4 results about "String instrument playing" patented technology

A music notation system for string instruments features a time signature indicator and measure sections with representations arranged in a single horizontal plane to eliminate spatial recognition requirements and avoid navigation across multiple information planes. Each representation includes colored numbers denoting fret positions and string colors, spatially arranged to eliminate the need for musicians to leap across different vertical positions when reading sequential notes. Graphical indicators positioned separately from and in proximity to the colored numbers specify note duration, with visual separation isolating rhythmic components from note identification. This reduces visual processing complexity, providing a method for string instrument players to interpret and perform musical compositions accurately without requiring spatial recognition skills.

The invention discloses a string instrument playing real-time acoustic quality feedback and visualization method and system, and relates to the technical field of man-machine interaction. Comprising an acoustic signal acquisition module, an acoustic feature extraction module, an acoustic quality evaluation module and a real-time feedback and visualization module, a string instrument acoustic signal is acquired through a high-sensitivity microphone array, after preprocessing such as band-pass filtering and framing, pitch, volume and timbre features are accurately extracted by utilizing an autocorrelation method, a root mean square method and a frequency spectrum gravity center respectively, and the real-time feedback and visualization of the string instrument acoustic signal is realized. And comparing the characteristics with a preset standard to realize comprehensive and accurate evaluation of the acoustic quality. Meanwhile, real-time feedback is prompted through different prompt tones and characters, so that a player can quickly know problems and adjust the problems in time; besides, the three-dimensional visual interface enables the pitch, the volume and the tone to correspond to three-dimensional coordinate axes respectively, quality levels are distinguished by color areas, and the acoustic quality state is visually presented by dynamic points, so that a player can integrally grasp the acoustic performance of playing from the spatial dimension, and the understanding threshold is reduced.

An apparatus to aid in playing a string musical instrument comprising a support member having a member body to receive a portion of a distal end of a limb of a user and a sleeve configured to receive a proximal end of the limb. The sleeve is connected to the member body through a first coupling. A first bow adapter affixed to a first end of a bow enables a coupling of the first end to the support member. A second bow adapter is affixed to the second end of the bow for coupling of the first end of a second biasing member to the distal end of the bow. Rotations at the first and second couplings enable the user to draw the bow between first and second positions across the strings while the biasing members urge the bow to return to the first position.

A method and system for teaching oneself to learn to play a string instrument and master it by analyzing ones real-time hand / finger movement / technique / form, enabling oneself to progress and correct ones 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.