IP Library Granted Patent US 8,779,268
Granted Patent B2
US 8,779,268 · App. 13/194,819 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

System and method for producing a more harmonious musical accompaniment

Inventors: Matt Serletic (Malibu Hills, CA); Ryan Groves (Woodland Hills, CA); Vamsi Mynampati (Woodland Hills, CA); Reza Rassool (Stevenson Ranch, CA)
Assignee: Music Mastermind, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,779,268
App. No.
13/194,819
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and process for producing a more harmonious musical accompaniment for a musical compilation, the process comprising determining a plurality of probable key signatures for the musical compilation, creating an interval profiling matrix for each of the probable key signatures, finding products of a major key interval profile matrix with each of the interval profiling matrices, summing each of the major key interval products into a running major key sum, finding a product of a minor key interval profile with each of the interval profiling matrices, summing each of the minor key interval products into a running minor key sum, and selecting the most probable key signature from the plurality of probable key signatures by comparing the minor key sum and the major key sum.

Claims (23)

1. A system for producing a more harmonious musical accompaniment for a musical compilation, comprising:

means for determining a plurality of probable key signatures for the musical compilation;

means for creating an interval profiling matrix for each of the plurality of probable key signatures;

means for finding products of a major key interval profile matrix with each of the interval profiling matrices;

means for summing each of the major key interval products into a running major key SUM;

means for finding a product of a minor key interval profile with each of the interval profiling matrices;

means for summing each of the minor key interval products into a running minor key sum; and

means for selecting the most probable key signature from the plurality of probable key signatures by comparing the minor key sum and the major key sum.

2. The system according to claim 1 further comprising means for selecting a most probable sequence of chords for the musical compilation based on the most probable key signature.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the selecting means utilizes a transition matrix of chord probabilities.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the transition matrix of chord probabilities is based on diatonic harmony theory.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising means for correcting a bad sounding note with the more harmonious musical accompaniment, wherein the correcting means utilizes a static set of substitution rules.

6. A computer implemented method for producing a more harmonious musical accompaniment for a musical compilation, comprising:

determining a plurality of probable key signatures for the musical compilation;

creating, by a processor, an interval profiling matrix for each of the plurality of probable key signatures;

finding products of a major key interval profile matrix with each of the interval profiling matrices;

summing each of the major key interval products into a running major key sum;

finding a product of a minor key interval profile with each of the interval profiling matrices;

summing each of the minor key interval products into a running minor key sum; and

selecting the most probable key signature from the plurality of probable key signatures by comparing the minor key sum and the major key sum.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6 further comprising selecting a most probable sequence of chords for the musical compilation based on the most probable key signature.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 7 wherein selecting the most probable sequence of chords utilizes a transition matrix of chord probabilities.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 8 wherein the transition matrix of chord probabilities is based on diatonic harmony theory.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2012
From: RASSOOL, REZA
To: MUSIC MASTERMIND, INC.
Reel/Frame 029503/0910 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2011
From: SERLETIC, MATT; GROVES, RYAN; MYNAMPATI, VAMSI
To: MUSIC MASTERMIND, INC.
Reel/Frame 026853/0294 →
Continuity (8)
Continuation In Part 12791792 · Jun 1, 2010
Continuation In Part 12791798 · Jun 1, 2010
Continuation In Part 12791803 · Jun 1, 2010
Continuation In Part 12791807 · Jun 1, 2010
Provisional Application 61182982 · Jun 1, 2009
Provisional Application 61248238 · Oct 2, 2009
Provisional Application 61266472 · Dec 3, 2009
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