They beat me to it - 20+ years later

I postulated this idea to a musical director (and techno nerd) about 22 26 years ago and he said "doesn't seem useful".

Today it's a Stupid Deal Of the Day at MF.

http://books-videos-music.musiciansfriend.com/product/Freehand-MusicPad-Pro-Plus-Version-4.0-Electronic-Sheet-Music-Display?sku=241190

I'm beginning to think Mooch is right about me being a stupid face.
(or am I?)

I had thought about it several years ago as well.  with MIDI swith inputs to change the page, things like that.

I'm a stupid face too....

Many years before that guitar you see for sale that has
the LED's that can be controlled for learning the fretboard
was my idea.
I taught a technician that I worked with music theory and
he converted it to the binary code.
We built the prototype, got a backer, got the lawyers for
the patent search ( in Albuquerque, NM) and was stopped
by patents from the 50's.  
They said we could challenge the patents but advised us not to.
They also informed us that it was very expensive and would need
$25,000.00 to just get it started.
I had a friend in Phoenix working with lawyers and sent all the
info to her. The lawyers had the same advice.

10 years later was the first ad that I saw for it.
What we didn't know was that we didn't need a patent to
build and sell them.
I still have all the documents and the memory of seeing those
lawyers faces when they jumped out of their chairs....it was a
very cool prototype.

I don't even know what it's called now...and it's in guitar
magazines....I get pissed everytime I see it. Opti Fret or something.

Does it turn pages?

Cool! Now if I could read music worth a chit.

tarsier


Not useful. Needs a touch screen. One that will respond to a bow. Or a drumstick. Maybe a nose. Chin. Ear?

Oh but it is very useful.. and doesnt need a touch screen for turning pages, there a footswitches for that..

remember this was created for a pianist (whose using both hands and one foot) or a MD/conductor.

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Unless it shows those little pictures that tell you where to put your fingers it's useless for guitarists.

(See reference to this from the video below which includes Gilmour and Knopfler - funny stuff!  )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KR7txrLvuY

UbiquitousBubba


Having a pop-up book in Am for bassists might be nice, too.

fixed

is that "The Bapu Movement in Am?"

craigb


So how useful is this thing really???

Why all the extra dots?

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craigb


So how useful is this thing really???

Why all the extra dots?

I'm an over-acheiver.

I was contemplating something a few years ago. At the time, I was playing in the church orchestra. And the Christmas musical stage extravaganza was coming up later in the year. Complete with page after page after page of sheet music in Eb and C# and yes...even Am.

The though had occurred to me, rather than having to turn 30+ pages of music on a stand in a dark room, and at times having to go back a few pages due to those DC Al Coda moments ..... Why not just SCAN the music into my laptop and place all the pages in order, no having to turn back, no having to pick up pages that drop off the stand, and no having to squint to see the music in a dark room...... just tap the keyboard to advance to the next page or a different key to go back.

I quit the orchestra before the event happened so I never got the chance to use it.