Musical score and practice set comprising same

Abstract

Provided are a musical score and a practice set comprising the same that are for lessening the burden of reading a score when playing a stringed instrument. The present invention comprises a staff S and music notes N placed on the staff S, wherein: each music note N includes a music notehead N1 indicating a pitch and a note value, and an indication means N2 that is written together with the music notehead N1 and that shows an indicator for playing the pitch of said music notehead N1 on a prescribed stringed instrument 2; and the indication means N2 includes a string indication means N21 showing a string g1-g3 to be played on the stringed instrument 2, and a pressing position indication means N22 showing a position to be pressed on said string g1-g3.

Description

Sheet music and a practice set including the same

[0001] The present invention mainly relates to sheet music used for playing stringed instruments and a practice set including the same.

[0002] Conventionally, sheet music is an essential tool for music performance and composition, and the ability to read sheet music is regarded as a basic skill for musicians.

[0003] Also, sheet music has evolved over a long history and currently exists in various forms. For example, there are sheet music that gives more detailed instructions to performers by adding symbols and annotations, and sheet music arranged in a form suitable for different musical instruments. In addition, due to the evolution of digital technology, electronic sheet music that displays sheet music on an electronic device and can automatically turn pages during performance has also become popular.

[0004] As an invention related to sheet music, for example, Patent Document 1 describes an invention related to a notation method aimed at enabling beginners in learning music to more intuitively grasp the positions of musical notes. Specifically, this prior invention provides a means for assisting in reading musical notes by coloring the spaces between the five lines with a specific color so that one can easily know where sharps and flats are located.

[0005] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-283980

[0006] Here, in general sheet music, a plurality of musical notes are arranged on a staff, and a musical piece is expressed on the staff according to the pitch and duration indicated by the position and shape of each musical note. And even those with specialized knowledge of stringed instruments often have difficulty linking the musical notes on the staff with the strings to be played and the positions on the strings to be pressed.

[0007] By the way, although the invention described in Patent Document 1 is useful for jazz ad-lib performance where it is important to be conscious of tonality, it cannot be said to be useful in the task of reading sheet music specific to stringed instruments.

[0008] This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its main objective is to provide sheet music and a practice set equipped therewith, which will reduce the burden of sight-reading and playing that is unique to stringed instruments.

[0009] [1] A musical score having a staff and a note section notated on the staff, wherein the note section includes a note section body that displays pitch and note value, and a display means that is inscribed on the note section body and indicates how to play the pitch of the note section body on a predetermined stringed instrument, wherein the display means includes a string display means that indicates the string to be played on the stringed instrument, and a pressing position display means that indicates the position where the string should be pressed.

[0010] [2] The musical score according to [1], wherein the string indicator means is a color attached to the note section body, and the color is a different hue for each string of the stringed instrument to be played.

[0011] [3] The pressing position indicator means is a number or symbol corresponding to a position on the fingerboard of the stringed instrument, as described in [1] or [2].

[0012] [4] The numbers are displayed inside the note head of the note part, as shown in [3].

[0013] [5] The stringed instrument is a shamisen, as described in any of [1] to [4].

[0014] A practice set comprising a musical score as described in any of [6], [2] to [5], and the stringed instrument, wherein each string of the stringed instrument is colored to correspond to the string indicator means.

[0015] [7] The stringed instrument is a shamisen, the practice set described in [6].

[0016] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide sheet music and a practice set equipped therewith, which are primarily designed to alleviate the burden of sight-reading and playing that is unique to stringed instruments.

[0017] This is a partially enlarged view showing a musical score according to an embodiment of the present invention. This is a perspective view showing a stringed instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0018] The practice set according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to Figures 1 and 2. Note that the embodiments shown below are examples of the present invention and the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. In these figures, the reference numeral X indicates the practice set according to this embodiment.

[0019] <Configuration> As shown in Figure 1, the practice set X includes a musical score 1. In this embodiment, the musical score 1 is a typical musical staff with multiple staves arranged vertically, except for the note section N which will be described later.

[0020] As shown in Figure 2, the practice set X is equipped with a stringed instrument 2. In this embodiment, the stringed instrument 2 is a typical shamisen, consisting of a body 21, a neck 22, etc., except for the strings g1 to g3 which will be described later. Also, since the stringed instrument 2 is a shamisen, in this embodiment, string g1 is called the "first string," string g2 is called the "second string," and string g3 is called the "third string."

