Displaying A Harmonically Relevant Pitch Guide
Described are methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer program products, for displaying a harmonically relevant pitch guide in a rhythm-action game. In one aspect this is accomplished by analyzing, by a game platform, target music data associated with a musical composition to determine a musical scale within the target music data. Then a bounded space, such as a lane to display vocal cues in, is displayed that includes a plurality of interval demarcations based on the scale, and a background comprising a color scheme based on preselected pitches of the scale. Then the game platform displays the target music data in a manner indicative of the harmonically relevant pitches with respect to the pitch guide.
1 . A method executed on a game platform in signal communication with a display, the method comprising:
analyzing, by the game platform, target music data associated with a musical composition to determine a musical scale within the target music data;
displaying, on the display, a bounded space comprising:
a plurality of interval demarcations based on the scale, and
a background comprising a color scheme based on preselected pitches of the scale; and
displaying, on the display, the target music data.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the preselected pitches are harmonically relevant.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the preselected pitches of the scale are the root, 3rd, and fifth pitches of the scale.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein the analyzing step further comprises determining an uppermost pitch and a lowermost pitch of the target music data.
5 . The method of claim 4 wherein the bounded space comprises an upper bound based on the uppermost pitch of the target music data and a lower bound based on the lowermost pitch of the target music data.
6 . The method of claim 3 wherein the color scheme comprises a first color for intervals not matching the preselected pitches and a second color for intervals that do match the preselected pitches.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the color scheme comprises shading the background according to the preselected pitches.
8 . The method of claim 7 wherein the background is shaded with a first color for harmonically relevant pitches and shaded a second color for pitches that are not harmonically relevant.
9 . A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage medium, the computer program product including instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:
analyze target music data associated with a musical composition to determine a musical scale within the target music data;
display, on a display in signal communication with the data processing apparatus, a bounded space comprising:
a plurality of interval demarcations based on the scale, and
a background comprising a color scheme based on preselected pitches of the scale; and
display, on the display, the target music data.
10 . A system comprising:
a data processing apparatus configured to:
analyze target music data associated with a musical composition to determine a musical scale within the target music data;
display, on a display in signal communication with the data processing apparatus, a bounded space comprising:
a plurality of interval demarcations based on the scale, and
a background comprising a color scheme based on preselected pitches of the scale; and
display, on the display, the target music data.
11 . An apparatus comprising:
means for analyzing target music data associated with a musical composition to determine a musical scale within the target music data;
means for displaying, on a display in signal communication with the apparatus, a bounded space comprising:
a plurality of interval demarcations based on the scale, and
a background comprising a color scheme based on preselected pitches of the scale; and
means for displaying, on the display, the target music data.