low frequency massage apparatus operating in conjuction with music and method of operating the same: A low frequency massage apparatus may include a wired sound source input module for receiving a sound source signal being played, a frequency filter module for classifying the sound source signal according to frequencies, an A/D converter module for digitally converting the classified sound source signal, a music classification module... Agent: Mirae Medical Co., Ltd.

20110277617 - Electronic musical apparatus for generating a harmony note: Tone pitch information is extracted from the received input note information. A scale is determined on the basis of retrieved tonality information. A reference scale note is determined on the basis of the extracted tone pitch information and the determined scale. A tone pitch of a harmony note is determined... Agent: Yamaha Corporation

20110271816 - Device for attachment of lever to tremolo bridge and kit: The present disclosure is a new solution for attachment of lever to the tremolo bridge made by a device that can be sold as a kit. Such device for attachment of lever to the tremolo bridge is made of a cylindrical device (1), of straight base, which has inside it... Agent:

20110271817 - Drum-kit rack system: A drum-kit rack system allows a bass drum and a hi-hat cymbal of a drum-kit to be attached to the drum-kit rack system. The bass drum is combined with the drum-kit rack system at a lower space of the drum-kit rack system defined by a horizontal bar and two abreast... Agent:

20110271818 - Heel-driven pedal for a percussion instrument: A heel-driven drum pedal system for playing a primary percussion instrument and a secondary percussion instrument. The heel-driven drum pedal system includes a heel-driven pedal that strikes the secondary percussion instrument with a separate beater unit connected to the heel-driven pedal with an extension rod. The heel-driven pedal further including... Agent:

20110271819 - Music analysis apparatus: In a musical analysis apparatus, a spectrum acquirer acquires a spectrum for each frame of an audio signal representing a piece of music. A beat specifier specifies a sequence of beats of the audio signal. A feature amount extractor divides an interval between the beats into a plurality of analysis... Agent: Yamaha Corporation

20110271820 - Configurable foot-operable electronic control interface apparatus and method: The present inventive foot-operable apparatus and method comprise a generally rectangular housing comprising at least one internally positioned accelerometer sensor component, and also including at least one pedal-type component oriented toward, and operable by, a user, and advantageously enable the operating user to produce one or more control signals, of... Agent: New Sensor Corporation

20110271821 - Musical effects pedal retaining device and pedal board: A pedal board is provided that has an attachment mechanism, mounting member, and musical effects pedal retaining device. The attachment mechanism is carried by the musical effects pedal retaining device and functions to attach a musical effects pedal to the musical effects pedal retaining device. At least a portion of... Agent:

20110265629 - Bridge apparatus for stringed instrument: According to the present invention, there is provided a floating bridge apparatus adapted to be mounted on a guitar having strings, the floating bridge apparatus including: a base element and a top element operatively connected to one another for relative movement therebetween which causes vibrato or like pitch-change in the... Agent:

20110265630 - Musical instrument pick grip: A grip member for connection to an instrument pick includes a grip member body having opposed first and second sides. A plurality of abrasive particles is attached to and extends away from the first side. An adhesive on the second side is used to adhesively connect the grip member to... Agent: C J Products, LLC

20110265631 - System and method for supporting a guitar in a playable position: A system and method for supporting a guitar in a playable position. Specifically, a shirt is disclosed. Such shirt can comprise a design printed onto said shirt with said design covering at least a portion of a stomach area of said shirt, and a sticky surface covering a portion of... Agent:

20110265632 - Cymbal mounting assembly: This disclosure relates to cymbal mounting assemblies, and provides viscoelastic washers for mounting a musical cymbal onto a conventional cymbal stand to preserve the integrity of the cymbal.... Agent:

20110265633 - Locking mechanism for percussion musical instrument: A high hat cymbal has a magnetic clutch that engages the top cymbal and allows it to be controlled by a standard high hat foot pedal. When the drummer's foot is removed from the high hat foot pedal, the magnetic clutch strikes a mechanical arm, which causes the magnetic clutch... Agent: Billdidit Inc.

20110265634 - Guitar speaker drum and rack system: A drum, tube or cylinder of any size using any speaker that can be mounted using any standard drum lugs. Covered either using vinyl, leather, fur, metal, plastic and or wood grain painted or stained. With the speakers in the drums, the sound waves can be deadened so the microphone... Agent:

20110265635 - Optical instrument pickup: An optoelectronic pickup for a musical instrument includes at least one light source which directs light to impinge a string of the musical instrument in at least one photoreceiver located to detect the reflected light, so as to generate an electrical signal that is responsive to string vibrations. A number... Agent: