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MusicWheels music theory tool. (Music Marketplace).(Brief Article)

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MusicWheels, P.O. Box 1093, Nailsea, Bristol BS48 4ZB, United Kingdom; 011-44-1275-854311; duncan.betts@musicwheels.com; www.musicwheels.com. Price: 1 MusicWheels module, 26.50 [pounds sterling] sterling $43.37; 5 modules, 79.29 [pounds sterling] sterling $129.78; 10 modules, 135.68 [pounds sterling] sterling $222.07 (all prices including packing and international economy postage).

The MusicWheels music theory module was designed by Duncan Betts, a British businessman, to ease the learning of music theory. It comprises three plastic wheels that are mounted in a CD case; one wheel has the colors of the rainbow and the other two display all the notes of the musical alphabet. Each color is used for a specific function such as finding scales, chords or triads.

For instance, to find all notes on the C-major scale, the ...

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