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(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2008/0072738A1 Plamondon Et Al US 20080072738A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2008/0072738A1 Plamondon et al. (43) Pub. Date: Mar. 27, 2008 (54) ISOMORPHC SOLFA MUSIC NOTATION Publication Classification AND KEYBOARD (51) Int. Cl. (76) Inventors: James Lee Plamondon, Austin, TX GIOC 3/12 (2006.01) (US); Ronald Frank Gorow, Studio G09B I5/02 (2006.01) City, CA (US) (52) U.S. Cl. ........................................ 84/423 R; 84/483.2 Correspondence Address: BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC (57) ABSTRACT POST OFFICE BOX 1404 ALEXANDRIA, VA 22313-1404 (US) A musical notation system is provided wherein equal sized (21) Appl. No.: 11/628,639 pitch intervals are represented by equal sized vertical dis placements on a musical staff irrespective of the key or (22) PCT Fed: Jun. 9, 2005 transportation of a musical sequence. A clef symbol and (86) PCT No.: PCT/AUOS/OO830 diatonic scale indicators are used to indicate the positions of diatonic pitches on the staff. A moveable Do Solfa system is S 371(c)(1), preferred so that musical sequences remain unchanged under (2), (4) Date: Aug. 30, 2007 transposition. The staff is easily adaptable to display various equal tempered (ET) subdivisions of the octave including (30) Foreign Application Priority Data 12-ET, 17-ET and 19-ET tuning systems. A system of chord notation and an isomorphic transposing keyboard is also Jun. 9, 2004 (AU)...................................... 2004903.136 described and claimed. Patent Application Publication Mar. 27, 2008 Sheet 1 of 38 US 2008/0072738A1 ooelpºu?zeuIV eTeInfi?? Patent Application Publication Mar. 27, 2008 Sheet 2 of 38 US 2008/0072738A1 s Patent Application Publication Mar. 27, 2008 Sheet 3 of 38 US 2008/0072738A1 s 5. 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The same is true for the chords constructed KEYBOARD on the harmonic minor scale, although its pattern of major and minor thirds is different from that found in the diatonic FIELD OF THE INVENTION scale. Tertian chords form the basis of almost all Western 0001. The present invention relates to a system of music tonal music. notation and musical instruments. 0008. There is a pattern in music that is deeper still, which is also exemplified by the diatonic scale. Any sub BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION division of the octave into a number of “semi-tones' which can be grouped into five equally-wide intervals and two Musical Intervals equally-narrow intervals, with no semi-tones left over, can 0002. As is known to those versed in the musical arts, a produce a recognizable diatonic scale. musical “interval' is the harmonic distance between the 0009. In 12-ET, the wide interval is two 12-ET semi pitches of two notes. To take the octave as an example, given tones wide and the narrow interval is one 12-ET semi-tone a vibration with frequency f cycles per second (Hertz, wide. In the 17-tone equally-tempered scale (17-ET), the abbreviated HZ), the note one octave higher will vibrate with wide interval contains three 17-ET semi-tones while the frequency 2f Hz, with successive octaves at 4f Hz, 8f Hz, 16f narrow interval contains only one. In the 19-tone equally HZ, and so on. tempered scale (19-ET) the wide interval contains three 0003. This doubling of frequency at each octave indicates 19-ET semi-tones while the narrow interval contains two. a logarithmic relationship, which makes discussion and Each of these divisions of the octave into 12, 17, or 19 comparison of intervals complex and non-intuitive. In the 'semi-tones' produces a recognizable and musically-use late 1880s, Alexander Ellis devised a system in which the ful diatonic scale. Yet the division of the octave into 17 and octave was divided into 1200 “cents', with each cent denot 19 "semi-tones' has rarely been exploited in the mainstream ing /1200" of an octave. Any given interval—not just the of Western music. octave—can be described as being some number of cents “wide', or of containing or comprising this or that number 0010. In short, music is all about patterns of intervals (in of cents, without needing to state any specific pitches.
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