Percussion System for Stringed Instrument Single-Hand Play
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing percussion systems for stringed instruments require players to use multiple hands or coordinate body parts to produce percussion sounds, limiting the ability to play multiple instruments simultaneously effectively.
Innovation Solution
A percussion system that allows a player to drum while plucking strings using a single hand, featuring a static or dynamic percussion surface attached to the stringed instrument, enabling simultaneous production of sounds with the same hand movement, and adjustable connecting elements for optimal positioning and orientation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If electronic percussion devices are attached to the stringed instrument soundbox, then percussive sounds can be produced, but the player cannot hit the device while plucking the strings with the same hand
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the stringed instrument and percussion instrument into a single integrated device. The percussion surface is mounted on the soundbox of the stringed instrument, allowing the player to produce both string and percussion sounds with one hand, eliminating the need to coordinate multiple body parts
Solution Approach 2:
The soundbox of the stringed instrument serves dual functions: it acts as the resonating body for string sounds and as the mounting surface for the percussion instrument. This multi-functionality allows a single device to replace multiple separate instruments
2Productivity
If a swinging arm mechanism is used to produce percussive sounds, then the arm can rebound to its original position for repeated strikes, but the mechanism becomes complex with moving parts
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using a moving swinging arm that rebounds, the patent inverts the approach by using a static percussion surface. The player's hand provides the motion, striking the fixed surface directly, which eliminates the need for complex moving mechanisms while still enabling repeated strikes
Solution Approach 2:
The patent removes the complex swinging arm mechanism entirely and extracts only the essential function of producing percussive sounds through a static surface that can be struck repeatedly by the player's hand
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AI summary
The invention is directed to a percussion system to be attached to a stringed instrument in a way that allows a player to drum the percussion system while plucking the strings of the stringed instrument using a single hand. The percussion system includes a percussion device including: a body and at least one static percussion surface located over the body, the percussion surface having a batter side. The percussion system further includes a connecting element for connecting the percussion device to a stringed instrument such that when the percussion system is connected to the stringed instrument the percussion surface is substantially perpendicular to the stringed instrument's front side and is directed towards strings of the stringed instrument.