Music teaching device and method

Claim 2

In combination a music sheet comprising a reflective substrate having at least partially non-reflective, reflectively optically scannable, reflectively optically readable, digitally coded indicia thereon representing particular discrete sound frequencies corresponding to musical notes, and an electro-optical reader comprising a light source and a light detector.

Claim 3

The combination as defined in claim 1, wherein said indicia are bar codes.

Claim 4

The combination as defined in claim 2, wherein said bar codes correspond to said musical notes according to the relationships set forth in the following Table: ______________________________________ Number Note Frequency (Hz) Binary Code ______________________________________ 1 A.sub.1 55.00 00000001 2 A♯.sub.1 58.27 00000010 3 B.sub.1 61.74 00000011 4 C.sub.2 65.41 00000100 5 C♯.sub.2 69.30 00000101 6 D.sub.2 73.42 00000110 7 D♯.sub.2 77.78 00000111 8 E.sub.2 82.41 00001000 9 F.sub.2 87.31 00001001 10 F♯.sub.2 92.50 00001010 11 G.sub.2 98.00 00001011 12 G♯.sub.2 103.83 00001100 13 A.sub.2 110.00 00001101 14 A♯.sub.2 116.54 00001110 15 B.sub.2 123.47 00001111 16 C.sub.3 130.81 00010000 17 C♯.sub.3 138.59 00010001 18 D.sub.3 146.83 00010010 19 D♯.sub.3 155.56 00010011 20 E.sub.3 164.81 00010100 21 F.sub.3 174.61 00010101 22 F♯.sub.3 185.00 00010110 23 G.sub.3 196.00 00010111 24 G♯.sub.3 207.65 00011000 25 A.sub.3 220.00 00011001 26 A♯.sub.3 233.08 00011010 27 B.sub.3 246.94 00011011 28 C.sub.4 261.63 00011100 29 C♯.sub.4 277.18 00011101 30 D.sub.4 293.66 00011110 31 D♯.sub.4 311.13 00011111 32 E.sub.4 329.63 00100000 33 F.sub. 4 349.23 00100001 34 F♯.sub.4 369.99 00100010 35 G.sub.4 392.00 00100011 36 G♯.sub.4 415.30 00100100 37 A.sub.4 440.00 00100101 38 A♯.sub.4 466.16 00100110 39 B.sub.4 493.88 00100111 40 C.sub.5 523.25 00101000 41 C♯.sub.5 554.37 00101001 42 D.sub.5 587.33 00101010 43 D♯.sub.5 622.25 00101011 44 E.sub.5 659.26 00101100 45 F.sub.5 698.46 00101101 46 F♯.sub.5 739.99 00101110 47 G.sub.5 783.99 00101111 48 G♯.sub.5 830.61 00110000 49 A.sub.5 880.00 00110001 50 A♯.sub.5 932.33 00110010 51 B.sub.5 987.77 00110011 52 C.sub.6 1046.50 00110100 53 C♯.sub.6 1108.73 00110101 54 D.sub.6 1174.66 00110110 55 D♯.sub.6 1244.51 00110111 56 E.sub.6 1318.51 00111000 57 F.sub.6 1396.91 00111001 58 F♯.sub.6 1479.98 00111010 59 G.sub.6 1567.98 00111011 60 G♯.sub.6 1661.22 00111100 ______________________________________

Claim 5

A music teaching device comprising a music sheet which comprises a reflective substrate having optically scannable coded indicia thereon corresponding to particular sound frequencies, said indica being at least partially non-reflective, means for optically scanning said indicia, said scanning means including a source of light directed upon said substrate and indicia and means for detecting the presence of reflected light from said substrate and the absence of reflected light from said at least partially non-reflective indicia to generate an electrical signal characteristic of each of said indicia, and means for converting said electrical signals to audible tones of said particular frequencies.

Claim 6

A music teaching device comprising a music sheet which comprises a reflective substrate having optically scannable coded indicia thereon corresponding to particular sound frequencies, said indica being at least partially non-reflective, means for optically scanning said indicia, said scanning means including a source of light directed upon said substrate and indicia and means for detecting the presence of reflected light from said substrate and the absence of reflected light from said at least partially non-reflective indicia to generate an electrical signal characteristic of each of said indicia, and means for converting said electrical signals to audible tones of said particular frequencies.

Claim 7

A music teaching device as defined in claim 4, wherein said optically scannable indicia are bar codes.

