Patent ID: 6984780

Claim:
A stringed instrument fingerboard with position markers, which includes: an array of fingerboard position markers, said array of fingerboard position markers comprising a component part of a fingerboard, said fingerboard comprising a component part of a stringed instrument; each position marker of said array is positioned in a one-to-one correspondence with a string of the stringed instrument; each position marker of said array of position markers is proximate to a specific note of a group of notes on the stringed instrument fingerboard, the group of notes consisting of C#/Db, D#/Eb, F#/Gb, G#/Ab, and A#/Bb; the position marker for each note C#/Db is a first user discernable characteristic; the position marker for each note D#/Eb is the first user discernable characteristic; the position marker for each note F#/Gb is a second user discernable characteristic; the position marker for each note G#/Ab is a third user discernable characteristic; and the position marker for each note A#/Bb is the second user discernable characteristic.