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Device for patterned input and display of musical notes

US6392131B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 18, 2001
Grant dateMay 21, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 18, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10H2240/311
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A device for input of musical notes and chords, each triad including a plurality of musical notes and being classified into types according to a number of notes in the chord and the tonal relationship among the notes, includes a plurality of input devices each associated with a note. The input devices are arranged in spatial relationship to each other such that the spatial relationship of input devices required to play a type of chord is the same for all triads of that type.

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