Claim 8

A music teaching device as defined in claim 5, wherein said bar codes correspond to musical notes according to the relationships set forth in the following table: ______________________________________ Number Note Frequency (Hz) Binary Code ______________________________________ 1 A.sub.1 55.00 00000001 2 A♯.sub.1 58.27 00000010 3 B.sub.1 61.74 00000011 4 C.sub.2 65.41 00000100 5 C♯.sub.2 69.30 00000101 6 D.sub.2 73.42 00000110 7 D♯.sub.2 77.78 00000111 8 E.sub.2 82.41 00001000 9 F.sub.2 87.31 00001001 10 F♯.sub.2 92.50 00001010 11 G.sub.2 98.00 00001011 12 G♯.sub.2 103.83 00001100 13 A.sub.2 110.00 00001101 14 A♯.sub.2 116.54 00001110 15 B.sub.2 123.47 00001111 16 C.sub.3 130.81 00010000 17 C♯.sub.3 138.59 00010001 18 D.sub.3 146.83 00010010 19 D♯.sub.3 155.56 00010011 20 E.sub.3 164.81 00010100 21 F.sub.3 174.61 00010101 22 F♯.sub.3 185.00 00010110 23 G.sub.3 196.00 00010111 24 G♯.sub.3 207.65 00011000 25 A.sub.3 220.00 00011001 26 A♯.sub.3 233.08 00011010 27 B.sub.3 246.94 00011011 28 C.sub.4 261.63 00011100 29 C♯.sub.4 277.18 00011101 30 D.sub.4 293.66 00011110 31 D♯.sub.4 311.13 00011111 32 E.sub.4 329.63 00100000 33 F.sub. 4 349.23 00100001 34 F♯.sub.4 369.99 00100010 35 G.sub.4 392.00 00100011 36 G♯.sub.4 415.30 00100100 37 A.sub.4 440.00 00100101 38 A♯.sub.4 466.16 00100110 39 B.sub.4 493.88 00100111 40 C.sub.5 523.25 00101000 41 C♯.sub.5 554.37 00101001 42 D.sub.5 587.33 00101010 43 D♯.sub.5 622.25 00101011 44 E.sub.5 659.26 00101100 45 F.sub.5 698.46 00101101 46 F♯.sub.5 739.99 00101110 47 G.sub.5 783.99 00101111 48 G♯.sub.5 830.61 00110000 49 A.sub.5 880.00 00110001 50 A♯.sub.5 932.33 00110010 51 B.sub.5 987.77 00110011 52 C.sub.6 1046.50 00110100 53 C♯.sub.6 1108.73 00110101 54 D.sub.6 1174.66 00110110 55 D♯.sub.6 1244.51 00110111 56 E.sub.6 1318.51 00111000 57 F.sub.6 1396.91 00111001 58 F♯.sub.6 1479.98 00111010 59 G.sub.6 1567.98 00111011 60 G♯.sub.6 1661.22 00111100 ______________________________________

Claim 11

A method as defined in claim 7, wherein said indicia are bar codes.

Claim 12

A method as defined in claim 8, wherein said bar codes correspond to said musical notes according to the relationships set forth in the following table: ______________________________________ Number Note Frequency (Hz) Binary Code ______________________________________ 1 A.sub.1 55.00 00000001 2 A♯.sub.1 58.27 00000010 3 B.sub.1 61.74 00000011 4 C.sub.2 65.41 00000100 5 C♯.sub.2 69.30 00000101 6 D.sub.2 73.42 00000110 7 D♯.sub.2 77.78 00000111 8 E.sub.2 82.41 00001000 9 F.sub.2 87.31 00001001 10 F♯.sub.2 92.50 00001010 11 G.sub.2 98.00 00001011 12 G♯.sub.2 103.83 00001100 13 A.sub.2 110.00 00001101 14 A♯.sub.2 116.54 00001110 15 B.sub.2 123.47 00001111 16 C.sub.3 130.81 00010000 17 C♯.sub.3 138.59 00010001 18 D.sub.3 146.83 00010010 19 D♯.sub.3 155.56 00010011 20 E.sub.3 164.81 00010100 21 F.sub.3 174.61 00010101 22 F♯.sub.3 185.00 00010110 23 G.sub.3 196.00 00010111 24 G♯.sub.3 207.65 00011000 25 A.sub.3 220.00 00011001 26 A♯.sub.3 233.08 00011010 27 B.sub.3 246.94 00011011 28 C.sub.4 261.63 00011100 29 C♯.sub.4 277.18 00011101 30 D.sub.4 293.66 00011110 31 D♯.sub.4 311.13 00011111 32 E.sub.4 329.63 00100000 33 F.sub. 4 349.23 00100001 34 F♯.sub.4 369.99 00100010 35 G.sub.4 392.00 00100011 36 G♯.sub.4 415.30 00100100 37 A.sub.4 440.00 00100101 38 A♯.sub.4 466.16 00100110 39 B.sub.4 493.88 00100111 40 C.sub.5 523.25 00101000 41 C♯.sub.5 554.37 00101001 42 D.sub.5 587.33 00101010 43 D♯.sub.5 622.25 00101011 44 E.sub.5 659.26 00101100 45 F.sub.5 698.46 00101101 46 F♯.sub.5 739.99 00101110 47 G.sub.5 783.99 00101111 48 G♯.sub.5 830.61 00110000 49 A.sub.5 880.00 00110001 50 A♯.sub.5 932.33 00110010 51 B.sub.5 987.77 00110011 52 C.sub.6 1046.50 00110100 53 C♯.sub.6 1108.73 00110101 54 D.sub.6 1174.66 00110110 55 D♯.sub.6 1244.51 00110111 56 E.sub.6 1318.51 00111000 57 F.sub.6 1396.91 00111001 58 F♯.sub.6 1479.98 00111010 59 G.sub.6 1567.98 00111011 60 G♯.sub.6 1661.22 00111100 ______________________________________

