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Marcus Wolfe

Marcus Wolfe is a saxophonist, composer and educator who lives and works in the Chicago area. He has served as a member of the music faculty at Triton College in River Grove, Illinois where he taught Music Appreciation and directed the Triton College Jazz Ensemble.

A native of Missouri, Mr. Wolfe earned his bachelor's degree in music and his master's degree in jazz studies from the University of North Texas. He is currently pursuing a DMA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Mr. Wolfe invented the basic dice game while preparing for a proficiency examination during his undergraduate studies. As his education progressed he continued to find uses for the concept and that it could be a lifelong companion for musical exercises. He decided to produce the invention in hopes that it could make a positive contribution to others in the musical community.

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Book Review

Rollplay: The Musical Dice Game

Read "Rollplay: The Musical Dice Game" reviewed by Mark Sabbatini


Marcus Wolfe Rollplay: The Musical Dice Game Treble Clef Edition Roll Play Dice ISBN: 1-929612-78-8

Practicing scales is dull. This “game" won't change that.

Rollplay is promoted by creator Marcus Wolfe as a musical dice game that helps teach beginning to advanced scales. In reality it's a basic summary of scales and exercises where the “game" is basically rolling three dice to determine what key, scale and type ...

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