Patent ID: 7554025

Claim:
A visual method for learning finger positions on keys of a musical keyboard to form musical chords, the method comprising: using a series of linear shapes each formed by interconnecting straight lines, each of the lines representing an actual linear relationship between adjacent finger positions on different keys on the musical keyboard as if looking down on the musical keyboard and visualizing a line between each pair of adjacent fingers positioned on the keys, the interconnected straight lines of each of the linear shapes representing the linear relationship between fingers positioned on the musical keyboard to form a musical chord, the series of linear shapes representing all of the shapes used in forming chords for a given number of finger positions on a given number of keys, the visual method adapted for use in learning finger positioning for all of a series of chords on the musical keyboard using a given number of fingers on a given number of keys by associating each of the series of linear shapes with a discrete number of chords formed by each of the fingering positions at different locations along the keyboard; and placing said linear shapes above the chord symbols on a music sheet, whereby a player can visualize the finger positions as each chord is played.