Patent ID: 7064259
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A training device for assisting a novice guitar player to quickly and readily identify finger positions on a six-string guitar neck which are associated with selected chords, scales and riffs, said training device comprising: an elongated and tubular sleeve formed from transparent material and removably mounted to the guitar neck in such a manner that the player can maintain a continuous line of sight with said sleeve and the guitar neck during playing conditions, said sleeve extending along an entire longitudinal length of the guitar neck; a plurality of light-emitting diodes connected in series and nested within said sleeve, said light-emitting diodes extending along a longitudinal length of said sleeve and being selectively illuminable so that the player can readily identify illuminated ones of said light-emitting diodes during playing conditions, each said light-emitting diodes displaying one of a red color and a green color during operating conditions wherein each said light-emitting diode interchangeably displays the red and green colors; means for automatically illuminating said light-emitting diodes in a predetermined sequence corresponding with a desired one of the chords, scales and riffs so that the player can learn five separate six-string pentatonic patterns by using only one of the six strings to identify a desired key, said illuminating means being directly coupled to said light-emitting diodes and detachably mounted directly to the guitar and adjacent to the guitar neck, said illuminating means teaching the player to learn six-string progressions so that the player can play all essential chords in any key; and a transformer electrically mateable to said illuminating means for converting a 110-volt power supply to a 4.5-volt power supply: wherein said light-emitting diodes provide a visual pattern for teaching the player where to position his or her fingers on the guitar neck when performing said desired one of the chords, scales and riffs.