Alan J Flores

US Patent:

20090258702, Oct 15, 2009

Filed:

Apr 15, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/103663

Inventors:

Alan Flores - Woodland Hills CA, US
Paul Robinson - Woodland Hills CA, US
John Devecka - Budd Lake NJ, US

International Classification:

A63F 9/24
A63F 13/08
A63F 13/00

US Classification:

463 35, 463 31, 463 37

Abstract:

A music video game provides an open note executable on a guitar shaped video game controller. In some embodiments, an open note may be performed on an existing guitar shaped video game controller by activating a strum input on the video game controller without activating any of a plurality of fret inputs on the video game controller. The open note may serve as an equivalent to an open chord played on a real guitar. In some embodiments, an instructive cue is provided to inform users when to perform an open note in the context of the music video game.