the idea was to show someone where the notes were on the guitar fingerboard. So we got some magnets and put them on a grid. Could be anything on a grid, a rock, an indicia, an indicator, a marker, and then print on them. Numbers to represent the fingers. Mark notes on the grid for the tuning of the strings (the vertical lines on the grid). So we made some. We made a patent. And a product design.
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<<<< ah2product base design exterior . . . . . . . U.S. Pat. #4.559.861 . . . ............trying to make music harmony made visible . . . . . . . cwp 3step 3 - where the notes are in standard guitar tuning <<4step 2 5step 1 <<<6what it is The background on this next below image is comprised of seven diatonic colors placed on 12 chromatic steps 
to navigate the images & return to the home page use the back command . things do do with this site . . . print out the revelant or desired grid. put it on your refrigerator with magnets. move magnets or markers around on grid to form [changeable] diagrams of chords & scales. Paint (or print ,like, on a label or piece of tape, or something), numbers on the magnets, 1 to 4 , to represent the fingers to be placed on the string against the fretboard, like, where to put them and which one to use. (maybe a "T" for a thumb) For Harmonic analysis and scales, use Roman numerals to avoid confusion with the numbers, search google or go online, or to the library, book store, music store & get books on music theory. in music theory, two systems operate simultaneously in a key signature seven diatonic notes are arranged on 12 chromatic steps. diatonic means "of the scale" = seven discrete tones arranged according to the "formula for a major (or other) scale" chromatic designates movement up or down in half steps (notice the arrangement of the black & white keys on a piano, 7 + 5 = 12 
Charles Patty u.s. pat# 4,559,861 University of California at Berkeley A.B. Architecture home |
