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MELODY CHORD CONSTRUCTOR FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS

  • US 3,748,947 A
  • Filed: 01/10/1972
  • Issued: 07/31/1973
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A melody chord constructor for use with a stringed instrument having a plurality of strings and frets arranged along a fingerboard, said constructor comprising a base unit having means located thereon which comprise a plurality of note symbols, said note symbols being arranged in rows and columns corresponding to the strings and frets of the instrument'"'"''"'"'s fingerboard, said note symbols denoting the notes capable of being sounded by the iNstrument when a string depression is made at a corresponding location on the fingerboard, and a member relatively slidable with respect to said base unit, said member including means located thereon which comprise a plurality of numerical symbols arranged in rows and columns corresponding to the strings and frets of the instrument'"'"''"'"'s fingerboard, said plurality of numerical symbols representing the degrees of a musical scale, said plurality of numerical symbols being arranged so that when said member and said base unit are in a predetermined positional relationship, said plurality of numerical symbols are in registry with corresponding ones of said plurality of note symbols on said base unit for an arbitrarily chosen musical scale.

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