[0021] Musical score 1 has a staff S and a note section N notated on the staff S. In this embodiment, musical score 1 is, as an example, the score of the Japanese folk song "Sakura Sakura," and Figure 1 is an enlarged view showing an excerpt of two measures in which three strings are played.

[0022] In the standard musical staff S, the clef (treble clef in this embodiment), key signature (C minor in this embodiment), and time signature (4 / 4 time in this embodiment) are displayed on the left edge. In addition, the tuning of the shamisen ("Honchōshi," "Niagari," "Sansagari," etc.) may also be displayed in the musical staff S. In this embodiment, musical score 1 is for playing "Sakura Sakura" in "Niagari."

[0023] The note section N includes a note section body N1 that displays pitch and note value, and a display means N2 that is displayed alongside the note section body N1 and indicates the pitch of the note section body N1 for playing on a predetermined string instrument 2. The term "displayed alongside" includes any notation method, whether it is displayed integrally with the note section body N1 or displayed in the vicinity of the note section body N1.

[0024] The note body N1 is composed of a note head, stem, and tail, just like a normal note. For the sake of explanation, the note bodies N1 arranged to play the two measures excerpted from "Sakura Sakura" will be referred to as the first note, second note, third note, and so on, starting from the left.

[0025] The display means N2 includes a string display means N21 that indicates the strings g1 to g3 to be plucked in the stringed instrument 2, and a pressing position display means N22 that indicates the position where the strings g1 to g3 should be pressed.

[0026] More specifically, in this embodiment, the string indicator means N21 is a color applied to the entire note unit body N1, and this color is a different hue for each of the strings g1 to g3 of the stringed instrument 2 that is to be played. That is, the string indicator means N21 consists of three colors corresponding to the three strings g1 to g3 (see Figure 2) of the stringed instrument 2 (shamisen).

[0027] In this embodiment, the string indicator N21 for the notes to be played on the third string g3 (first note, second note, third note) is blue. The string indicator N21 for the notes to be played on the second string g2 (fourth note, fifth note, seventh note, eighth note) is yellow. Furthermore, the string indicator N21 for the note to be played on the first string g1 (sixth note) is red.

[0028] The pressing position indicator N22 is a number or symbol corresponding to a position on the fingerboard of the stringed instrument 2, and is displayed within the note head of each note unit N1. In this embodiment, since the stringed instrument 2 is a shamisen, a number corresponding to the "finger position" is displayed within the note head of each note unit N1. The display of "0" indicates an open string. In this embodiment, since the stringed instrument 2 is a shamisen, symbols such as "♯" and "♭" can also be displayed in addition to numbers to indicate the finger position.

[0029] According to the above-mentioned display means N2, for example, when playing the first note, the performer should play the third string g3 as an open string. Also, for example, when playing the fourth note, the performer should play the second string g2 while pressing down on fret 1. Furthermore, for example, when playing the sixth note, the performer should play the first string g1 while pressing down on fret 3.

[0030] As shown in Figure 2, each string g1 to g3 of the stringed instrument 2 is colored along its entire length, corresponding to the string indicator N21. Specifically, the first string g1 is colored red, the second string g2 is colored yellow, and the third string g3 is colored blue.

[0031] <Effects> According to this embodiment, the burden of reading sheet music when playing the string instrument 2 is reduced.

[0032] In other words, the shamisen, which is the stringed instrument 2 in this embodiment, usually has various types of notation such as "Bunka-fu," "Katei-shiki-fu," and "Kenseikai-fu," but its notation method is very unique. For this reason, players who are accustomed to five-line notation will find it very difficult to practice and learn the shamisen based on these musical scores.

[0033] Recently, according to this embodiment, the string indicator means N21 and the pressure position indicator means N22 are inscribed together with the note unit body N1 on the familiar musical staff, allowing for easy performance in accordance with the notation on the staff without requiring the ability to read musical notation such as traditional Japanese notation. Furthermore, by reducing the burden of reading musical notation in this way, performers can enjoy practicing by playing their favorite songs one after another relying on the musical staff, and thus improve their skills quickly.

[0034] In addition, because it is possible to perform using standard musical notation without using cultural notation as described above, performers can easily enjoy jamming with other instruments that use standard musical notation (keyboard instruments, string instruments, woodwind instruments, wind instruments, etc.) by sharing the sheet music.

[0035] Furthermore, according to this embodiment, it becomes possible to notate musical terms and symbols related to performance techniques (articulation marks, tempo markings, dynamics markings, repeat marks, expression marks, ornamental marks, omission marks, etc.) that are difficult to express on standard musical notation, thereby improving performance ability.

