Easy guitar player

Abstract

A fingering assembly positionable over strings of a guitar is formed of a housing with buttons and a plate. Each button has an upper end adapted to be contacted and depressed by a user. Each button has a lower end. The plate has a plurality of levers. Each lever has an upper surface adapted to be contacted and depressed by a lower end of one of the buttons. Each lever has a lower surface adapted to contact a string of the guitar in response to a depressing of an associated button.

Claims

1. An easy guitar player system for facilitating the fingering of guitar strings comprising, in combination: a guitar having six strings S1, S2, S3, S4, S5 and S6 adapted to be strummed to provide rhythm, the strings adapted to be fingered to distinguish notes, the strumming and fingering adapted to make music; the guitar having three frets F1, F2, and F3 to form discrete areas on the strings to be fingered; a fingering assembly including a housing in a generally rectilinear configuration with a top and a bottom and sides, resilient cords removably securing the housing to the guitar over the strings and over the fret; the fingering assembly including nine buttons, B1 of color 1, B2 of color 2, B3 of color 3, B4 of color 4, B5 of color 5, B6 of color 6, B7 of color 7, B8 of color 8, B9 of color 9, each button having an upper end adapted to be contacted and depressed by a user, each button having a lower end; the fingering assembly including a plate formed with three fret 1 levers L1, L2, and L3 positioned over strings S4, S5, and S6 respectively, the plate formed with five fret 2 levers L4, L5, L6, L7, and L8 positioned over strings S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6 respectively, the plate formed with five fret 3 levers L9, L10, L11, L12, and L13 positioned over strings S1, S2, S3, S5, S6 respectively, each lever adapted to be contacted by the lower end of an associated one of the buttons in response to depressing a button to resiliently bend and contact an associated one of the strings; whereby: when button B1 is depressed, string at fret F1 is contacted creating a C note; when buttons B1 and B7 are simultaneously depressed, string at fret F2 is contacted creating an E note and also string S5 at fret F3 is contacted creating a C note and a full C chord; when button B2 is depressed, strings S1 and S2 at fret F1 are contacted creating an F note and a C note and string S3 at fret F2 is contacted creating an A note; when button B3 is depressed, string S2 at fret F2 and string at fret F2 and string S3 at fret F2 are contacted creating an A chord; when button B4 is depressed, string S3 at fret F1 is contacted creating an G sharp note and also string S4 at fret F2 is contacted creating an E note and string S5 at fret F2 is contacted creating a B note and a full E chord; when button B5 is depressed string S1 and S3 are contacted at fret F3 and also string S2 at fret F3 is contacted creating a D chord; when button B6 and button B9 are simultaneously depressed, string S5 at fret F2 and will be contacted and also string S6 at fret F1 will be contacted and also string S1 at fret F3 will be contacted creating a G chord; and when button B8 is depressed string S4 at fret F3 is contacted creating an F note which creates the full F chord.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

(2) FIG. 1 is a plan view of an easy guitar pre constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention.

(3) FIG. 2 is a side elevational view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1.

(4) FIG. 3 is an end elevational view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 2.

(5) FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the plate and levers of FIG. 2.

(6) FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 1.

(7) FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective showing of the buttons along with the levers.

(8) FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective showing of button B2 and the associated levers.

(9) FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective showing of buttons B1 and B7 and the associated levers.

(10) FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective showing of button B5 and the associated levers.

(11) FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective showing of button B10 and the associated levers.

(12) FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective showing of buttons B2 and B8 and the associated levers.

(13) FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective showing of buttons B6 and B9 and the associated levers.

(14) The same reference numerals refer to the same parts throughout the various Figures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

(15) With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIG. 1 thereof, the preferred embodiment of the new and improved easy guitar player embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

(16) The present invention, the easy guitar pro 10 is comprised of a plurality of components. Such components in their broadest context include a housing with buttons and a plate with levers. Such components are individually configured and correlated with respect to each other so as to attain the desired objective.

(17) From a specific perspective, the invention of the present application is an easy guitar player system 10 for facilitating the fingering of guitar strings, the making of music, and the teaching of a novice to play a guitar. The fingering of the guitar strings and the making music and the teaching are done in a safe, convenient, and economic manner. The system includes a guitar 14 having six strings S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, adapted to be strummed to provide rhythm. The strings are adapted to be fingered to distinguish notes. The strumming and fingering are adapted to make music.

(18) The guitar has three frets F1, F2, F3 to form discrete areas on the strings to be fingered.

(19) A fingering assembly 18 includes a housing 20 in a generally rectilinear configuration with a top, a bottom, and sides. Resilient cords 22 removably secure the housing to the guitar over the strings and over the frets.

(20) The fingering assembly includes nine buttons B1 of color 1, B2 of color 2, B3 of color 4, B4 of color 4, B5 of color 5, B6 of color 6, B7 of color 7, B8 of color 8, B9 of color 9. Each button has an upper end adapted to be contacted and depressed by a user. Each button has a lower end.

(21) The fingering assembly includes a plate 26. The plate is formed with three fret 1 levers L1, L2, L3 positioned over strings S4, S5, S6 respectively. The plate 26 is also formed with five fret 2 levers L4, L5, L6, L7, L8 positioned over strings S2, S3, S4, S5, S6 respectively. The plate 26 is also formed with 5 fret 3 levers L9, L10, L11, L12, L13 positioned over strings S1, S2, S3, S5, S6 respectively. Each lever is adapted to be contacted by an associated button lower end to resiliently bend and contact an associated string.

(22) When button B1 is depressed, string S2 at fret F1 is contacted creating a C note.

(23) When button B1 and button B7 are simultaneously depressed, string S4 at fret F2 is contacted creating an E note and string S5 at fret F3 is contacted creating a C note and a full C chord.

(24) When button B2 is depressed, strings S1 and S2 at fret F1 are contacted creating an F note and a C note and string S3 at fret F2 is contacted creating an A note.

(25) When button B3 is depressed, string S2 at fret F2 and string S4 at fret F2 and string S3 at fret F2 are contacted creating an A chord.

(26) When button B4 is depressed, string S3 at fret F1 is contacted creating a G sharp note and also string S4 at fret F2 is contacted creating an E note and string S5 at fret F2 is contacted creating a B note and a full E chord.

(27) When button B5 is depressed, string S1 and string S3 is contacted at fret F2 and also string S2 at fret F3 is contacted creating a D chord.

(28) When button B6 and button B9 are simultaneously depressed, string S5 at fret F2 will be contacted and also string S6 at fret F1 will be contacted and also string S1 at fret F3 will be contacted creating a G chord.

(29) When button B8 is depressed string S4 at fret F3 is contacted creating an F note which creates the full F chord.

(30) As to the manner of usage and operation of the present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and operation will be provided.

(31) With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention.

(32) Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.