USOO8759658B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,759,658 B2 Buskies et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jun. 24, 2014 (54) SYSTEMAND METHOD TO GENERATE AND 4,054,868 A 10/1977 Rose MANIPULATE STRING-INSTRUMENT 3.538 A d 3. time CHORD GRIDS IN ADIGITALAUDO 4318,337 A 3, 1982 E. WORKSTATION 4,384,503 A 5/1983 Gunn 4.412,473 A 11/1983 Laflamme (75) Inventors: Christoph Buskies, Hamburg (DE); 4.559,861. A 12/1985 Patty et al. Alberto E. Scunio, Hamburg (DE); 2%. A E. Ron. 84,485 R. Manfred Knauff, Hamburg (DE), 4.915,005.W - A 4/1990 ShafferOhnSOn, Jr. ................ Christof Adam, Norderstedt (DE) 5,029,507 A * 7/1991 Bezeau, Jr. ................ 84,485 SR 5,107,743 A 4, 1992 Decker (73) Assignee: Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US) 5,396,828 A 3, 1995 Farrand 5,429,029 A 7, 1995 Mendiola, Jr. (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 5,594,191 A * 1/1997 Epstein et al. .............. 84,485 R. patent is extended or adjusted under 35 (Continued) U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. OTHER PUBLICATIONS (21) Appl. No.: 13/594,134 "Guitar Chords', Chordbook.com (Available at http://www. (22) Filed: Aug.e 24,ars 2012 chordbook.com/guitarchords.php, last visited on Jul. 10, 2009). (65) Prior PublicationO O Data (Continued) US 2013/0205977 A1 Aug. 15, 2013 Primary Examiner — David S. Warren (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Kilpatrick Townsend & Related U.S. Application Data Stockton LLP (63) Continuation of application No. 12/505,827, filed on Jul. 20, 2009, now Pat. No. 8,269,094. (57) ABSTRACT A system and method that enables a user to generate and (51) Int. Cl. manipulate string-instrument chord grids in a digital audio GIOH L/38 (2006.01) workstation. The system and method for generating a string (52) U.S.AV e. Clwe 1nStrument chorhord grid1d 1ncludesinclud receiv1ngiving first data1noutdata input andan USPC .................... 84/613; 84/637; 84/669; 84/715 second data input. The first data input can include a chord root (58) Field of Classification Search note and/or a position for one or more fingering dots. The USPC ........... 84/600-602, 613, 637,669, 715 second data input can include an instrument type and our See application file for complete search history. tuning for one or more strings. Using the received data input, a processor generates an entered string-instrument chord (56) References Cited based and displays the entered string-instrument chord on a U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS grid. The processor can also generate and display the musical name of the entered string-instrument chord. 3,758,698 A * 9/1973 Matyas ....................... 84,485 R. 3,771,409 A 1 1/1973 Rickey 21 Claims, 19 Drawing Sheets 1502 -Tyning thirts of Sings: 15.9 - 152G E8 - 1 - . 1524 ---1// E is: Y i (Cances K v4534 viii.23 US 8,759,658 B2 Page 2 (56) References Cited 2003, OOOO364 A1 1/2003 Deverich 2003/0051595 A1* 3/2003 Hasegawa ....................... 84f637 U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 2004/0224295 A1 11/2004 Harrison 2005, 018356.6 A1 8, 2005 Nash 5,597,971 A 1/1997 Saito 2006/0027080 A1 2/2006 Schultz. ........................... 84f613 5,639,977 A 6, 1997 Hesnan 2006, OO65101 A1 3/2006 Funaki 5,852,252 A 12, 1998 Takano 2006/0107826 A1 5/2006 Knapp et al. 5,907,115 A 5, 1999 Matsunaga et al. 2006, O191399 A1 8/2006 Miyaki 6,005, 180 A 12, 1999 Masuda 2006/02013 11 A1* 9/2006 Hasegawa ....................... 84f613 6,084, 167 A T/2000 Akimoto et al. 2006/0207411 A1 9, 2006 Ohmura et al. 6,087,577 A T/2000 Yahata et al. 2006/0278062 A1 12/2006 Cook 6,107,557 A 8, 2000 Fukada 2007/0256551 A1 1 1/2007 Knapp et al. 6,188,008 B1 2, 2001 Fukada 2008.0034947 A1 2/2008 Sumita 6,201,174 B1 3, 2001 Eller 2009/O126553 A1 5/2009 Murray 6,239,344 B1 5, 2001 Prevost 2010.0137049 A1 6/2010 Epstein 6,423,893 B1 T/2002 Sung et al. 2010. 0236381 A1 9/2010 Ikeda et al. 6,515,211 B2 2, 2003 Umezawa et al. 2010/02941 12 A1 11/2010 Asakura et al. 6,870,085 B2 3, 2005 MacCutcheon 2011/0003638 A1 1/2011 Lee et al. 6,995,310 B1 2, 2006 Knapp et al. 2011/001 1246 A1 1/2011 Buskies et al. .................. 84f613 7,109.407 B2* 9, 2006 Hasegawa .............. 84f613 2011/0023691 A1 2/2011 Iwase et al. 7,196,260 B2 3, 2007 Schultz 2011/0247479 A1 * 10, 2011 Helms et al. .................... 84f613 7,223.913 B2 5/2007 Knapp et al. 7,288,711 B2 * 10, 2007 Hasegawa .............. 84f613 OTHER PUBLICATIONS 7,355,110 B2 4, 2008 Nash 7,381.878 B2 6, 2008 Cook SONAR 4 User's Manual Producer & Studio Edition, Twelve Tone 7,446.253 B2 11/2008 Knapp et al. 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A musical score can be in any form, MANIPULATE STRING-INSTRUMENT including classical musical notation, sheet music, and string CHORD GRIDS IN ADIGITALAUDO instrument tablature. The score can be used as a record of, a WORKSTATION guide to, or a means to perform, a piece of music. Although it does not take the place of the sound of a performed work, CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED sheet music can be studied to create a performance and to APPLICATIONS elucidate aspects of the music that may not be obvious from mere listening. A need exists, therefore, for a system and This application is a continuation of U.S. patent applica method that would enable musicians to create musical scores. tion Ser. No. 12/505,827, filed Jul. 20, 2009, the disclosure of 10 It would be desirable to implement such a system and method which is incorporated by reference herein.