Method and system for composing musical compositions

Claim 1

An electronic system for composing a variety of different songs comprising: first and second sound playback units; a lyric storage medium having a plurality of lyric groups recorded thereon in a first sequential order for audible reproduction by said first playback unit, each of said lyric groups having a plurality of discrete lyric phrases recorded therein with all of the said lyric phrases within any one of said lyric groups having the same meter, the same recording time length, and being configured to interfit in structure and meaning with any one of the lyric phrases in an adjacent lyric group when associated in said first sequential order; first location addresses recorded on said lyric medium identifying the lyric groups and the lyric phrases within said lyric groups; a melody storage medium having a plurality of melody groups recorded thereon in a second sequential order for audible reproduction by said second playback unit, each of said melody groups having a plurality of discrete melody phrases recorded therein with all of the said melody phrases within any one of said melody groups having the same meter, the same recording time length, and being Configured to musically interfit with any one of the melody phrases in an adjacent melody group when associated in said second sequential order; second location addresses recorded on said melody medium identifying the melody groups and the melody phrases within said melody groups; the lyric phrases in any lyric group having the same meter and recording time length as the melody phrases in the correspondingly addressed melody group; electronic control means operatively connected to said first and second playback units comprising: selection switches for selecting a location address corresponding to said first and second location addresses; control logic means responsive to said selection switches for automatically positioning the correspondingly addressed lyric or melody phrase in said first or second playback unit, respectively, for playback; playback control measn actuating said first or second playback unit for audibly reproducing the selected lyric or melody phrase, said playback control means further including means selectively actuating both said first and second playback units simultaneously for audibly reproducing in synchronism said selected lyric and melody phrases; mixer means for combining said synchronously reproduced lyric and melody phrases; and a third playback unit responsive to said mixer means for recording said combined lyric and melody phrases.