Notes! - Learn To Read Music app for iPhone and iPad

4.2 ( 9872 ratings )

Music Education
Developer: Visions Encoded Inc.

3.99 USD

Current version: 3.8, last update: 4 months ago
First release : 07 Mar 2011
App size: 4.35 Mb

Over 99000 purchased!

People love Notes because its easy and it works.

This basic flashcard app helps beginners learn the letter names for notes on the bass and treble clef ("F" on bass through to "G" on treble).

Easily toggle between treble and bass clef by tapping the clef symbol.

Letter notation can be set to any of these options:
1) C D E F G A B
2) C D E F G A H (used in Germany)
3) Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si (Solfège)

Other Features:
• Displays a random note on the musical staff and you tap the correct letter/key.
• For MIDI savvy folk - this app is MIDI enabled! Use Apple Core MIDI compliant devices with the app.
• Toggle the visual effects on/off by tapping the trophy icon.
• Practice only specific notes (tap the gears icon to enter the Settings screen where you can disable all but the specific notes you want to practice).

TIP:
This app has slightly different functionality for portrait orientation vs. landscape orientation. To switch orientations: 1) make sure you have orientation lock off on your device, then 2) launch the app in portrait mode, then rotate your device to landscape mode. If its not rotating for you, try toggling your lock orientation setting and try again. If you need help, contact us.

For feedback or suggestions please contact us at http://visionsencoded.com.

For intermediate learners, also try "Piano Notes! - Learn To Read Music."

Pros and cons of Notes! - Learn To Read Music app for iPhone and iPad

Notes! - Learn To Read Music app good for

“Notes! – Learn To Read Music” is a wonderful way for children to learn to read notes on the treble and bass clefs because: -it’s fun; -it’s easy to use; (Press a labeled key to name a note. Press the double arrows to change from treble to bass clef.) -it’s both visual and auditory; -its error message is subtle; -it celebrates (and thereby reinforces) correct answers. A bonus feature of “Notes!” is that it also helps children begin to learn the names of the white keys on the piano.

You cant beat this simple app for its straightforward approach. It does what it sets out to do, namely drill the visual recognition of notes on the treble and bass staffs. There is a wealth of options for future features but for 99c, you cant beat the value.

Concise, fast and simple app...see a note on staff and select the corresponding note on keyboard below. Bass and treble clef. Would like to see a "learning tool" wherein u actually learn acronyms etc to help u memorize the notes in each clef.

Well, its not super exciting, but its straight to the point. Ive put in two 20 minute sessions so far, and Im definitely getting faster and committing the notes and keyboard positions memorized. For the iPad version it should be a horizontal orientation and give you two octaves, to make for a deeper memory connection with whe the corresponding keyboard keys. Otherwise, it comes as advertised, and is the best tool Ive found so far for memorizing notes.

Does the job. Way better then reading a magazine when your "reading a magazine"

I really like this app. I am learning to sight read music for choir it is helping a lot and fast!

Some bad moments

Really simple and boring, waste of money doesnt teach anything. Perhaps I didnt read carefully what the app offered.

Its hard to believe the other reviews. I cant imagine how this helps anyone to recognize notes on sight. The lines, from the bottom up, are EGBDF, and the spaces are FACE, and its more useful to memorize the positions of notes than to try to find the right answer by tapping every key until you hit it right. (And that much you can easily draw, yourself, and maximize time on the notes youre least sure of, too.)

This app works but think it may cause frustration in those just starting out. For those who are already accomplished keyboarders this app would be of no benefit. It falls into a category of software to make kids busy at least until they get mad and throw the iPod or iPad out the car window and generally ruin their childhood. O/K maybe not quite that bad. Its not a complete keyboard and so is pretty restricted in what can be done with it. Save your money for a portable battery powered keyboard. A big step up.

I downloaded this, hoping to recommend it to my piano students. It makes no differentiation between middle C, Treble C or middle C and Bass C. Does not accurately teach these notes.

This app has helped my 3 children just starting piano learn their notes. Easy to use. Much better than flash cards.

Ive tried like 8 others and this is the best simplest one to just help me learn the musical language- thanks!

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