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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Jieun Kim, Glendale, CA (US);
Jon Guerra, Altadena, CA (US);
Jr Desouza, La Cañada, CA (US);
Chris Heatherly, Monrovia, CA (US);
Jieun Kim, Glendale, CA (US);
Jon Guerra, Altadena, CA (US);
Jr Desouza, La Cañada, CA (US);
Chris Heatherly, Monrovia, CA (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a system and method for a musical edutainment interface on a display for playing an electronic musical instrument having frets and strings. The system comprises a processor configured to be placed in communication with the display and the electronic musical instrument and a memory including a musical edutainment software, wherein the processor is configured to execute the musical edutainment software to present, on the display, the musical edutainment interface showing an edutainment musical performance to be followed by a user of the electronic musical instrument, to animate game objects falling vertically to indicate a timing of the edutainment musical performance, to place the game objects within fret areas to demonstrate a corresponding fretting configuration on the frets of the electronic musical instrument, and to align the game objects with a plurality of string lines to demonstrate a strumming of corresponding strings on the electronic musical instrument.