Music education aid

An apparatus for music education and training comprising:

• a base member having musical key segments formed thereon assigned to each of several musical keys, each of said musical key segments having an indicator area having indicators thereon defining for the assigned musical key:
• a key indicator designating that musical key;
• a key signature for that key in written music;
• a second member movably mounted with respect to said base member and having formed thereon an alignment indicator for selective alignment with each of said key indicators of said musical key segments;
• said alignment indicator further having an indicator indicating a tonic note for a selected musical key on said base member when aligned therewith;
• said base member further including a play chord as indicator visible through said second member to indicate a chord to play with the melody in the key designated by said alignment indicator;
• said second member further having formed therein a viewing window of similar size to one of said musical key segments to permit viewing of the indicator area for one of said musical key segments when said alignment indicator is aligned with said key indicator for that key;
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• said second member having an opening spaced from said viewing window and alignable over said play chord as indicator for viewing the chord indicated thereby.

An apparatus for music education and training comprising:

• a base member having musical key segments formed thereon assigned to each of several musical keys, each of said musical key segments being arranged on said base member according to the circle of fifths relationship, each of said musical key segments further having an indicator area having indicators thereon, defining for the assigned musical key:
• a key indicator designating that musical key;
• a key signature for that key in written music;
• said base member having a raise step indicator segment formed thereon to indicate a note to be raised one-half step and also at a spaced location therefrom a dominant 7th chord indicator to indicate the chord in which such note is to be raised;
• a second member movably mounted with respect to said base member and having formed thereon an alignment indicator for selective alignment with each of said key indicators of said musical key segments;
• said second member further having formed therein a viewing window of similar size to one of said musical key segments to permit viewing of the indicator area for one of said musical key segments when said alignment indicator is aligned with said key indicator for that key;
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• said second member having a pair of openings formed therein alignable over said raise step indicator segment and said dominant 7th chord indicator for viewing such portions of said additional indicator segment.

An apparatus for music education and training comprising:

• a base member having musical key segments formed thereon assigned to each of several musical keys, each of said musical key segments being arranged on said base member according to the circle of fifths relationship, each of said musical key segments further having an indicator area having indicators thereon, defining for the assigned musical key:
• a key indicator designating that musical key;
• a key signature for that key in written music;
• a second member movably mounted with respect to said base member and having formed thereon an alignment indicator for selective alignment with each of said key indicators of said musical key segments;
• said second member further having formed therein a viewing window of similar size to one of said musical key segments to permit viewing of the indicator area for one of said musical key segments when said alignment indicator is aligned with said key indicator for that key;
• said second member having segments for various keys formed thereon like in number to the number of musical key segments on said base member;
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• said second member having indicators formed on said key segments thereof indicating the number of steps between each such key and the key aligned with said viewing window.