Stringed instrument finger positioning guide
OwnerJ. Kregg Nanceinventor
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Abstract
A finger positioning guide includes a flat surface positionable between the neck and strings of a stringed instrument to present sets of uniformly colored spots beneath certain of the strings at predetermined distances along the neck. The flat surface is positioned in relation to the neck and the strings by a slot or a plurality of slots adopted for engaging frets and the nut. An edge limiting device, appended to the surface to comprise the guide and further position it in relation to the neck, may include a clamp shape clamping the guide to the neck.
Claims5
For use with a conventional fretted stringed musical instrument having a plurality of strings extending along and spaced above a longitudinally extended fretted fingerboard section of the instrument, a finger position guide selectively manually attachable to and removable from the neck of the instrument without mechanical modification or alteration of the conventional instrument for indicating finger impingement positions for performing at least one predetermined musical chord, said guide comprising:
- (a) a plate having a shape adapted to be removably inserted to a predetermined position beneath the strings and on top of the longitudinally extended fretted fingerboard section of the neck of the musical instrument, said plate being slotted with at least one slot to receive at least one fret subtended thereby, so that said plate fits snugly on the fingerboard when inserted thereon and is laterally aligned and longitudinally positioned by the subtended frets;
- (b) said plate having established on its surface a first plurality of colored spots of a first color, said first plurality of colored spots when said plate is inserted being positioned beneath the strings for indicating respectively corresponding finger impingement positions for playing a first musical chord;
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- (c) positioning means for laterally positioning said plate on said fingerboard comprising an appendage depending from only one side side of said plate and making a corner therewith, said appendage being adapted to abut the side of the fingerboard when said plate is inserted thereon to serve as a lateral positioning stop therefor wherein all slots of said slotted plate are closed at one side of said plate adjacent said depending appendage and are open to the side of said plate opposite said depending appendage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.