Color-coded melody text and method of teaching

Abstract

A visually enhanced teaching text comprises a series of words to be sung, the series of words having a plurality of tropes each having a predetermined tune. The text also includes symbols in the text indicative of the start and end of a trope, with at least some of the tropes being associated with a particular distinctive color so that each trope in the series of words is clearly distinguishable from surrounding tropes therein. The invention is also for a singing teaching method using color coded backgrounds.

1 . A method of teaching a melody for a series of words to be sung, the melody and words being comprised at least in part of a series of repetitive tropes each having a predetermined tune, the method comprising: 
 selecting a first trope in the melody and isolating each occurrence of the first trope in the melody,    highlighting each occurrence of the first trope in the melody with a distinctive first color, and    selecting and highlighting with a distinctive different colors each occurrence of at least one other trope in the melody so that the first and other tropes will stand out from surrounding tropes in the melody.    
     
     
         2 . A method as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the series of words comprise sacred text from the Torah, Haftorah and/or Megillot.  
     
     
         3 . A method as claimed in  claim 1  wherein each trope is highlighted by placing it on a background of a contrasting color.  
     
     
         4 . A method as claimed in  claim 1  wherein all common tropes are isolated and highlighted, each trope being highlighted with a different color.  
     
     
         5 . A method as claimed in  claim 4  wherein highlights are removed from a particular trope when a user of the method has become familiar with that trope.  
     
     
         6 . A visually enhanced teaching text comprising a series of words to be sung, the series of words having a plurality of tropes each having a predetermined tune, symbols in the text indicative of the start and end of a trope, at least some of the tropes being associated with a particular distinctive color so that each trope in the series of words is clearly distinguishable from surrounding tropes therein.  
     
     
         7 . A teaching text as claimed in  claim 6  wherein all common tropes in the text are highlighted.  
     
     
         8 . A teaching text as claimed in  claim 6  wherein the text within a trope is highlighted by providing a contrast color background.  
     
     
         9 . A teaching text as claimed in  claim 6  wherein the text within a trope is comprised of a particular color.  
     
     
         10 . A teaching text as claimed in  claim 6  wherein the text is comprised of an outline or border and the inside of the outline is filled with a selected color.  
     
     
         11 . A teaching text as claimed in  claim 6  further comprising an associated musical score sheet comprising the tune of a trope in musical notation form and color codings thereon corresponding to the distinctive color used in the text.  
     
     
         12 . A teaching text as claimed in  claim 6  wherein the text is a sacred text selected from one or more of the Torah, Haftorah, and Megillot.  
     
     
         13 . A teaching text as claimed in  claim 12  when contained within a book, the text comprising appropriate portions from the Torah, Haftorah, and/or Megillot for a specific Jewish Sabbath.  
     
     
         14 . A method of visually illustrating the melody of a text comprising a series of words to be sung, the words being comprised at least in part of a series of tropes with each trope having a predetermined tune, the method comprising: 
 selecting a first trope in the melody and isolating each occurrence of the first trope in the melody,    highlighting each occurrence of the first trope in the melody with a distinctive color,    selecting and highlighting with a distinctive color at least one other trope in the melody so that the first and each other trope will stand out from surrounding tropes in the melody.