Music inventions

20080105110 - Embodied music system: An embodied music system. The system creates an interactive interface between a listener and the external environment. The system includes a physical device located in the environment that provides sensory input to the listener. An audio signal of the system is adapted to be heard by the listener. An encoder... Agent: Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

20080098873 - Pedal system and method: An electronic percussion instrument pedal device uses a spring structure in a space between a bottom structure and a foot pedal board structure to regulate the movement of the foot pedal board structure. Even when the foot pedal board structure is not being moved, it is regulated by the above... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20080092719 - Shoulder marching tuba: A shoulder marching tuba having a compact slide arrangement for instrument spot tuning. The shoulder marching tuba includes an air inlet mouthpiece, an air outlet bell, and a series of airflow tubing and valves in fluid communication therebetween. The series of airflow tubing and valves include at least four pairs... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080092718 - Shoulder marching tuba with view left: A shoulder marching tuba having an arrangement of air flow tubing that defines a viewing region or viewing window to provide a musician playing the tuba with a relatively unobstructed view left through the tuba while marching.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080092720 - Key actuating system: A key actuating system (1) of a keyboard musical instrument is provided which helps quickly push the keys by reducing reaction force with respect to force of pushing the keys during manual operation, and which supports a person having less strength to play the keyboard musical instrument. The key actuating... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20080092724 - Transducer and stringed musical instrument including the same: A transducer includes a piezoelectric element attached to a stringed musical instrument with an adhesive layer, and at least one intermediate layer provided in a thickness-wise middle portion of the adhesive layer and made of a material different from a material of the adhesive layer. The transducer has a mounting... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20080087157 - Musical instrument and supporting system incorporated therein for music players: A supporting system is provided on a saxophone for offering assistance to the player, and includes pressure sensors monitoring the touch pieces of the keys, power assisting units equipped with torque motors provided for the keys and a controller connected to the pressure sensors and the power assisting units; a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080087160 - Method and apparatus for teaching music and for recognizing chords and intervals: A method for teaching musical theory wherein each note of the chromatic scale is associated with one of three markings, preferably incorporating three distinct colors, making a repeating pattern up and down the musical scale. The preferred colors are silver, black, and gold. Some instruments are adapted to use with... Agent: Burleson Cooke L.L.P.