Method of playing chord inversions on a virtual instrument
US9418645B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2230/021
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A user interface implemented on a touch-sensitive display for a virtual musical instrument comprising a plurality of chord touch regions configured in a predetermined sequence, each chord touch region corresponding to a chord in a musical key and being divided into a plurality of separate touch zones, the plurality of chord touch regions defining a predetermined set of chords, where each of the plurality of separate touch zones in each region is associated with one or more preselected MIDI files stored in a computer-readable medium. In some embodiments, the touch zones are configured to provide different harmonic configurations of a base chord associated with the chord touch region. Some harmonic configurations provide progressively wider harmonic ranges across each adjacent touch zone. Other harmonic configurations can provide chords with a progressively higher relative pitch across each adjacent touch zone.
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