Claim 15

A method of generating musical tones as defined in claim 10, wherein said indicia are bar codes.

Claim 16

A method of generating musical tones as defined in claim 11, wherein said bar codes correspond to said musical notes according to the relationship set forth in the following Table: ______________________________________ Number Note Frequency (Hz) Binary Code ______________________________________ 1 A.sub.1 55.00 00000001 2 A♯.sub.1 58.27 00000010 3 B.sub.1 61.74 00000011 4 C.sub.2 65.41 00000100 5 C♯.sub.2 69.30 00000101 6 D.sub.2 73.42 00000110 7 D♯.sub.2 77.78 00000111 8 E.sub.2 82.41 00001000 9 F.sub.2 87.31 00001001 10 F♯.sub.2 92.50 00001010 11 G.sub.2 98.00 00001011 12 G♯.sub.2 103.83 00001100 13 A.sub.2 110.00 00001101 14 A♯.sub.2 116.54 00001110 15 B.sub.2 123.47 00001111 16 C.sub.3 130.81 00010000 17 C♯.sub.3 138.59 00010001 18 D.sub.3 146.83 00010010 19 D♯.sub.3 155.56 00010011 20 E.sub.3 164.81 00010100 21 F.sub.3 174.61 00010101 22 F♯.sub.3 185.00 00010110 23 G.sub.3 196.00 00010111 24 G♯.sub.3 207.65 00011000 25 A.sub.3 220.00 00011001 26 A♯.sub.3 233.08 00011010 27 B.sub.3 246.94 00011011 28 C.sub.4 261.63 00011100 29 C♯.sub.4 277.18 00011101 30 D.sub.4 293.66 00011110 31 D♯.sub.4 311.13 00011111 32 E.sub.4 329.63 00100000 33 F.sub. 4 349.23 00100001 34 F♯.sub.4 369.99 00100010 35 G.sub.4 392.00 00100011 36 G♯.sub.4 415.30 00100100 37 A.sub.4 440.00 00100101 38 A♯.sub.4 466.16 00100110 39 B.sub.4 493.88 00100111 40 C.sub.5 523.25 00101000 41 C♯.sub.5 554.37 00101001 42 D.sub.5 587.33 00101010 43 D♯.sub.5 622.25 00101011 44 E.sub.5 659.26 00101100 45 F.sub.5 698.46 00101101 46 F♯.sub.5 739.99 00101110 47 G.sub.5 783.99 00101111 48 G♯.sub.5 830.61 00110000 49 A.sub.5 880.00 00110001 50 A♯.sub.5 932.33 00110010 51 B.sub.5 987.77 00110011 52 C.sub.6 1046.50 00110100 53 C♯.sub.6 1108.73 00110101 54 D.sub.6 1174.66 00110110 55 D♯.sub.6 1244.51 00110111 56 E.sub.6 1318.51 00111000 57 F.sub.6 1396.91 00111001 58 F♯.sub.6 1479.98 00111010 59 G.sub.6 1567.98 00111011 60 G♯.sub.6 1661.22 00111100 ______________________________________