Stringed instrument finger positioning guide and method for teaching students to read music

A finger positioning guide for indicating finger placement locations on a finger board of a fretted stringed instrument comprising:

• a. a stringed instrument having an elongated neck and a fingerboard with frets and;
• b. a plurality of finger positioning markers further comprising markers in groups wherein the members of the group together can indicate the finger positions for sounding chords on said instrument.
• c. the finger positioning markers further comprising markers in groups wherein the members of the group together can indicate the finger positions for sounding scales on said instrument.
• d. a sheet of plastic having openings adapted to receive frets therethrough and;
• e. wherein said sheet is positioned over the said fingerboard with said frets extending through said openings and wrapped around said neck and substantially conforming to said neck and said sheet overlapping itself whereby said sheet adheres to itself, thereby being removably attached to said stringed instrument, with said marker indicating the position to place a finger on said finger board and;
• f. wherein the operative alignment of the finger positioning guide on the instrument is established by the frets extending through the finger positioning guide.