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US 11,862,032 B1Granted
Device and method for displaying musical chords
OwnerWade Nelsoninventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a device and method for displaying chords in a musical scale based upon one or more selected root notes. The device includes planar members representing a fretboard of a stringed instrument and fingering positions for playing chords in a selected root note in a selected musical scale. The planar members are adapted to be connected to one another and permit multiple chords in multiple root notes to be displayed simultaneously in an easy to understand format.
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A device for displaying chords for a stringed instrument, comprising:
- a) a first planar member having (i) first indicia representative of frets on a fretboard of a stringed instrument, and (ii) second indicia representative of a plurality of notes;
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- b) one or more second planar members having (iii) a marker adapted to select a root note from said plurality of notes, (iv) third indicia representative of strings of said stringed instrument, (v) fourth indicia representative of said frets, and (vi) fifth indicia representative of finger positions for playing one or more chords in a scale by said strings, wherein selecting a root note from said plurality of notes by said marker provides an arrangement for said finger positions on said fretboard for playing one or more chords in the root note that is selected by said marker;
- wherein said first planar member and said one or more second planar members are adapted to be displayed side-by-side.
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A method of displaying chords for a stringed instrument, comprising:
- providing a device comprising:
- a) a first planar member having (i) first indicia representative of frets on a fretboard of a stringed instrument, and (ii) second indicia representative of a plurality of notes;
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- b) a second planar member having (iii) a marker adapted to select a root note from said plurality of notes, (iv) third indicia representative of strings of said stringed instrument, (v) fourth indicia representative of said frets, and (vi) fifth indicia representative of finger positions for playing one or more chords in a scale by said strings;
- placing said marker next to a note from said plurality of notes thereby selecting a first root note from said plurality of notes;
- wherein selecting said first root note causes said fifth indicia to display an arrangement of finger positions on said fretboard for playing a first one or more chords in said first root note in said scale by said strings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.