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.

A keyboard instrument includes a processor and a keyboard including first, second and third keys. The first key is associated with first section data corresponding to a first section among a plurality of sections in a piece of music, includes at least two notes and corresponds to a first period of the piece of music. The second key is associated with second section data corresponding to a second section following the first section, includes at least two notes and corresponds to a second period of the piece of music. The third key is not associated with any section data. The processor displays an identifier such that the first and second keys are distinguishable from the third key, outputs the first section data as a musical sound when the first key is operated; and outputs the second section data as a musical sound when the second key is operated.

An electronic musical instrument includes a memory storing a musical piece data that includes a first note or chord to be played by the performer at a first timing, a second note or chord to be played by the performer at a second timing, and a third note or chord to be played by the performer at a third timing and a processor that determines a target melodic interval direction from the first note or chord to the second note or chord, and that causes an automatic accompaniment to output from the second timing to a point in time immediately prior to the third timing even if the performer performs a wrong note as the second note as long as a melodic interval direction actually performed by the performer matches the target melodic interval direction.

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.

A keyboard instrument includes: a keyboard including keys; guide lamps for the respective keys; and a playing device that starts playing based on performance information in a first or second play start mode. In the first play start mode, a guide lamp farthest from the keyboard among the guide lamps for a key to be operated first is turned on at a first time point that is earlier than a timing at which a sound corresponding to the key to be operated first is output, and a guide lamp nearest to the keyboard is turned on at a second time point that is a timing at which the key to be operated first is to be pressed, and the sound is output at the second time point. In the second play start mode, the sound is output at the second time point.

A smart music device and process provide users with an interface to play a selected song in the correct song key. The device includes a graphical user interface with areas demarcated by translucent conductive ink printed on the layer's underside. A layer of force sensor resistors (FSRs) are under the areas. Touching one of the areas closes a circuit between then conductive ink and FSR triggering a note to be played. The demarcated areas are illuminated to guide the user on scale and root node position. Metadata in memory storage includes the song key which is used during song playback to trigger assignment of the key correct scale across the FSRs and illuminate its root position of musical notes. Touching an area triggers a signal sent to a connected musical instrument to play the note.

An electronic musical instrument allows a player to operate operators as least number of times as possible to play music, and the player can play music easily and agreeably, using the instrument. Every measure decided by plural beats counted based on a designated meter a prior tone is determined from among automatic playing music data. The prior tone is a musical tone which is made note-on for example at a timing of a downbeat in the measure. If a candidate for the prior tone is one of chord composing tones, and the one of chord composing tones can compose a melody, then such musical tone is decided as the prior tone. The prior tones successively decided from the beginning of the automatic playing music data are indicated to the player as lighted up keys. The player operates the lighted up keys successively to perform the automatic playing music data.

A method and system for teaching oneself to learn to play a string instrument and master it by analyzing one's real-time hand/finger movement/technique/form, enabling oneself to progress and correct one's own mistakes simultaneously. In one aspect, a system for learning to play a string instrument is provided that includes a simulation instrument that includes a plurality of strings, wherein at least one of the strings includes at least one-touch sensing sensor thereon in communication with at least one processor to receive a signal from the at least one touch-sensing sensor and determine therefrom when and where on the at least one string a user applies pressure to the at least one string.

A keyboard instrument includes a processor and a keyboard including first, second and third keys. The first key is associated with first section data corresponding to a first section among a plurality of sections in a piece of music, includes at least two notes and corresponds to a first period of the piece of music. The second key is associated with second section data corresponding to a second section following the first section, includes at least two notes and corresponds to a second period of the piece of music. The third key is not associated with any section data. The processor displays an identifier such that the first and second keys are distinguishable from the third key, outputs the first section data as a musical sound when the first key is operated; and outputs the second section data as a musical sound when the second key is operated.

A modulating keyboard having a relative transposition in an electronic keyboard musical instrument and a method for relative transposition are provided. An instrument includes a keyboard having a plurality of first keys alternating with a plurality of second keys and a modulator system coupled to the keyboard. The modulator system is configured to assign note values to each of the first keys and the second keys such that, for each key signature, notes associated with the key signature are assigned to the plurality of first keys and notes not in the key signature are assigned to the plurality of second keys.