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Amazing!
I do have some experience playing piano, took lessons about 10 years ago. Have always struggled with sight reading. Tried several apps before but none of them helped. This app is wonderful to teach you not only the notes but actually how to read them as if you were really looking at sheet music! I find that I’m not looking at the buttons on the bottom, but rather at the notes, which is exactly as it should be and is building good habits. The audio also helps, it’s a bit like practicing on a basic electric keyboard. The timer is also really helpful at building good habits and keeping me from focusing forever on the notes I don’t know. You’ve got to get to the point where you’re reading it just like a book, each note is a letter and you can’t just stall on one letter, and this app and the timer helps with that so I keep moving and am learning to read the words (the notes all together), instead of just recognizing the individual letters (1 note.) Absolutely love this app and it is worth the cost of the premium version by far.Show lessArchaeology Chick
Good for improving speed of note recognition
Aside from taking lessons when I was 10, and music in high school, my music reading skills are limited to none. I never took the time to really sit down and study reading and learning the notes. While I know the names of the basic notes, I’ve always had trouble being able to identify them quickly. This has resulted in my timing being off and having trouble following music. I’ve only spent about an hour with this app, but so far I feel it is helping improve note recognition and speed. I still get flustered and an make a lot of errors, but I do notice an improvement so far. When you retry the lesson, it appears the new attempt randomly changes the notes, with the exception of the note you are learning, which prevents you from improving your score due to pattern memorization.Show less84woodywagoneer
A little disappointed
The note recognition doesn’t work very well when I’m using the microphone. I would like to use the app with my Yamaha P45 electric piano. The app doesn’t seem to like the D note very well at all. I really have to pound the keys to get it to recognize any notes. I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong with the app or the app just doesn’t use the microphone very well. It would be very beneficial to be able to use the piano keyboard instead of the buttons in the app. It seems like I have a very quiet background where I’m using the app with the piano without any background ambient noise. Hopefully some improvement will be coming and in the meantime I’ll continue using the buttons instead. I’m using the premium version of the app that I paid the $1.99 for. The amount of money isn’t such a big deal but since I paid for the feature I would like it to work.Show lessEd in Katy
Worth every second playing
I’m 35 and had the crazy idea to learn to play piano. Musical notes might as well be alien doodles, because despite my best effort and understanding the logic behind the language of music, it just didn’t click. This has been frustrating to say the least.. Until a few nights ago I downloaded this app, and within an hour could name a handful of notes by sight. That handful has grown each day since then, and I will recommend this app to anyone who struggles with learning notes. It’s simple, straight forward and wonderful!Show lessThacepilot
Not for younger or slow-processing students
I enjoy the simple design of this app, but it was not a good fit for my beginner trumpet player. Even in the first lesson, if he didn’t select a note quickly enough (under 4 seconds) the note turned red and it moved on to the next note. For 2E kids, this can be quite frustrating and cause a lot of unnecessary stress. We tried hiding the timer, but it still moved on too quickly rather than remove existing time constraints. Then if they don’t get enough correct at the end of the lesson, the user gets a message that simply says “Too Bad” instead of something more motivational or encouraging. This might be less daunting for older, more confident or more competitive users, but using shame as a motivator for kids or beginners isn’t an effective teaching method.Show lessLoveLifeLiveLove
Developer Response
Hello, Thank you for your review. I already got this feedback, which will of course be taken into account in the next version. I am obviously sorry that the application can demotivate these younger users, since the initial goal is the opposite. I'm not a native English speaker, so there may be some clumsiness. I develop the application alone but I will do my best to do it fast. If it helps, the premium features allow you to disable the timer. So it is possible to take the time needed to read a note. Have a nice day, Yannis.Straight forward, easy to use no gimmicks no ads
I’m teaching myself to use the piano and learning how to read notes. You can use this for free without ads. I bought the premium so that I can use it with my piano but mostly because this ad had no ads and I wanted to support them for not being toxic and greedy. Thank you making an app to help me in my journey in music and for making it without the annoying ads.Show lessanimalavenger
Learning to read music at last
I’ve tried many times over the years to learn to read music. 4th grade, high school, college, post college… it just doesn’t sink in and I end up writing the note names above the note to play the song. Tried a few apps before finding this one. I like this one’s review of the note, presentation of the note, that mistakes are corrected with the proper answer given. The note tone is played as you answer correctly, and lessons build and are repeatable for review. I’ve only done a handful of levels, but am experiencing success with the ones I’ve done. This might finally be my answer!Show lesskskar12321
Best app ever!
I love this app! I thought you had to have a piano for it, and I was like, … well I better check anyway! And it can use a piano but you don’t need to have one! I looked for SO long for a piano app that you can learn without a real piano! If you want to learn to read notes, THIS IS THE APP! Best app ever thank you so much for making it! Also I have a recommendation. In the really or super- (I forgot) easy can you make the timer last a bit longer, just on the easy. I know since it’s easy you shouldn’t need a lot of time, but some people need easy because they are having difficulty, and the timer should be longer, and I was going to say if you could hide the timer since it puts a lot of pressure, but I found in the settings you can hide the timer. So THIS IS THE BEST APP EVERRE! Get it now! And thx for your time to read this. Byeeeee! ☻♡シ𓄁𓆉𓃟𓃠𓆏Show lessivy dlut do ides
One of the best app I have ever found for learning notes.
Easy and difficult at the same time for a beginner. I love that the app will not let you progress until you have earned stars. Prior to this app I was going to give up and just buy songs with letters or numbers. But practicing with this app I am actually learning to read music.pattij
Doesn’t work with my piano
I like the app and I just may bust out of Every Good Boy Does Fine. But when I try to set it up with my Yamaha P125 piano, it doesn’t work. I’ve paid the $1.99, restarted the app etc. but can make it work. hopefully the developer can explain.
- There are no instructions on how to set it up with a piano. I’ve been trying “Transposition” in settings. Is that it? Kind of hard to tell. There should be a wizard that walks you through it. Needs a better UI and a better name than “Transposition”. Kind of obscure
- In “Transposition”, I do play the correct notes in the different octaves words but the app gives no feedback that it has read the note correctly. You have no idea if it’s right. Again, poor UI.
- Finally, when I try “Test your instrument to input notes”, none of them are correct. So, i’m doing it wrong somehow. I know i’m playing the right notes in the right octave on my P125.
I also have no idea what I would do next if I did make my piano work. Would I be able to do lessons with my piano instead of buttons? there’s no indication that you can.
- So, i’m missing something. Hope the developer can explain the process to me. Suggest the developer really works on this feature to make it simple, clear and easy. It is the crucial feature of the app - to integrate a piano - but very unclear how to do it.Show lessThe boggled
