Patent ID: 7674969

Claim:
A finger musical instrument, comprising: a first glove and a second glove, some performance keys distributed on a fingertip of each of the gloves, and a sound box positioned at each of the gloves; wherein: the finger musical instrument further comprises a combination key positioned at palm heel of each of the gloves, a pair of controllers, and a pair of range selection switches used for making a sound higher or lower by an octave; each of the sound boxes is connected with one of the controllers; the performance key and the combination key on the same glove are all connected with the corresponding controller; each of the controllers is connected with one of the range selection switches; the performance key and the combination of the performance key and the combination key on the first glove, under selection control of the range selection switch on this glove, make the corresponding sound box give out a sound in the octave bass range or the octave mediant range; the performance key and the combination of the performance key and the combination key on the second glove, under selection control of the range selection switch on this glove, make the corresponding sound box give out a sound in the octave mediant range or the octave alto range; and the sound box is further provided with a switchover switch connected with the controller, the switchover switch setting the controller under a performance mode or a teaching mode; the performance keys are the performance keys (K 1 -K 10 ) distributed at the ten fingertips of the gloves, respectively; the combination keys are a first and a second combination keys (KA and KB) positioned at palm heel of the two gloves, respectively; the switchover switch sets the controller under the teaching mode; the sound box plays an accompanying sound under control of the controller; and the controller can be activated to play a leading tone according to any of the performance keys (K 1 , K 2 , K 3 , K 4 , K 5 , K 6 , K 7 , K 8 , K 9 , and K 10 ) pressed, the leading tone being played by finger press until end of a melody; wherein the melody is divided into several fragments by the controller, the controller playing an accompanying sound of a next fragment automatically when the leading tone is in consistency with the accompanying sound, the controller repeating the accompanying sound of the same fragment when the leading tone is not in consistency with the accompanying sound.