Music practice feedback system, method, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9842510-B2
Application number	US-201715441916-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2017
Priority date	Dec 30, 2015
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

A music practice feedback method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium including a displaying device configured to display sheet music, a collecting device configured to collect information related to a playing of the sheet music by a plurality of players, and a display changing device configured to change a display of the sheet music based on said collected information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A music practice feedback system, comprising:
a collecting device configured to collect information related to a playing of a sheet music by a user belonging to a cohort; and
a display changing device configured to change a display of the sheet music based on said collected information and the cohort.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sheet music includes a plurality of regions, and
wherein the display changing device changes the display of a specific region based on the collected information.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the collected information includes at least one of:
difficulties that a user of the cohort has with a region of the sheet music,
difficulties that the cohort has with regions of the sheet music;
a measure of playing improvement of the cohort;
a measure of playing decline of the cohort;
a region of the sheet music for a creativity injection; and
a measure of an emotional response to a region.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a prediction device configured to predict a user's advancement or decline of the playing of the sheet music based on how much the user practices a region of the sheet music related to the cohort of which the user belongs in which the display has been changed by the display device.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a difficulty calculating device configured to calculate a difficulty of the playing of the sheet music for a particular region of the sheet music based on a distance of a user error from a correct playing of the sheet music for the cohort.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a similarity detection device configured to detect a similarity between a playstyle of a user and the cohort.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a calendar reading device configured to:
use a bidirectional feed from an electronic calendar to assess at least one of a fatigue of a user as a result of playing the sheet music and musical workout routines performed by the user; and
to shape target curves for the user by scheduling future musical workouts on the electronic calendar.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a point calculating device configured to calculate points indicating a success of the playing of the sheet music based on external inputs from social media.

9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a classification device configured to classify the user into the cohort based on a playstyle of the user while playing the sheet music.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a music practice feedback program, the program causing a computer to perform:
collecting information related to a playing of a sheet music by a user belonging to a cohort; and
changing a display of the sheet music based on said collected information and the cohort.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 10 , wherein the sheet music includes a plurality of regions, and
wherein the changing changes the display of a specific region based on the collected information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 10 , wherein the collected information includes at least one of:
difficulties that a user of the cohort has with a region of the sheet music,
difficulties that the cohort has with regions of the sheet music;
a measure of playing improvement of the cohort;
a measure of playing decline of the cohort;
a region of the sheet music for a creativity injection; and
a measure of an emotional response to a region.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 10 , further comprising predicting a user's advancement or decline of the playing of the sheet music based on how much the user practices a region of the sheet music related to the cohort of which the user belongs in which the display has been changed by the changing.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 10 , further comprising calculating a difficulty of the playing of the sheet music for a particular region of the sheet music based on a distance of a user error from a correct playing of the sheet music for the cohort.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 10 , further comprising detecting a similarity between a playstyle of a user and the cohort.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 10 , further comprising:
using a bidirectional feed from an electronic calendar to assess at least one of a fatigue of a user as a result of playing the sheet music and musical workout routines performed by the user; and
shaping target curves for the user by scheduling future musical workouts on the electronic calendar.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 10 , further comprising calculating points indicating a success of the playing of the sheet music based on external inputs from social media.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 10 , further comprising classifying the user into the cohort based on a playstyle of the user while playing the sheet music.

19. A music practice feedback method, comprising:
collecting information related to a playing of a sheet music by a user belonging to a cohort; and
changing a display of the sheet music based on said collected information and the cohort.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the sheet music includes a plurality of regions, and
wherein the changing changes the display of a specific region based on the collected information.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Kim Minkyong
• Pickover Clifford A
• Salapura Valentina

Classifications

• G10H1/0008

  Associated control or indicating means · CPC title

• G06Q10/1093

  Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups · CPC title

• G09B15/00

  Teaching music (metronomes G04F5/02) · CPC title

• G10H2210/091

  for performance evaluation, i.e. judging, grading or scoring the musical qualities or faithfulness of a performance, e.g. with respect to pitch, tempo or other timings of a reference performance · CPC title

• G10H2240/085

  Mood, i.e. generation, detection or selection of a particular emotional content or atmosphere in a musical piece · CPC title