Musical systems and methods

US2015114209A1 · US · A1

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Publication numberUS-2015114209-A1
Application numberUS-201414455565-A
CountryUS
Kind codeA1
Filing dateAug 8, 2014
Priority dateDec 27, 2010
Publication dateApr 30, 2015
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Musical performance/input systems, methods, and products can accept user inputs via a user interface, generate, sound, store, and/or modify one or more musical tones. The user interface can present one or more regions corresponding to related chords. A set of related chords and/or a set of rhythmic patterns are generated based on a selected instrument and a selected style of music. The related chords can be modified via one or more effects units.

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1 - 17 . (canceled) 18 . A method comprising: displaying a virtual musical instrument (VMI) on a touch-sensitive graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the VMI has one or more adjacent swipe regions associated with an assigned chord of a predefined set of chords, and wherein the VMI has one or more virtual strings crossing the one or more swipe regions, the virtual strings being associated with a note of the assigned chord; receiving an input corresponding to a swi…

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What does patent US2015114209A1 cover?
Musical performance/input systems, methods, and products can accept user inputs via a user interface, generate, sound, store, and/or modify one or more musical tones. The user interface can present one or more regions corresponding to related chords. A set of related chords and/or a set of rhythmic patterns are generated based on a selected instrument and a selected style of music. The related …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Apple Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G10H1/38. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Thu Apr 30 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (A1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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