[0036] Furthermore, the string indicator means N21 is the color attached to the note unit body N1, and since this color is a different hue for each string g1 to g3 of the stringed instrument 2 to be played, the performer can instantly and visually determine which string to play, thereby improving the ease of reading the score.

[0037] Furthermore, since the pressing position indicator N22 is a number corresponding to a position (finger point) on the neck 22 (fingerboard) of the stringed instrument 2, the performer can instantly and visually determine the position to be pressed, further improving the ease of reading sheet music.

[0038] Furthermore, since the numbers, which are the pressure position indicator means N22, are displayed within the note head of the note unit body N1, the processing speed for identifying note values ​​and pitches and determining the pressure position is increased, further improving the ease of reading the music.

[0039] Furthermore, since each string g1 to g3 of the stringed instrument 2 is assigned a color corresponding to the string indicator means N21, the performer can link the colors assigned to the note unit N1 with the colors assigned to each string g1 to g3. This prevents the performer from making mistakes in selecting the string to play based on the string indicator means N21 (color), and helps them to quickly master a given piece of music.

[0040] <Example of modification> Note that the shapes and dimensions of each component shown in the above embodiment are examples only and can be modified in various ways based on design requirements, etc.

[0041] In particular, as previously described, this embodiment is most effective when applied to the shamisen, as it eliminates the difficulty of reading the shamisen's unique "cultural notation" and makes it easy for beginners to play along with the score. However, it can naturally also be applied to other instruments, both domestic and international, including folk instruments, that use notation other than the five-line staff.

[0042] In addition, the string indicator N21 does not necessarily have to be colored; for example, the noteheads can be made into various shapes (marks) such as squares or triangles to identify the string to be played. This allows even colorblind players to easily identify the string to be played.

[0043] Further, the string display means N21 and the pressing position display means N22 may be protrusions such as so-called braille provided near the note part main body N1 or inside the note head. Thus, even a blind player can easily identify the strings to be played and the pressing positions of these strings.

[0044] Further, the number of colors (or marks) of the string display means N21 is increased or decreased according to the number of strings of the stringed instrument to be applied, and each color does not have to be a single color.

[0045] Further, in this embodiment, the string display means N21 is shown as an example integrated with the note part main body N1 as a color, but it is not limited to this, and the color or the above-mentioned mark may be arranged outside the note part main body N1.

[0046] Further, the string display means N21 (color) does not necessarily have to be attached to the entire note part main body N1, and may be attached to a part such as the note head or the note stem.

[0047] Further, when the stringed instrument 2 is a stringed instrument having frets such as a guitar or a bass, the pressing position display means N22 becomes a number corresponding to the number of these frets.

[0048] Further, the pressing position display means N22 does not necessarily have to be arranged inside the note head, and may be arranged outside the note part main body N1.

[0049] Further, the colors of the respective strings g1 to g3 do not have to be attached over their entire lengths, and may be attached in part or at a plurality of locations at predetermined intervals.

[0050] Note that the various shapes, dimensions, etc. of the respective constituent members shown in the above-described embodiments are examples, and can be variously changed based on design requirements and the like.

[0051] X Practice set 1 Musical score S Staff N Note part N1 Note part main body N2 Display means N21 String display means N22 Pressing position display means 2 Stringed instrument (shamisen) g1 First string g2 Second string g3 Third string

Claims

1. A musical score comprising a staff and a note section notated on the staff, wherein the note section includes a note section body that displays pitch and note value, and a display means attached to the note section body that indicates how to play the pitch of the note section body on a predetermined stringed instrument, wherein the display means includes a string display means that indicates the string to be played on the stringed instrument, and a pressure position display means that indicates the position where the string should be pressed.

2. The musical score according to claim 1, wherein the string indicator means is a color attached to the note section body, and the color is a different hue for each string of the stringed instrument to be played.

3. The musical score according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pressing position indicator means is a number or symbol corresponding to a position on the fingerboard of the stringed instrument.

4. The musical score according to claim 3, wherein the numbers are displayed within the note head of the musical note body.

5. The musical score according to claim 1, wherein the stringed instrument is a shamisen.

6. A practice set comprising the musical score described in claim 2 and the stringed instrument, wherein each string of the stringed instrument is colored to correspond to the string indicator means.

7. The practice set according to claim 6, wherein the stringed instrument is a shamisen.

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