WO2007020415A1 - An aid to learning to play a stringed instrument - Google Patents

An aid to learning to play a stringed instrument Download PDF

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WO2007020415A1
WO2007020415A1 PCT/GB2006/003027 GB2006003027W WO2007020415A1 WO 2007020415 A1 WO2007020415 A1 WO 2007020415A1 GB 2006003027 W GB2006003027 W GB 2006003027W WO 2007020415 A1 WO2007020415 A1 WO 2007020415A1
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    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09BEDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B15/00Teaching music
    • G09B15/02Boards or like means for providing an indication of notes
    • G09B15/026Non-electrically operated
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    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09BEDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B15/00Teaching music
    • G09B15/001Boards or like means for providing an indication of chords
    • G09B15/004Non-electrically operated systems
    • GPHYSICS
    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09BEDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B15/00Teaching music
    • G09B15/001Boards or like means for providing an indication of chords
    • G09B15/004Non-electrically operated systems
    • G09B15/005Non-electrically operated systems of the slide type
    • G09B15/006Non-electrically operated systems of the slide type with indication of the keys or strings to be played on instruments
    • GPHYSICS
    • G10MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10GREPRESENTATION OF MUSIC; RECORDING MUSIC IN NOTATION FORM; ACCESSORIES FOR MUSIC OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. SUPPORTS
    • G10G1/00Means for the representation of music
    • G10G1/02Chord or note indicators, fixed or adjustable, for keyboard of fingerboards

