Black Washington vs Note Navigator

Black Washington is the Washington State Historical Society’s ongoing initiative to commemorate the presence, contributions, and evolving impact of local Black communities. Read, watch, and listen to stories about community organizing, engaging in labor and operating business, striving for civil rights, achieving education, pursuing the arts, and overcoming adversity and racism. Explore the lives of iconic individuals, including business owners, faith leaders, politicians, journalists, dramatists, and musicians. Find cultural spaces, historic sites, and locations integral to Washington State’s Black communities. Black Washington is also an educational resource that can be used in the classroom. Click on the Educators” in the main menu to find curricula and other educational tools.

“Note Navigator” is a music app designed to help violin students associate written music notes with their location on the violin fingerboard. It gamifies the standard music flashcard drill into a fun video game app, guiding students through almost 200 levels to master the location of each note on their instrument. Apprentice - 19 levels • Begins with just finger names on a fingerboard with tapes to associate note with finger/string locations. • Quickly moves to note names without accidentals. Artisan - 42 levels • Introduces naturals, sharps and flats. • Simple enharmonic ideas. Adept - 36 levels • Double sharps and flats are introduced. • "Enharmonic Insanity" levels bring serious challenge. Aficionado - 99 levels • Introduces 3rd position fingerings With simple accidentals (sharps and flats). • With complex accidentals (Double sharps and flats) • 3rd position “Enharmonic Insanity” levels that challenge even the professional!