Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for playing a musical composition in an audible and visual manner. In one aspect, a visual representation of a phonograph playing an analog record is transmitted to a viewer/listener along with the actual analog audio generated by same. Such transmission may occur via television networks, the Internet, or other similar networks. In another aspect, such visual representations are played with digitally recorded audio in a time-correlated manner. In yet another aspect, such visual representations are recorded with digital audio in a soft format such as a digital file, MP3 file, or the like for use with portable audio and visual devices, for streaming via the Internet, for use in gaming, and/or for use as software. Such visual representations may also be displayed at live events such that the timing of the video play and the performance of the live or recorded audio is correlated.

Abstract: A slide rule for music includes a first element that includes a first set of indicia representing in linear form the structures of a plurality of musical scales, chords and/or modes, and a second element that includes a second set of indicia representing the names of the notes of a chromatic scale. The second element is constructed and arranged for movement relative to the first element in two orthogonal directions, so as to indicate the relationship between the notes of the chromatic scale and the structure of a selected one of the musical scales, chords, and/or modes.

Abstract: A fingering guide displaying apparatus is to guide a player or a learner how to finger wind musical instruments in playing. As most of wind musical instruments are transposing instruments, the fingering patterns are indicated for the respective notes on the music scores notated in the respective tonalities which are unique to the respective instruments. The apparatus stores a fingering pattern database representing fingering patterns for the respective available notes of various transposing instruments in the respective instrument tonalities, and a transposition value database representing, for each of the instrument tonalities, the pitch difference between the instrument tonality and the reference tonality. When music playing data expressed in the reference tonality are used for playing a transposing instrument, the playing data are converted to express the notes in the instrument tonality using the pitch difference value, and fingering patterns are also indicated in the instrument tonality.

Abstract: A music box includes a daisy reed wheel having reeds radially projecting from a hub for generating tones and solenoid-operated player's fingers arranged around the daisy reed wheel; the tips of the reeds are widely spaced from one another by virtue of the radial arrangement so that large-sized solenoid-operated actuators are used for the player's fingers; this results in the compact music box.

Abstract: Light emitting sections are provided in proximity to a plurality of performance operators that are provided, on the body of an electronic musical instrument, for performing tone-generation instructing operation corresponding to operation of strings on a natural musical instrument, and the light emitting sections illuminate the performance operators with controlled light emission. Thus, a human operator can visually identify the position of each performance operator to be operated with an enhanced visibility. Further, because the light emitting sections are provided in proximity to the performance operators to allow the instrument body to appear shining to persons viewing the human player playing the musical instrument, the persons can view the performance operation by the human player with an enhanced visibility.