33 results about "String instrument playing" patented technology

A handle for grasping by one hand and a neck with a fingerboard for fingering with the other hand for use by stringed instrument players. The fingerboard is correlated to a section of the fret-board of a conventional stringed instrument such as a guitar, bass, or banjo. The fingerboard has string ridges that provide a pressure-resistant feel to simulate playing the corresponding string instrument. Example embodiments include a fingering device for acoustic guitar players that is a portable, single piece of lightweight, molded foam, a similar fingering device that is correlated to an electric bass, and similar fingering devices that provide audible feedback by producing sounds based on the notes played.

A small, portable device used to exercise and train the fingers of a stringed instrument player. The device is a rigid, short neck body, u-shaped in cross-section and designed to simulate a short section of the neck of a stringed instrument, such as a guitar. The neck body is hollow with an elongated main cavity with two or more, transversely aligned finger bars located thereover. Each finger bar is mounted on two or more coil springs enabling it to move up and down on the neck body. The top of each finger bar is flat and includes four to six raised string lines that represent strings on a stringed instrument. The main cavity is divided into a plurality of finger bar cavities by a plurality of support ribs. When at rest, the top surfaces of the finger bars are elevated above the support ribs and represent frets on the neck body.

A percussion plectrum provides a unique sound that is soft. It also aids in training a stringed instrument player in learning to pick the strings of the instrument. The plectrum is teardrop shaped and includes bristles having frayed ends which are uneven in length and spaced unevenly apart from one another. The plectrum may be held with a firmer grip without fear of losing it into the strings or producing a loud harsh tone that ordinarily is produced with a firm grip.

A stringed instrument playing assistance implement which can be altered and mounted on a finger, can be adjusted and make a perfect fit of a location, an angle, and a size for any sort of player's finger for preventing slippage or falling off said finger. The stringed instrument playing assistance implement can be altered and used for a variety of string picking techniques. The stringed instrument playing assistance implement is employed when playing a stringed instrument by picking the strings thereof and includes a wire-shaped member, which can be altered and mounted on a finger and which is capable of retaining a shape.

A device for providing assistance to operating a plucked string instrument is provided, wherein the plucked string instrument may have a fretboard (103) with a plurality of strings (101) suspended over the fretboard (103). The device may include a key (100) positioned above a string (101) of the plurality of strings (101) and attachable to the fretboard (103). The key (100) may be adapted to applya force to the string (101) when the key (100) is depressed.

A stringed instrument playing assistance implement which can be altered and mounted on a finger, can be adjusted and make a perfect fit of a location, an angle, and a size for any sort of player's finger for preventing slippage or falling off said finger. The stringed instrument playing assistance implement can be altered and used for a variety of string picking techniques. The stringed instrument playing assistance implement is employed when playing a stringed instrument by picking the strings thereof and includes a wire-shaped member, which can be altered and mounted on a finger and which is capable of retaining a shape.

A real time performance pressure feedback system for a stringed instrument includes a pressure sensor, a desired pressure input device, a feedback device, and a controller. The pressure sensor is configured to be fixedly and removably attached to the stringed instrument on a pressure surface, and to generate a pressure signal indicative of a pressure being applied to the pressure surface. The desired pressure user input device is configured to receive a desired pressure input and to generate a desired pressure signal indicative of the desired pressure input. The feedback device is configured to generate feedback to a performer at least in part in response to a performance feedback signal. The controller is communicatively connected to the pressure sensor, the desired pressure user input, and the feedback device, and is configured to generate the performance feedback signal at least in part in response to the pressure signal.

An input device for operating a musical instrument having musical behavior of string instruments, which comprises a key plate unit containing a set of input keys to be pressed by a player, in order togenerate a first set of electric input signals, which emulate a combination of pressed keys of a musical instrument or a combination of pressed strings; a stick unit with variable tension of displacement including a stick to be moved by the player between predetermined discrete positions, which emulate a combination of strummed strings of a musical instrument; a set of electric contacts, each corresponding to a different discrete position, for transmitting stick position signals; a processing unit with input buttons for setting musical parameters; a set of interface inputs for receiving the stick position signals; a second set of interface inputs for receiving the first set of electric input signals; a memory for storing processing software; a processor, connected to the memory, for jointly processing the stick position signals and the first set of electric input signals using the processing software, and for outputting electric output signals representing codes of musical notes thatcorresponds to movements of the input keys between pressed and released positions, and movements of the stick between the discrete positions; interface connections, for transmitting electric output signals representing codes of musical notes, from the processing unit to a computerized tone generating unit that converts the electric output signals to sounds.