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  • This invention relates to an aid to learning to play a stringed instrument, and more particularly to an aid to learning to play a bowed instrument such as a violin.
  • a stringed instrument In the case of all such instruments the player has to learn precisely where to place his or her fingers on the strings in order to play the required notes . To complicate the issue, the required finger placements on the strings vary according to the key signature in which any particular piece of music is written. The necessary playing ability is only acquired by practising until it becomes instinctive .
  • an aid to learning to play a stringed instrument comprises a leaf of flexible film on which there are indicated finger placements corresponding to different notes in a particular key signature, said leaf being adapted to be positioned on a surface of the instrument in an area directly beneath the requisite finger placements on the strings and to be held firmly in position there by atmospheric pressure, to be removed and replaced as necessary by a similar leaf on which there are indicated finger placements for a different key signature, and to be repeatedly re-used as required.
  • the instrument is preferably a bowed instrument, the smooth surface being the neck of the instrument and one end of said leaf being adapted to abut against the raised nut on the neck.
  • the leaf is provided at each side with an integral wing adapted to be wrapped partially around the neck of the instrument.
  • the finger placements are preferably indicated by letters of the alphabet printed on the leaf and conventionally identifying the respective notes obtainable so that they are detectable by sight.
  • the letters of the alphabet may be raised on the leaf so as to be detectable by touch as well as by sight.
  • the letters of the alphabet are impressed in the leaf so as to be detectable by touch as well as by sight.
  • the finger placements may be indicated on the leaf by simple protrusions so as to be detectable only by touch.
  • the finger placements are indicated in the leaf by simple impressions so as to be detectable only by touch.
  • divergent lines which correspond to the strings of the instrument are printed on the leaf with the finger placements arranged along them.
  • the film is transparent.
  • each aid bears a printed indication of a different key signature to which it relates.
  • said set of aids is initially mounted for sale on a common backing sheet.
  • the backing sheet may be offered for sale in conjunction with an explanatory DVD .
  • said set of aids is included in an explanatory booklet from which the aids are individually removeable and into which they can be replaced.
  • the booklet may be offered for sale in conjunction with an instructional DVD.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates purely for explanatory purposes the upper side of a conventional violin
  • Figures 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d together show a set of aids according to the invention as mounted on a common backing sheet.
  • an aid to learning to play a bowed instrument comprises a leaf 10 of smooth flexible plastics film formed of a material capable of being held firmly in position on a smooth surface solely by atmospheric pressure and of being permanently impregnated by silk-screen printing or the like.
  • the matter printed thereon includes lines 12, 14,16, and 18 as shown in Figure 2a which correspond to the G, D, A and E strings 2O 7 22, 24 and 26 of a conventional violin 28 as shown in Figure 1. Said lines diverge away from a narrow end 30 of the leaf 10, and said leaf is provided at each side with an integral wing 32.
  • Said strings are stretched in well known manner between a tail-piece 34 and respective pegs 36, passing over a bridge 38 and a slightly raised nut 40 integral with a neck 42 of a finger-board 44 which conventionally has a smooth surface.
  • the strings are clear of the neck 42 and finger-board 44 but are selectively and temporarily held down by appropriate placement of the fingers of the player to produce the requisite notes when the strings thus held down are vibrated by drawing a conventional bow (not shown) across them.
  • the matter printed on the leaf 10 also includes small circles 46 indicating finger placements corresponding to different notes in a particular key signature, each circle 46 containing a letter of the alphabet, namely A, B, C, D, E, F or (3, conventionally identifying the note obtainable at that placement so that it is detectable by sight, said letters and their associated circles being appropriately arranged along the lines 12, 14, 16 and 18.
  • the remaining matter printed on the leaf 10 is a conventional indication 48 of the key signature to which that particular leaf 10 relates.
  • leaf 10 shown in Figure 2a relates to the key signature E major indicated by four sharps, that shown in Figure 2b relates to A major indicated -by three sharps, that sjhpwn .i n Figure 2c relates to D major indicated by two sharps, and that shown in .
  • Figure 2d relates to G major indicated i> ⁇ one sharp.
  • a .set of several leaves 10 can initially be mounted for sale on a common backing sheet 50 which can also carry.instructions for use, TJie leaves 10 are formed of transparent film so as to be unobtrusive thus minimising any risk of embarrassment to a learner, though this is not essential.
  • a leaf 10 relating to the key signature of a composition to be played is peeled from the backing sheet 50 and positioned on the neck 42 of the violin 28 with its narrow end 30 abutting against that end of the nut 40 adjacent to the bridge 38, that is to say in an area directly beneath the requisite finger placements on the strings, and with the wings 32 wrapped partially around the neck 42 , whereupon it is held firmly in position clear of the strings by atmospheric pressure.
  • the requisite finger placements are then clearly but unobtrusively indicated to the eyes of the learner.
  • Each leaf 10 can readily be removed and replaced as necessary by a similar leaf printed with finger placements for a different key signature, and can be repeatedly re-used as often as required.
  • the invention is equally well applicable to all bowed instruments, for example the viola, the ⁇ cello and the double bass, and also to violins smaller than full-sized instruments.
  • the leaves 10 can be made in appropriately different sizes.
  • the printed letters of the alphabet can be raised on or impressed in the leaf so as to be detectable by touch as well as by sight. Alternatively, the letters can be dispensed with and the finger placements indicated by simple protrusions on or impressions in the leaf so as to be detectable only by touch.
  • the film can consist of suitable materials other than plastics, for example rubber.
  • the set of leaves can be included in an explanatory booklet from, which the leaves are individually removeable and into which they can be replaced, and the backing sheet or the booklet can be offered for sale in conjunction with an instructional DVD.

Abstract

An aid to learning to play a stringed instrument comprises a leaf (10) of flexible film on which there are indicated finger placements (46) corresponding to different notes in a particular key signature. Divergent lines (12 , 14, 16, 18) which correspond to the strings of the instrument are printed on the leaf with the finger placements arranged along them. The leaf is adapted to be positioned on the neck of the instrument in an area directly beneath the requisite finger placements on the strings and to be held firmly in position there by atmospheric pressure . The leaf is provided at each side with an integral wing (32) adapted to be wrapped partially around the neck. The leaf is adapted to be removed and replaced as necessary by a similar leaf on which there are indicated finger placements for a different key signature, and to be repeatedly re-used as required.

