FreshPatents.com: Music - USPTO Class 084 Patent Applications Update http://www.freshpatents.com/Music-dtnewntc084.php USPTO Class 084 - Music en-us Thu, 29 May 2008 14:22:30 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday FreshPatents.com 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif Color-guiding music teaching system including practice pad, pitch plates, percussion targets & lesson book assembly and method http://www.freshpatents.com/Color-guiding-music-teaching-system-including-practice-pad-pitch-plates-percussion-targets---x26--lesson-book-assembly-and-method-dt20080522ptan20080115653.php Thu, 29 May 2008 14:22:30 -0700 A Color-guiding Music Teaching System including practice pad, pitch plates, percussion targets & lesson book assembly and method is disclosed. The teaching method enables young students to learn music much faster than before by creating an association between musical notes, audible pitch, visual appearance and tactile feel. Several devices are... Tempo detection apparatus, chord-name detection apparatus, and programs therefor http://www.freshpatents.com/Tempo-detection-apparatus-chord-name-detection-apparatus-and-programs-therefor-dt20080522ptan20080115656.php Thu, 29 May 2008 14:22:30 -0700 The tempo detection apparatus includes an input section 1 for receiving an acoustic signal; a chromatic-note-level detection section for applying an FFT calculation to the received acoustic signal at predetermined time intervals to obtain the level of each chromatic note at each of predetermined timings; a beat detection section 2...