Patent ID: 6388182
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A method of teaching music to a student, comprising the steps of:assigning a name to each finger of said student's hands; providing a keyboard; assigning a name to selected keys of said keyboard, said key names corresponding to said finger names such that each finger has a key assigned to it; providing said student with a music sheet, said music sheet comprising: (a) a single staff line printed transversely of said music sheet; (b) note names printed on said music sheet, said note names being arranged to depict the notes of a musical composition, said note names comprising the key names of the keys which when played produce the tones corresponding to said musical notes; and (c) the notes to be played by the fingers of the right hand being printed on one side of said staff line and the notes to be played by the fingers of the left hand being printed on the other side of said staff line; instructing said student to place said fingers on said keyboard with the named fingers placed on the correspondingly named keys; and instructing said student to play said notes with the correspondingly named fingers by depressing the correspondingly named keys.