ES1270385U - Mold for placing the hand on the bow of stringed instruments (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Mold for placing the hand on the bow of stringed instruments designed to facilitate learning to take the bow (hold it), characterized by being a piece with four slits (1), (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

Mold for placing the hand on the bow of stringed instruments

Technical sector

The purpose of this utility model application is to register a mold for placing the hand on the bow of stringed instruments (violin, viola, cello and double bass) with the purpose of facilitating the learning of the taking of the bow ( how to hold the bow) to people who are new to the practice of a string instrument.

Background of the invention

Taking the bow is an aspect that is very difficult for people who are new to the practice of a string instrument and is, without a doubt, one of the main causes of discouragement during learning it; the placement of the hand and fingers and, specifically, their proper curvature and support are the main difficulties to be faced. Thus, it is common to experience frustration and lack of interest in the difficulties of this learning, since it is a technical aspect that requires a lot of time to perfect.

In musical instrument stores and online sales portals it is possible to find accessories that are placed on the bow and are generally known as "Bow Hold Buddies." These are pedagogical resources that serve as a guide for the placement of the fingers. , some of these resources have a series of shortcomings, such as suggesting a wrong bow shot or not being explicit enough in the placement of all fingers, offering an incomplete view of bow shot. Thus, these resources show where place one or more fingers but without specifying the correct position of the rest, in addition to not indicating their point of support, the curvature they must adopt or the required distance between them and, therefore, can cause confusion.

Explanation of the invention

This mold for placing the hand on the bow of string instruments is made up of a piece with five slits: four of them in the front part to place the index, middle, ring and little fingers, and another slit in the back part. to put the thumb. Likewise, the grooves are delimited by a series of folds or projections that make the position that the fingers must adopt on the grooves more explicit. Inside it has a cylinder-shaped hole that runs through it from one end to the other to introduce the bow's rod into that space.

To place the mold on the arch, it is first necessary to unscrew the screw of the arch to remove the nut. After removing it, the bow rod must be inserted through the hole in the mold. The nut is then returned to its usual position and the arch is tightened again with the screw. Finally, the mold is placed on the nut, so that the indentations of the front part are located on it. In this way, with the mold correctly positioned on the bow, it is possible to place the fingers of the hand in the grooves corresponding to each one of them and start practicing the instrument.

The present model comes to solve the difficulties derived from the learning process of the bow grip and, furthermore, through its various folds, projections and indentations, to show more clearly than existing products for this purpose, the correct placement of all the fingers of the hand, more precisely and intuitively.

Brief description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description, in which, with an illustrative and non-limiting nature, the following has been represented. following:

Figure 1.- Shows a front view of the device of the invention.

Figure 2.- Shows a rear view of the device of the invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

It is a piece preferably made of plastic material with a size of around 11 cm long and 2 cm wide, with a series of slits, folds and holes that I will detail below. Following the drawings you can see the slits (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) to place in them the index, middle, ring, little finger and thumb respectively, as well as the folds or projections (1a), (2a), (3a), (4a) and (5a) that delimit the space of the grooves and act as separators for the fingers. The cylindrical hole (6) that passes through the piece from one end to the other allows it to be inserted through the bow rod.

Claims (2)

1. Mold for placing the hand on the bow of stringed instruments designed to facilitate learning to take the bow (hold it), characterized by being a piece with four slits (1), (2), (3 ) and (4) in the front part to place the index, middle, ring and little fingers respectively and a slit (5) in the back to place the thumb, in addition to a hole (6) that goes through the piece from one end to the other in order to introduce it through the shaft of the bow. 2. Mold for placing the hand on the bow of string instruments according to claim 1 characterized in that the slits (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) that it presents are located next to a series of projections or folds (1a), (2a), (3a), (4a) and (5a) that delimit the space of these slits and act as separators for the fingers.