Music fingering aid

Abstract

An improved music fingering aid has at least one decal fittable overlaying the fingerboard and attachable to the neck of a stringed instrument. The decal includes string identifier indicators, a graduated position indicators series, and a plurality of interval demarcations that employ distinct colors for visual distinction. The indicators do not pair particular notes with particular colors. Instead the improved music fingering aid associates music theory with muscle memory to ensure sounded notes are played in near perfect pitch and, when playing ensemble, in tempered pitch. Contemplation and improved association of music theory is thereby enabled.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to an improved music fingering aid, and more particularly, to an improved music fingering aid that more accurately associates finger positions when playing stringed instruments according to musical notation.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Various types of fingering aids for musical instruments are known in the background art. Most include multi-colored markings that associate finger position for a particular note or interval with a particular, repeating color. Associating colors and sounds does not associate the actual theory of the chromatic scale but rather reinforces facility and ease absent a conceptual framework informing the music. Other devices in the background art simply position indicators illustrating note names beneath the strings of stringed instruments. But these background art also fail to properly associate the musical theory underpinning the chromatic scale; by simply illustrating a note's position the stude...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]The present invention, in at least some embodiments, overcomes the drawbacks of the background art by providing indicators for an improved music fingering aid, in which the indicators accurately provide associated finger positions when playing stringed instruments according to musical notation.

[0030]The intervals spacing is not necessarily constant, and the spacing may vary to accommodate tempering and position up the neck of the stringed instrument. For example, indicators aligned with the second and second-and-one-half positions are spaced relatively closer to the immediately preceding row than the other intervals demarked. This indicator location assists in instructing for ensemble play by adjusting notes elicited in those positions. In addition, the diagonals or “wings” which are preferably provided in the shape of the decal, support correct placement of the decal and hence may also support accurate sounding of the notes.

Problems solved by technology

But these background art also fail to properly associate the musical theory underpinning the chromatic scale; by simply illustrating a note's position the student simply searches for the requisite letter and places a finger there.

However, a range of finger positions upon and around such notations may not consistently render tones in tune or sound in perfect or correct pitch.

In addition, frets don't provide any actual musical information that assists the player in acquiring the understanding of music theory.

Oftentimes a student's finger may be misaligned when stopping an associated string.

However, when playing in ensemble, or in orchestra, these minor deviations of position can interfere harmonically to become the difference between a pleasing euphony and an unpleasant experience.

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