PATENT AWARDED TO OHIO SIXTH-GRADER!
The United States Patent and Trademark Office issued
U.S. Patent No. 7,897,861 on March 1, 2011
Nate, now a middle school student, developed the idea for Nate's Piano Plates from an advanced fourth grade assignment to create a practical invention -- one that solves a real problem. As a young piano student, mastering 2+ octave fingering sequences in both hands for the 24 major and minor harmonic scales was definitely a problem Nate wanted to solve!
What are Nate's Piano Plates?
Quite simply, Nate's Piano Plates teach exactly how to play all Major and Minor Harmonic piano scales in multiple octaves by visually encoding the correct choice of which fingering sequence to use for each hand, key signature, and note!
The instructional plates require no music-reading knowledge and each plate slides directly behind the piano keys on a standard keyboard. Simply center the left-most arrow over a piano key of any of the scale signatures marked on the plate selected and then play the keys marked with the hand and fingering sequence shown.
Our simple and highly effective visual teaching templates take the frustration and drudgery out of mastering piano scale fingering. It truly is the next best thing to having a piano teacher sitting next to you on the bench! Our teaching method is so easy and simplified that all ages of piano students can benefit -- from 5 to 95 years old.
Based on the creative insights of a 9 year old boy struggling to learn fingering for the many different scales, Nate's Piano Plates reduce the teaching of 48 scale fingering sequence variations in both left and right hands to just 12 guide cards! We accomplish this by teaching a new way to group fingering sequences that will help memorization mastery using intuitively visual guides.
- Just 12 cards teach how to correctly learn and play the fingering sequences for 48 scales in left and right hands using 24 unique template designs for the Major and Minor Harmonic scales!
- In a break from traditional methods, we have regrouped many fingering sequence families for easier learning and memorization -- allowing the student to focus on fingering similarities between key signatures in a clearly visual manner.
- Printed template design fits on all standard piano keyboards
- Plates sit directly behind the keys & align simply by the scale key
- Plates are 14" long and cover fingering sequences for 2-octave scales
- Separate cards teach fingering sequences for left and right hands
- 2 index cards provide fast plate number selection for desired scale work
- Simple use instructions and finger numbering convention included
How Do Nate's Piano Plates Work?
