Gerald L Johnson

US Patent:

58410538, Nov 24, 1998

Filed:

Mar 28, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/623485

Inventors:

Gerald L. Johnson - Boise ID
Joseph T. Pawlowski - Boise ID

International Classification:

G09B 1502
G10C 312
G10H 700

US Classification:

84615

Abstract:

Disclosed is an electronic musical instrument comprised of operators organized in repeating patterns of seven. The operators are electronically interpreted to correspond only to the valid notes of a selected scale. The repeating patterns of seven notes directly corresponds to the vast majority of mucis theory and thus constitutes an enormous simplification in the art of learning, performing and composing music. The present invention enables users of the electronic musical instrument to master chord and note progressions in any scale and mode by learning only a single set of note patterns, in contrast to the myriad scales, chord and note patterns which must be learned on traditional keyboard and pedal devices.

US Patent:

59628006, Oct 5, 1999

Filed:

Jan 23, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/012879

Inventors:

Gerald L. Johnson - Boise ID
Joseph Thomas Pawlowski - Boise ID

International Classification:

G09B 1502

US Classification:

844832

Abstract:

A musical notation system which displays the seven notes of any chosen scale on a staff of eight lines and seven spaces, which are typically arranged in a vertical fashion, and which is a graphical representation of a keyboard. No sharps or flats are used to designate a key, but rather only the valid notes of any particular diatonic scale are provided with positions on the staff. Notations which indicate octaves, beats per measure, the selected Key and the mode are all provided. Symbols for timbre, loudness, duration of notes and rests are the same as conventional music notations.