In embodiments, the invention includes a device for supporting motion of a bow with respect to a bowed string instrument such that motion of the bow is constrained to approximate good playing form. An embodiment includes a clamp for attaching the device to a bowed string instrument, a hinge, and a guide tube. The invention also includes a method using the device, wherein a student learning to play a bowed string instrument may develop good playing form and create a muscle memory associated with such good playing form.

Disclosed herein are musical training devices, systems, and methods, in particular, for bowed string instruments, which alter the balance point of a bow by adding weight at certain locations on the bow to alter the natural balance of the bow. A training system can include a bow and a training device. An illustrative training device can include a housing, a retaining mechanism, and a weight assembly. The housing may be attachable to the bow. The retaining mechanism can be configured to attach the housing to the bow. The weight assembly may be attachable to the housing, the retaining mechanism, or both. The retaining mechanism can include an integral attachment feature or a separate fastener or lockable gate. A method for using a training device can include providing a bow and a training device, attaching the training device to the bow, and playing a bowed string instrument.

Disclosed herein are musical training devices, systems, and methods, in particular, for bowed string instruments, which alter the balance point of a bow by adding weight at certain locations on the bow to alter the natural balance of the bow. A training system can include a bow and a training device. An illustrative training device can include a housing, a retaining mechanism, and a weight assembly. The housing may be attachable to the bow. The retaining mechanism can be configured to attach the housing to the bow. The weight assembly may be attachable to the housing, the retaining mechanism, or both. The retaining mechanism can include an integral attachment feature or a separate fastener or lockable gate. A method for using a training device can include providing a bow and a training device, attaching the training device to the bow, and playing a bowed string instrument.

A finger grip support brace for guitars and other stringed instruments that helps station the hand for picking by providing support utilized by the little finger or other fingers thus securely placing the hand in an accurate and consistent position over the strings.

A finger grip support brace for guitars and other stringed instruments that helps station the hand for picking by providing support utilized by the little finger or other fingers thus securely placing the hand in an accurate and consistent position over the strings.

A personalized guitar pick formed from the impressions of a player's fingers manually imprinted on first and/or second sides of the pick is disclosed. Specifically, the first side of the pick is deformed in a thumb-shaped depression while a second side of the pick is molded into a shape corresponding to the index and/or middle fingers after heating the pick to a predetermined melting temperature that corresponds with the thermoplastic material that forms the pick. A method of forming a personalized guitar pick is also disclosed.

A plectrum for strumming a stringed instrument comprises a body having a front side, a rear side, a center portion, and a periphery. The body has one or more pick tips having an edge adapted to strum a stringed instrument. An ergonomic contour is provided on the front side and/or the rear side of the body, the ergonomic contour having a protrusion that extends radially from the center portion toward the periphery, the protrusion having one or more projections or recesses. The ergonomic contour creates a surface that is contactable by the thumb or other finger of a user to aid in the gripping of the plectrum and reducing stress. The pick tips on the body may each be different. A method of using the plectrum includes rotating the plectrum between the fingers from one pick tip to another.

A stringed instrument bow includes an elongated stick (102) having a head (110) and a frog (112) holding a ribbon of bow hair (108). The head and frog are configured such that bow hair (108) held under tension between the head and the frog forms a longitudinally twisted ribbon as held.

A stringed instrument bow includes an elongated stick (102) having a head (110) and a frog (112) holding a ribbon of bow hair (108). The head and frog are configured such that bow hair (108) held under tension between the head and the frog forms a longitudinally twisted ribbon as held.

An illuminating musical bow for visually enhanced performance when playing stringed instruments is disclosed. The illuminating musical bow may include a light source disposed within a hollow or cavity that is disposed within a transparent or translucent stick of the bow.