Computer based musical score writing system - uses light pen and TV screen to construct score on screen for generation by synthesiser

• Main Author: DIDIER WILLAEYS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 10.12.1982
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIAGRAMS; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; GLOBES; PHYSICS; PLANETARIA; SEALS

The musical score writing system uses a TV screen in order to construct the score for a piece of music. The system includes a basic memory containing the different musical symbols, and either a keyboard, or a light pen so as to be able to choose a symbol. A musical memory is provided to store the symbols forming the score, and a character memory is used to generate the musical symbols on the screen. A synthesiser is able to reproduce the music as it is stored in the musical memory, so that the composer may hear what he has written. Internal testing circuits check the music as it is written to ensure that it does correspond with the conventional rules for writing music. If the light pen is used, then a menu of possible characters is provided on the screen for the composer to choose from. L'INVENTION EST RELATIVE A UN APPAREIL D'INTERPRETATION ET DE VISUALISATION D'UNE PARTITION MUSICALE.L'INVENTION SE PRESENTE SOUS LA FORME D'UN ECRAN 2 DE VISUALISATION SUR LEQUEL APPARAIT UNE PORTEE MUSICALE 6 ET UNE PROPOSITION DE CHOIX DE SYMBOLES OU FONCTIONS MUSICALES. A L'AIDE D'UN CRAYON LUMINEUX 7, L'OPERATEUR INSCRIT LA PARTITION SUR L'ECRAN DE VISUALISATION, PUIS UNE FOIS LA PARTITION ENREGISTREE, L'APPAREIL PEUT TRADUIRE DE FACON SONORE LA PARTITION PREALABLEMENT ENREGISTREE.L'INVENTION TROUVERA NOTAMMENT SON APPLICATION PARMI LES JEUX EDUCATIFS ET LES OUTILS D'ENSEIGNEMENT DU SOLFEGE.