MY PIC BAND PRODUCTS

The PicBand ™  product is an assembly of newly-designed components resulting in a re-structured plectrum, (commonly referred to as a “pick”) which is suitable for various means of attachment to a grasping device (our Tether).  The PicBand ™ components feature an extended gripping surface, or “tab,” which allows a musician to more effectively hold the Pic and to apply more forceful leverage when the Pic strikes the strings of an instrument, particularly guitar.

A further advantage of the tab is that it provides a means for attaching the Tether or similar grasping device to a tab.  There are various grasping devices presented in PicBand ™’s patent application.  They are designed to provide the musician more comfort, reliable gripping pressure, and a greater consciousness of proper muscular movements while playing guitar.

It should be noted that PicBand ™ is designed to promote the most ergonomic method of positioning a plectrum to contact the strings of a guitar.  By virtue of grasping the Tether while simultaneously holding the attached Pic, the musician consciously positions his/her inner wrist bone and forearm to maintain the proper orientation with respect to the forearm static vector (parallel to the guitar strings).  The forearm muscles are then recruited to provide rotation of the wrist, and the corresponding up-and-down Pic movement causes more efficient contact with the strings  of the guitar.
For continuous vibrato-type striking movements against the string, the musician need only recruit the forearm muscle to rotate the inner wrist bone back and forth as rapidly as desired, causing a comfortable back-and-forth alternating of the inner wrist bone.  The musician’s elbow may need to change its angle slightly relative to the upper arm (humerus bone) in order to maintain the orientation of the forearm static vector. The muscle movements described serve to minimize muscular fatigue, Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), carpal tunnel syndrome, and varied forms of “tennis elbow.”  These ailments are often suffered by guitarists who practice and/or play engagements regularly and for long sessions, without conscious effort to efficiently coordinate their arm muscle groupings.

PicBand ™ may help guitarists become more aware of the proper orientation and use of those muscles involved in playing the guitar.