In one aspect, provided herein is a device for notating a musical composition. The device, in various implementations, is structured so as to be less laborious to notate, easier to read, and more simple to employ in notating, reading, and/or playing the music of a given composition to be composed and/or played. Accordingly, in its most basic form, the device herein disclosed includes a template, upon which template one or more symbols may be notated, where such notation is configured in a manner that more closely relates the note to be played with the mechanical action needed to be performed so as to play that note, such as on an instrument to be or being played.

Described herein are to frameworks and methodologies configured to enable real-time adaptive delivery of skills training data based on monitoring of user performance data. Embodiments of the invention have been particularly to enable real-time control over a performance instruction user interface (for example in terms of rate), and/or control over delivery of media data (for example in terms of rate and/or pan/zoom position).

A musical system may include one or more storage media, at least one processor, one or more sensors corresponding to keys of a musical instrument, and a display. The storage media may be configured to store a set of instructions for modifying a music score for a user based on a performance level of the user. The at least one processor may be configured to communicate with the one or more storage media. When executing the set of instructions, the processor is directed to determine a user performance level of a user and provide a modified music score for the user based on the user performance level. The sensors may be configured to sense a motion of at least one key of the keys and generate a key signal accordingly. The display may be configured to display the modified music score.

A practice apparatus includes a light source device that emits light beams in different colors to keystroke positions on a keyboard or a keystroke object with keystroke positions that imitates a keyboard, fluorescent paper pieces that are respectively attached to the fingers of a player and have different colors for different fingers, and a main device that has a storage unit for storing therein music information on music and a transmitting unit for transmitting, to the light source device, a signal relating to the colors of the light beams, which depend on the colors of the fluorescent paper pieces attached to the fingers of the player, and the timing of emitting the light beams, based on the music information stored in the storage unit.

The invention provides a device for music theory comprehension. The device includes a base portion and a first stencil. The base portion includes a plurality of marks. Each mark includes indicia representing a musical note. The first stencil includes a first interior shape, wherein the first stencil and the base portion are selectively positionable relative to each other. At each of a plurality of predetermined positions determined by the plurality of marks, the first interior shape of the first stencil surrounds multiple marks. The multiple marks include indicia representing seven musical notes representing a unique chord family.

An improved music notation system. The music notation system broadly uses numbers for notes, colors for octaves or scales, and bars and symbols for note duration. The system is easy to team and use and can be adapted for use by any instrument, e.g., a keyboard instrument.

A method, system and associate peripheral device for remotely teaching piano. The device (13/23) comprises a plurality of indicator LEDs along its length for arrangement/alignment across a student piano keyboard (11). When a key is triggered on a remote piano keyboard (21), e.g., by a teacher, one of the LEDs lights up at the equivalent key at the student piano keyboard. The system also allows for playing notes from the student or teacher piano keyboard, communicated over the internet, at the teacher or student piano keyboard and vice versa.

Disclosed are a method, a device and/or a system of a lights-guided piano key learning and teaching device. In one aspect, a piano teaching apparatus includes an elongated enclosure overlaid atop a portion of a set of keys of a piano and a set of lights, each light corresponding with each key of the set of keys respectively. A depth of an underside of the elongated enclosure permits the set of keys to be played in an unobstructed manner. The set of light illuminates when an application of a data processing system communicatively coupled with the piano teaching apparatus communicates a set of instructions synchronized with a musical note of a compilation displayed on the application of the data processing device. The musical note corresponds with a particular light that is directly above a particular key of the set of keys associated with the musical note.

Measures (for example, methods, systems and computer programs) are provided to evaluate a percussive performance. Percussive performance data captured by one or more sensors is received. The percussive performance data represents one or more impact waveforms of one or more hits on a performance surface. The one or more impact waveforms are analysed. The analysing comprises: (i) identifying one or more characteristics of the one or more impact waveforms; (ii) classifying the one or more hits as one or more percussive hit-types based on the one or more characteristics; and (iii) evaluating the one or more percussive hit-types against performance target data. Performance evaluation data is output based on said evaluating.

An AR-based supplementary teaching system for guzheng and method thereof, the system includes an AR device, a data processing device and positioning devices for key positions, the data processing device is signal-connected to the AR device, and the positioning devices is installed on the guzheng code of guzheng, the positioning devices corresponds to the guzheng code of guzheng one by one; the AR device is used to obtain real scene data; the data processing device is used to guzheng and the positioning devices identify and generate string distribution data; also used to obtain operation instruction based on user actions, execute the operation instruction and generate virtual data; the AR device is also used to convert all data based on the string distribution data The virtual data and the real scene data are superimposed and displayed.