Patent ID: 6335477
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A method of enhancing the natural form of a distal phalange of a digit of a hand for use in strokes against the strings of a musical instrument, said method comprising the steps of;a. providing an effectively rigid directional picking element adapted to be fitted against an edge of said distal phalange, in a generally parallel offset position alongside the directional picking end of said phalange; b. providing a material means for securing and maintaining said picking element in said position; said means including a resilient material band adapted to substantially encircle said distal phalange; c. combining said picking element and said securement means in such relation that said directional picking element when secured by said means in said position is effectively supported to enact a substantially simultaneous stroke against one or more said strings alongside a said stroke directed against said one or more strings by said picking end of said phalange; whereby said natural form of said phalange may be advantageously combined in said strokes with the parallel co-action of said picking element secured in said generally parallel offset position.