Patent ID: 6329581
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A stringed instrument for facilitating fingering of musical chords, the stringed instrument comprising:a main body portion having a bridge;a neck extending from said main body portion, said neck having a front face, a first end, a head portion and a medial portion extending between said first end and said head portion, said first end being coupled to said main body portion;a plurality of strings coupled between said bridge and said head portion, said strings being positioned to extend substantially parallel to each other along said neck; andsaid neck having a plurality of finger slots extending substantially parallel to said strings, each said finger slots being positioned between an associated adjacent pair of said strings such that said neck is adapted for permitting insertion of fingers of a user through said finger slots for facilitating selective clamping of said strings against said neck by the fingers of the user.