Abstract: A music teaching system is provided, comprising at least two musical instruments, each instrument having a mechanism for producing a musical note when the means is activated, each such mechanism being marked by a color corresponding to the particular musical note produced by the mechanism; and at least two display vehicles for displaying a combination of the colors. The invention may be accomplished using colored hand bells for the instruments and cards for the display vehicles.

Abstract: A teaching aid for keyboard instruments including first and second elongate sections configured to be snapped together to form an aid approximating the length of a typical keyboard. Each section has an outboard end notched so as to engage the end pieces of the instrument and front and rear indicia bearing surfaces with the indicia representing musical notes. The note spacing on the front surfaces comprises a first arrangement and the note spacing on the rear surfaces comprise a second, different arrangement.