<s>
Music	B-Application
Wizard	I-Application
Group	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
firm	O
that	O
develops	O
and	O
publishes	O
software	O
products	O
to	O
teach	O
students	O
to	O
play	O
various	O
musical	O
instruments	O
through	O
MIDI	O
software	O
and	O
a	O
Guitar	O
Hero-like	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Guitar	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
,	O
it	O
uses	O
real	O
instruments	O
and	O
teaches	O
to	O
read	O
sheet	O
music	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founder	O
and	O
CEO	B-Application
Chris	O
Salter	O
entered	O
Southern	O
Illinois	O
University	O
Carbondale	O
(	O
SIU	O
)	O
in	O
1978	O
to	O
study	O
cinematography	O
and	O
began	O
producing	O
films	O
about	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salter	O
incorporated	O
his	O
new	O
business	O
in	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Allegro	O
Multimedia	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
company	O
is	O
better	O
known	O
under	O
the	O
DBA	O
(	O
Doing	O
Business	O
As	O
)	O
Music	B-Application
Wizard	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Music	B-Application
Wizard	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Beatties	O
then	O
collaborated	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
50	O
Tutorial	O
DVD	O
and	O
Songbook	O
lessons	O
for	O
the	O
Academy	O
Music	O
Library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
this	O
educational	B-Application
software	I-Application
helps	O
teach	O
the	O
student	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
piano	O
through	O
a	O
patented	O
4-step	O
learning	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
said	O
,	O
this	O
open	O
source	O
approach	O
of	O
Music	B-Application
Wizard	I-Application
allows	O
for	O
a	O
much	O
longer	O
and	O
more	O
varied	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
potentially	O
a	O
music	O
learning	O
system	O
for	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
touchscreen	O
Piano	O
Wizard	O
app	O
is	O
currently	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
Android	B-Application
platforms	I-Application
.	O
</s>