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"An Aid to Learning to Play a Stringed Instrument"
This invention relates to an aid to learning to play a stringed instrument, and more particularly to an aid to learning to play a bowed instrument such as a violin. In the case of all such instruments the player has to learn precisely where to place his or her fingers on the strings in order to play the required notes . To complicate the issue, the required finger placements on the strings vary according to the key signature in which any particular piece of music is written. The necessary playing ability is only acquired by practising until it becomes instinctive .
The object of the present invention is to provide an aid to learning to play such instruments . According to one aspect of the invention, an aid to learning to play a stringed instrument comprises a leaf of flexible film on which there are indicated finger placements corresponding to different notes in a particular key signature, said leaf being adapted to be positioned on a surface of the instrument in an area directly beneath the requisite finger placements on the strings and to be held firmly in position there by atmospheric pressure, to be removed and replaced as necessary by a similar leaf on which there are indicated finger placements for a different key signature, and to be repeatedly re-used as required. The instrument is preferably a bowed instrument, the smooth surface being the neck of the instrument and one end of said leaf being adapted to abut against the raised nut on the neck. Preferably, the leaf is provided at each side with an integral wing adapted to be wrapped partially around the neck of the instrument.
The finger placements are preferably indicated by letters of the alphabet printed on the leaf and conventionally identifying the respective notes obtainable so that they are detectable by sight.
The letters of the alphabet may be raised on the leaf so as to be detectable by touch as well as by sight. Alternatively, the letters of the alphabet are impressed in the leaf so as to be detectable by touch as well as by sight.
The finger placements may be indicated on the leaf by simple protrusions so as to be detectable only by touch.
Alternatively, the finger placements are indicated in the leaf by simple impressions so as to be detectable only by touch.
Preferably, divergent lines which correspond to the strings of the instrument are printed on the leaf with the finger placements arranged along them. Preferably, also, the film is transparent.
The film preferably consists of plastics material. According to another aspect of the invention, in a set of aids according to any one of the ten preceding paragraphs, each aid bears a printed indication of a different key signature to which it relates. Preferably, said set of aids is initially mounted for sale on a common backing sheet.
The backing sheet may be offered for sale in conjunction with an explanatory DVD .
Alternatively, said set of aids is included in an explanatory booklet from which the aids are individually removeable and into which they can be replaced.
The booklet may be offered for sale in conjunction with an instructional DVD.
A preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which: -
Figure 1 illustrates purely for explanatory purposes the upper side of a conventional violin; and
Figures 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d together show a set of aids according to the invention as mounted on a common backing sheet.
Referring now to the drawings, an aid to learning to play a bowed instrument comprises a leaf 10 of smooth flexible plastics film formed of a material capable of being held firmly in position on a smooth surface solely by atmospheric pressure and of being permanently impregnated by silk-screen printing or the like. The matter printed thereon includes lines 12, 14,16, and 18 as shown in Figure 2a which correspond to the G, D, A and E strings 2O7 22, 24 and 26 of a conventional violin 28 as shown in Figure 1. Said lines diverge away from a narrow end 30 of the leaf 10, and said leaf is provided at each side with an integral wing 32. Said strings are stretched in well known manner between a tail-piece 34 and respective pegs 36, passing over a bridge 38 and a slightly raised nut 40 integral with a neck 42 of a finger-board 44 which conventionally has a smooth surface. The strings are clear of the neck 42 and finger-board 44 but are selectively and temporarily held down by appropriate placement of the fingers of the player to produce the requisite notes when the strings thus held down are vibrated by drawing a conventional bow (not shown) across them. The matter printed on the leaf 10 also includes small circles 46 indicating finger placements corresponding to different notes in a particular key signature, each circle 46 containing a letter of the alphabet, namely A, B, C, D, E, F or (3, conventionally identifying the note obtainable at that placement so that it is detectable by sight, said letters and their associated circles being appropriately arranged along the lines 12, 14, 16 and 18. The remaining matter printed on the leaf 10 is a conventional indication 48 of the key signature to which that particular leaf 10 relates. Thus the leaf 10 shown in Figure 2a relates to the key signature E major indicated by four sharps, that shown in Figure 2b relates to A major indicated -by three sharps, that sjhpwn .in Figure 2c relates to D major indicated by two sharps, and that shown in .Figure 2d relates to G major indicated i>γ one sharp. It is believed that a set of six leaves 10, relating to the key signatures .C .major .and w sharp in addition to the four illustrated, will cover most of the key .signatures„in .common .use ..and will suffice to assist learning up to a point where finger placements are becoming instinctive and these aids are no longer needed- A .set of several leaves 10 can initially be mounted for sale on a common backing sheet 50 which can also carry.instructions for use, TJie leaves 10 are formed of transparent film so as to be unobtrusive thus minimising any risk of embarrassment to a learner, though this is not essential. White printed matter on a transparent film 10 is clearly visible to the learner on the conventionally black neck 42 , In use, a leaf 10 relating to the key signature of a composition to be played is peeled from the backing sheet 50 and positioned on the neck 42 of the violin 28 with its narrow end 30 abutting against that end of the nut 40 adjacent to the bridge 38, that is to say in an area directly beneath the requisite finger placements on the strings, and with the wings 32 wrapped partially around the neck 42 , whereupon it is held firmly in position clear of the strings by atmospheric pressure. The requisite finger placements are then clearly but unobtrusively indicated to the eyes of the learner. Each leaf 10 can readily be removed and replaced as necessary by a similar leaf printed with finger placements for a different key signature, and can be repeatedly re-used as often as required.
The invention is equally well applicable to all bowed instruments, for example the viola, the λcello and the double bass, and also to violins smaller than full-sized instruments. For this purpose the leaves 10 can be made in appropriately different sizes.
Application to stringed instruments which are exclusively plucked, such as the guitar and the banjo, is also within the scope of this invention. Several modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the invention. The printed letters of the alphabet can be raised on or impressed in the leaf so as to be detectable by touch as well as by sight. Alternatively, the letters can be dispensed with and the finger placements indicated by simple protrusions on or impressions in the leaf so as to be detectable only by touch. The film can consist of suitable materials other than plastics, for example rubber. The set of leaves can be included in an explanatory booklet from, which the leaves are individually removeable and into which they can be replaced, and the backing sheet or the booklet can be offered for sale in conjunction with an instructional DVD.

