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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2010
Jan-hinnerk Helms, Hamburg, DE;
Greg Gilley, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gerhard Lengeling, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Jan-Hinnerk Helms, Hamburg, DE;
Greg Gilley, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gerhard Lengeling, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to systems, methods, and apparatus for assessing a musical performance of a chord, a chord series, or a chord progression. The performance can include a user's performance of a musical instrument. MIDI or audio notes are input and compared to the notes of music track. An indication can be provided to assess the performance. The assessment can be on the basis of timing and/or pitch errors. A new chord can be displayed to a user based on the assessment of the user's performance of the previous chord.