Teaching system and method for stringed musical instruments
OwnerRobin Kay Deverichinventor
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Abstract
A method for teaching stringed instrument students how to play sheet music through the use of colored fingering numbers. This method assists the user in knowing which finger to use on which string as they play instrumental music. It also indicates which position their hand should be in as they play sheet music. Numbers correspond to which finger should be used to play a particular note. Separate, distinctly identifiable colors are assigned to notes that should be played on a particular string in a particular position, and are visually displayed as colored fingering numbers that indicate which string and in which position the user should play the fingered notes on.
Claims6
A system for instructing a student to play music on a stringed instrument having a fingerboard, the system comprising:
- sheet music comprising a musical staff and musical notes with colored fingering numbers placed above the musical notes;
- and broken lines between some of the colored fingering numbers, wherein the colored fingering numbers indicate the string on which the student should place a finger and indicate the hand position of the student's hand on the fingerboard and the finger that should be used, and wherein the broken lines indicate a shift in the hand position of the student's hand on the fingerboard.
A method for customizing colored fingering numbers for playing music, comprising:
- (a) selecting a region of the music in which a default colored fingering is to be customized;
- (b) enabling a user to edit one or more colors of the default colored fingering in the selected region;
- (c) enabling a user to edit one or more fingering numbers of the default colored fingering in the selected region;
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- (d) enabling a user to edit one or more hand position shifts of the default colored fingering in the selected region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.