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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
May. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Matthew David Parker, Groton, CT (US);
Inventor:
Matthew David Parker, Groton, CT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 1/34 (2006.01); G10H 1/14 (2006.01); G10H 1/00 (2006.01); G10H 1/46 (2006.01); G10H 1/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 1/14 (2013.01); G10H 1/0066 (2013.01); G10H 1/0555 (2013.01); G10H 1/0558 (2013.01); G10H 1/342 (2013.01); G10H 1/46 (2013.01); G10H 2210/195 (2013.01); G10H 2220/155 (2013.01); G10H 2220/161 (2013.01); G10H 2220/191 (2013.01); G10H 2220/315 (2013.01); G10H 2230/075 (2013.01); G10H 2230/155 (2013.01); G10H 2230/211 (2013.01); G10H 2230/245 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments are directed to a musical instrument having buttons, where the buttons determine the magnitude of the interval by which the melody will jump from the last note played. With a small number of interval buttons and an up/down strum bar, embodiments can play almost any melody and more notes than a piano. One embodiment is directed to an interval-based guitar including fret buttons whose input signals are used to calculate the interval by which to change the pitch of the prior note. Providing input via a strum bar or a sensor, a new note is generated by adding or subtracting the interval to/from the prior note to generate a new note.