Patent ID: 8399756

Claim:
A learning and playing system for stringed instruments having a neck and a fingerboard, comprising; a thin flexible strip with characters representing musical notes printed on a surface of the strip, configured for semi-permanent placement along the length of the instruments neck adjacent the fingerboard, wherein notes are printed on the surface corresponding to at least the two lowest pitch strings, starting from the lowest pitch string, or string closest to the player (top of the fingerboard) and corresponding to at least one fingering position, and ordered with the note corresponding to the top string at the top and the notes corresponding to successive strings substantially in a column below starting string note, and; the strip is placed at the fingering position with the top note adjacent to the intersection of the top of the neck and fingerboard, the first end of the strip adjacent to the nut, the strip visible . . . to the player from above and behind the fingerboard, providing a clear indication of the notes for at least the two lowest pitch strings at the fingering position.