Patent ID: 7084340
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for displaying finger patterns of a stringed instrument having a fingerboard, the apparatus comprising: a baseboard having thereon a pattern of chromatic notes, each note positioned in the same relative position as it appears on the fingerboard of the stringed instrument; and a plurality of templates for placement over the baseboard, each template corresponding to at least one particular key in a particular position and defining a plurality of holes through which notes corresponding to the particular key are visible; a base having thereon a plurality of color-coded bars extending radially outward from a center of the base, each bar corresponds to a finger pattern of the stringed instrument and the arrangement of the bars corresponds to the cyclic nature of finger patterns on the fingerboard of the stringed instrument; and a plurality of key signatures with positions adjacent to each bar.