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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2003
Hideo Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masao Sakama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Eiji Akazawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for editing music on a computer. A preferred embodiment according to the present invention provides a score window display containing various types of execution graphical icon layers onto which graphical execution ions (representing musical symbols such as bend-up/down, grace-up/down, dynamics, glissando, tremolo) can be attached and arranged in conformity with a progression of a musical tune on a screen of the display. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, may select desired execution icons from an icon select palette that provides lists of execution icons and attach or detach them to the displayed layers via graphical drag-and-drop operations to edit the underlying musical score. In addition, a user may modify parameters of a specific icon.