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1. An aid to learning to play a stringed instrument comprising a leaf of flexible film on which there are indicated finger placements corresponding to different notes in a particular key signature, said leaf being adapted to be positioned on a surface of the instrument in an area directly beneath the requisite finger placements on the strings and to be held firmly in position there by atmospheric pressure, tot be removed and replaced as necessary by a similar leaf on which there are indicated finger placements for a different key signature, and to be repeatedly re-used as required,
2. An aid according to claim 1 ■ wherein the instrument is a bowed instrument, the smooth surface being the neck of the instrument and one end of said leaf being adapted to abut against the raised nut on the neck.
3. An aid according to either of the preceding claims , wherein the leaf is provided at each side with an integral wing adapted to be wrapped partially around the neck of the instrument.
4. An aid according to any one of the preceding claims , wherein the finger placements are indicated by letters of the alphabet printed on the leaf and conventionally identifying the respective notes obtainable so that they are detectable by sight.
5. An aid according to claim 4 , wherein the letters of the alphabet are raised on the leaf so as to be detectable by touch as well as by sight.
6. An aid according to claim 4, wherein the letters of the alphabet are impressed in the leaf so as to be detectable by touch as well as by sight.
7. An aid according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the finger placements are indicated on the leaf by simple protrusions so as to be detectable only by touch.
8, An aid according to any one of claims 1 to 3. wherein the finger placements are indicated in the leaf by simple impressions so as to be detectable only by touch.
9. An aid according to any one of the preceding claims , wherein divergent lines which correspond to the strings of the instrument are printed on the leaf with the finger placements arranged along them.
10. An aid according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the film is transparent.
11. An aid according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the film consists of plasties material.
12. A set of aids according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each aid bears a printed indication of a different key signature to which it relates .
13. A set of aids according to claim 12 , initially mounted for sale on a common backing sheet.
14. A set; of aids according to claim 13, wherein the backing sheet is offered for sale in conjunction with an instructional DVD.
15. A set of aids according to claim 12 , included in an explanatory booklet from which they are individually removeable and into which they can be replaced.
16. A set of aids according to claim 15, wherein the booklet is offered for sale in conjunction with an instructional DVD.
17. An aid to learning to play a stringed instrument constructed, arranged and adapted to operate substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to, and as illustrated by, any one of Figures 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d of the accompanying drawings.
18. A set of aids to learning to play a stringed instrument substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to, and as illustrated by, Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings .
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