Abstract: Device and method for teaching/learning music including a board having horizontal lines with spaces therebetween, representing a musical staff. The device includes first insertion slots arranged in the musical staff. The first insertion slots match keys of a keyboard musical instrument. The device includes second insertion slots arranged in parallel to the first insertion slots. Each of the second insertion slots indicates an accidental sign with adjacent first insertion slots. The device includes first pegs configured to insert in the first insertion slots. The device includes second pegs configured to insert in second insertion slots to indicate an accidental sign. The device includes interchangeably clefs individually placed when needed adjacent to the musical staff. The first pegs insert in the first insertion slots, and the second pegs insert in the second insertion slots such that their position indicates a musical tone corresponding to pitch produced by the keyboard musical instrument.

Abstract: Methods and systems of music notation for visually representing music that provide a visual scale representing a range of an auditory scale of a portion of a musical composition spanning at least four and a half steps. The visual scale may comprise a plurality of whole-step segments each representing one whole step in the auditory scale. Each whole-step segment may be approximately a first height. The visual scale may also comprise one or more half-step segments each representing one half step in the auditory scale. Each half-step segment may be approximately a second height. A first ratio representing the first height divided by the second height may be significantly greater than a second ratio representing the whole step divided by the half step.

Abstract: A music stand device can be securely mounted in a keyboard instrument or the like. A music score plate holds a musical score. A mounting member is mounted on a roof plate. A fixing member is fixed to the musical score plate and has one end thereof rotatably supported by one end of the mounting member. A supporting member has one end thereof rotatably supported by the other end of the fixing member and the other end thereof engaged by a part of the mounting member to thereby maintain the musical score plate in the standing position. An engaging bolt is provided in the roof plate and located in opposed relation to the mounting member. The mounting member is slid to engage an engaging hole and the engaging bolt with each other, with the mounting member fastened to the roof plate by a fastening tool from above through fastening holes.

Abstract: A two-piece music stand accessory for holding large music volumes consisting of a pair of cleats (11) with a lengthwise slot (14) to allow mounting on the existing ledge of a music stand. An alignment pin (13) joins them in the center, providing support and rigidity for the assembly when the cleats are slid together. Once the pin is disengaged, the cleats can remain on the stand's ledge and yet permit folding. One or more bow hooks are fitted through the front edge of the cleats to accommodate a fiddler's bow. A lip (17) on the front edge of the cleats assists in holding open book pages.

Abstract: A music holding device for a piano for protecting a piano and providing a support for music sheets and books. The music holding device for a piano includes a holder member including a folded-over panel member having a back portion and a front portion having a top edge which is integrally attached along a top edge of the back portion with the holder member being adapted to stand upon a surface of a piano with the front portion being adapted to support sheets and books of music.

Abstract: A jazz drumming ride pattern flip chart tool comprises at least one ride pattern card and a notation card beneath and extending beyond the ride pattern card. A sliding dowel moved to a place on the notation card indicates which drum should be struck. Each sliding dowel is positioned horizontally exactly the same distance apart as the space between the notes on the card directly above. A disk is at the top of each dowel with “R” on one side and “L” on the other side.

Abstract: A support for sheet music on a piano type instrument comprises a longitudinal block positioned on the ledge in front of the music stand and behind the raised ridge along the front of the ledge. The block has a trapezoidal cross section with a rearwardly inclined upper surface to hold the music pages against the music stand while raising the level of the bottoms of the music sheets above the raised ridge to permit a pianist to turn the pages freely without interference by the ridge.

Abstract: A musical education display apparatus for musical instruction or composition. A display board is utilized with staff indicia which, in turn, is capable of removably restraining and displaying a series of notation indicia as desired. A retention storage tray, transparent overlay appendages and various means for restraining the musical notation removably in place on the staff indicia attached to the display board are utilized to conveniently display such musical notation for educating and/or composing purposes. Through utilization of staff modification devices and teaching theory conversion apparata, the apparatus achieves modular flexibility for use in a variety of musical education techniques.

Abstract: Keyboard instrument, in particular a piano or similar instrument that has keys and that can be used in conjunction with aids to learning in the form of templates, characterized in that, of the white keys (long keys 2) that form the C-major scale, the width (b) of the keys that produce the notes B, C, E, and R is 1/4 less than the width (B) of the remaining keys, which produce the notes D, G, and A, so that the ratio of the width of the equally wide keys for B, C, E, and F to the width of the equally wide keys for D, G, and A is 3:4. Templates that are separated into a number of adjacent divisions (5) that are equally wide, each division (5) being 1/2 the width (b) of one D, G, or A key, so that three adjacent divisions (5) will be as wide as two B, C, E, or F keys and two divisions (5) will be as wide as one D, G, or A key can be placed over the keyboard to represent all possible scales, thirds, triads, and tetrads with their inversions, major and minor intervals, cadenzas, transpositions, etc.

Abstract: An instruction system for a string instrument such as a guitar comprising note indicia underlying the strings of the guitar along the fingerboard and adjacent to the frets, a music sheet containing the musical exercise to be practiced, a holder for supporting the music sheet on the fingerboard of the guitar, and a mirror adapted to be positioned in front of the student through which the fingerboard and music sheet can be viewed. The note indicia on the fingerboard of the guitar as well as the musical exercise on the music sheet are written in reverse, that is, from right to left. In addition, the area of the fingerboard underlying the respective strings of the guitar and the notes of the musical exercise on the music sheet are color coded so that the musical exercise indicates to the student which string is to be used in producing the required note.