Apparatus for playing chords on musical instruments for visually-impaired people and method of performing same
OwnerDavid Wishinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for playing chords, scales and/or intervals on a musical instrument for visually-impaired people is provided. The apparatus can have a substantially rectangular card with multiple indicators attached to the card that a visually-impaired person can play all chords, intervals and scales on a piano with a dedicated card having the chord or scale configuration by aligning the indicators to any piano key and finding the other keys of the same chord or scale on the piano by aligning the other indicators.
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An apparatus for playing chords, scales and/or intervals on a keyboard of a musical instrument for visually-impaired people, the apparatus comprising:
- a substantially rectangular card defined by a substantially rectangular front side, a rear side opposing to the front side, a left side, a right side, a top side and a bottom side;
- a first indicator attached to the card on a position relatively close to the left side of the card;
- a second indicator attached to the card on a position that is on the right side to the root indicator;
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- a third indicator attached to the card on a position that is on the right side to the second indicator, wherein each of the first, second and third indicators includes a protrusion extending away from the front side of the card.
An apparatus for playing chords, scales and/or intervals on a keyboard of a musical instrument for visually-impaired people, the apparatus comprising:
- a substantially rectangular card defined by a substantially rectangular front side, a rear side opposing to the front side, a left side, a right side, a top side and a bottom side;
- a first indicator attached to the card on a position relatively close to the left side of the card:
- a second indicator attached to the card on a position that is on the right side to the root indicator;
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- a third indicator attached to the card on a position that is on the right side to the second indicator, wherein each of the first, second and third indicators includes two protrusions extending away from the front side of the card.
An apparatus for playing chords, scales and/or intervals on a keyboard of a musical instrument for visually-impaired people, the apparatus comprising:
- a substantially rectangular card defined by a substantially rectangular front side, a rear side opposing to the front side, a left side, a right side, a top side and a bottom side;
- a first indicator attached to the card on a position relatively close to the left side of the card:
- a second indicator attached to the card on a position that is on the right side to the root indicator;
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- a third indicator attached to the card on a position that is on the right side to the second indicator, wherein the first indicator includes a left protrusion and a right protrusion extending away from the front side of the card, and wherein the left protrusion is higher than the right protrusion.
An apparatus for playing chords, scales and/or intervals on a keyboard of a musical instrument for visually-impaired people, the apparatus comprising:
- a substantially rectangular card defined by a substantially rectangular front side, a rear side opposing to the front side, a left side, a right side, a top side and a bottom side;
- a first indicator attached to the card on a position relatively close to the left side of the card:
- a second indicator attached to the card on a position that is on the right side to the root indicator;
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- a third indicator attached to the card on a position that is on the right side to the second indicator, wherein the third indicator includes a left protrusion and a right protrusion extending away from the front side of the card, and wherein the left protrusion is higher than the right protrusion.
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