I seem to recall that someone (or someoneses) on this board is involved with teaching music. Perhaps you will understand what I’m blithering about below and can point me in the right direction.
Long, long (long, long, long) time ago, when I was resisting someone trying to teach me the rudiments of music, I recall seeing the plans for a simple device one could make at home, built out of card stock, with an outer sleeve with window boxes cut out of it, and an inner piece that could be slid up and down within the sleeve. The device could be used to tell you what the notes were in each key, each mode, the key signatures for reading scores, etc. I always marvelled at this device, and always regretted never having made one for myself.
I can’t remember what this thingy was called. I’m sure there are plans for it somewhere, perhaps on the internet, if I knew what to call it correctly.
Does anyone here recognize what I’m talking about, and know where I might find the plans?
We made a thingy in music theory class out of different sized cardboard circles (originally intended to serve pizza on) to understand the “circle of fifths”.
There’s a skinny book titled “the Chord Wheel” that explains Chords within each key. It has plastic rotating thingy on its front cover and explains it with in.
That Chord Wheel book looks interesting. Also, try googling “music slide rule” and “music wheel”. Maybe one of those links will ring a bell .. . I mean strike a chord … I mean hit the right note … I mean …
Yes - I happen to have one of them. I don’t know what it’s called right off hand, but it’s all there and rather interesting as I recall. In fact, I’m not sure where it is, but I bought it off ebay a few years back. I’ll locate it and take some pics and post them here, along with any info you might want to construct one.
Much thx, Reg. I was sure someone here must have encountered one of these devices before.
I’m not sure what the big deal is with Circle of 5ths:
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What I’m looking for is an easy way to quickly decipher key signatures and modes with as little personal application as possible (I already have enough mental health problems, thx).
here are a few photos of the antique gadget that I have. I had to piece together a few shots if it looks a bit skewed… If you’d like more info, close-ups or any thing else, just let me know.
Quite so.
AND, for the secondary dominant of the parallell minor, use a dominant 7th chord a major second up from the original tonic; although it’s easy to get there by using a string of fully diminished 7ths over a pedal, personally I prefer (for purely dramatic reasons) an augmented 6th chord resolving to Vb9, then into the secondary dominant’s major tonality. for an xtra 'twisted flavour, ..yep-you guessed it; minor V b9!!! On less intense days, {and for a ‘pop’ feel }, I often favour modulation through the flatted mediant, using “b iii 7” in a neapolitain role into a major tonality on ( well, to be frank, what once was) the supertonic. yadig?
Actually, the trick was to call it a slide rule (duh!). I am getting lots of hits, including copies of patents for various tools of this type. There’s lots of free ones for guitar chords, though that was not my prime goal.
CHasR, the whole purpose is NOT to think. That is why your method puts me off. I am already struggling with minimal computational capabilities without adding to the processor load.
Yep, ipse dixi. My first ever guitar book, the Nick Manoloff Spanish Guitar Method, came with a hideous orange chord wheel. So hideous, that it made me want to learn music theory instead.
On less intense days, {and for a ‘pop’ feel 
}, I often favour modulation through the flatted mediant, using “b iii 7” in a neapolitain role into a major tonality on ( well, to be frank, 
what once was) the supertonic. yadig?
me too!!! me too!!! 
