Patent ID: 7897862

Claim:
A musical chord notation system for playing the guitar, banjo, ukulele, or similar stringed instrument with a plurality of strings and a plurality of frets, where implied major, implied minor, actual major and actual minor chords are produced by strumming all of the strings on the instrument using the following information: a) guitar tuning information, where the tuning of the strings on the instrument conforms to the following description: 1) the bass strings, defined as the lower one-third to three-fourths of the total number of strings on the instrument, are tuned to only a root or lowest note, the major fifth note above the root note, and, optionally, unisons and octaves of said notes, and 2) the treble strings, defined as the upper one-fourth to two-thirds of the total number of strings on the instrument, are tuned in one of two ways: a) to only octaves of the root note and octaves of the major fifth note above the root note, or b) to only octaves of the root note and octaves of the major fifth note above the root note transposed by the same interval, and b) chord fingering information specifying a multiple string partial bar shape, where the bass strings are fretted in the same fret space and the treble strings are left unfretted, c) capo positioning, and d) a single letter, number, color or symbol that specifies the fret space location where the above chord fingering is implemented, producing a unique chord, defined as a minimum of a unique root note along with the major fifth note in the root note's scale, for each fret space location specified.