Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for searching a database of music files comprising input means to provide search criteria comprising a tune as a sequence of melodic intervals, comparing means for comparing the sequence of melodic intervals with selected portions of a plurality of computer-readable music files and output means to provide a list of possible matches of the search criteria with at least one of the plurality of computer-readable music files.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 7, 2002
Publication date:
January 30, 2003
Applicant:
Sibelius Software, LTD.
Inventors:
Benjamin J. Finn, Jonathan H. Finn, Paul Walmsley, Julian Smith