Stringed instrument fingering guide
OwnerDavid Huwaldtinventor
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Abstract
A finger guide plate comprising a fret plate; a circuit board coupled to a bottom of the fret plate; and a support plate including fret relief notches coupled to a bottom of the circuit board. A learning apparatus for a stringed instrument comprising a replacement fret board designed to rest between an existing fret board and a plurality of strings of the stringed instrument; means for controlling an indicator coupled to the replacement fret board; wherein said indicator displays which of the plurality of strings of the stringed instrument is to be played.
Claims42
An apparatus for a stringed instrument comprising:
- a replacement fret board comprising:
- a fret plate including an overlapping nut;
- and
- a support board including fret relief notches coupled to the fret plate;
- and
- an attachment member coupled to the replacement fret board for securing the fret board device to the stringed instrument.
A finger guide plate comprising:
- a fret plate;
- a circuit board coupled to a bottom of the fret plate;
- and
- a support plate including fret relief notches coupled to a bottom of the circuit board.
The apparatus of claim 21 wherein overlapping nut includes a hook to hold the plate in place over an existing nut of the stringed instrument.
A learning apparatus for a stringed instrument comprising:
- a replacement fret board designed to rest between an existing fret board and a plurality of strings of the stringed instrument;
- and
- means for controlling an indicator coupled to the replacement fret board;
- wherein said indicator displays which of the plurality of strings of the stringed instrument is to be played.
A finger guide plate comprising:
- a fret plate including an overlapping nut;
- a circuit board coupled to the fret plate;
- and
- means for indicating strings to be played on a stringed instrument coupled to the circuit board.
A replacement fret board comprising:
- a replacement nut;
- a fret plate coupled to the replacement nut;
- and
- an adjustment device coupled to the fret plate, for adjusting the distance between the replacement nut and a bridge on a stringed instrument.
A replacement fret board of claim 32 further comprising a circuit board coupled to the fret plate.
A replacement fret board of claim 33 further comprising a controller electronically coupled to the circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.