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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1976
Emmett H Chapman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of playing a stringed musical instrument of the guitar family by tapping the strings. The musical instrument has, for example, a fretted fingerboard, a plurality of tensioned strings and string tensioning means, sound amplifying means; there is a first group of melody tuned strings and a second group of bass and chord strings. The strings of the first group are tapped by the fingers of the right hand and the strings of the second group are tapped by the fingers of the left hand. The fingers of both hands are used to tap bass, chords and melody simultaneously.
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