Colorall fingering

• US 6,660,921 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2002
• Issued: 12/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robin Kay Deverich
• Original Assignee: Robin Kay Deverich
• Inventors: Deverich, Robin Kay
• Primary Examiner(s): HSIEH, SHIH YUNG
• Application Number:
  US10/102,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20030000364A1
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• Field of Search: 844/70.R, 844/71.R, 844/77.R, 844/82, 844/831, 844/832, 844/85.R
• US Class Current: 84/470.00R
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 15/02 Boards or like means for providing an indication of notes
• CPC Class Codes: G10G 1/02 Chord or note indicators, fixed or adjustable, for keyboard of fingerboards

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.

Claims

1. A method for instructing a student to play music on a stringed instrument on the correct string, with the correct finger, and in the correct hand position, the method comprising:

(a) providing sheet music having a musical staff and musical notes with colored fingering numbers placed above the musical notes;

(b) assigning a unique color to each string of the stringed instrument,

(c) using the colored fingering numbers to indicate which string the student should place a finger on,

(d) using the colored fingering numbers to indicate which finger should be used,

(e) for each string of the stringed instrument, assigning a unique variation of the color assigned to the string to each hand position on a fingerboard of the stringed instrument, wherein each unique variation comprises a particular brightness, saturation and/or hue of the color assigned to the string;

(f) using the colored fingering numbers to indicate the hand position on the fingerboard in which the student'"'"'s hand should be located, and;

(g) using a colored dash to indicate that a shift to a new hand position is about to take place, wherein the color of the dash indicates the hand position and the string to which the student should prepare to shift in order to play the next printed note.

2. A process for customizing colored fingering for playing music, comprising:

(a) selecting a region of the music in which a default colored fingering is to be customized;

(b) editing one or more colors of the default colored fingering in the selected region;

(c) editing one or more fingering numbers of the default colored fingering in the selected region; and

(d) editing one or more hand position shifts of the default colored fingering in the selected region.