Name the Notes
Each note sounds as you name it, so the position on the staff and the pitch land together instead of on separate pages. That single change is why this sticks faster than a flashcard app.
- three levels
- both clefs
- it sounds
at which level
- Beginner to advanced
- Any instrument
A note appears on the staff and you name it. It sounds the moment you answer, so the position and the pitch arrive together instead of on separate pages.
What it asks
A note appears on the staff and you name it. The note sounds when you answer, which is the whole point: reading music is a translation between a position and a sound, and practising it silently trains half the job.
The question pool
Three levels, and each one contains the one before it. Beginner is what fits between the five lines. Intermediate adds the ledger lines just above and below. Advanced adds the black keys, so a note can now carry a sharp or a flat in front of it. You can also switch those two on separately, because plenty of people want to drill sharps without ledger lines. Treble and bass clef can be trained on their own or mixed through each other.
How you answer
Buttons with the note names. One note per screen, and speed matters more than deliberation here. With the black keys switched on there are twelve buttons instead of seven, and each black key carries both of its names. You answer with the key, not with the spelling, so F sharp and G flat sit on one button. The answer then tells you which of the two was written.
When the round ends
You stop when you want, or you set a round of ten or twenty beforehand and get a score at the end. Little and often is exactly right for this one.
When you get it wrong
The note sounds and is named. If you keep missing the same region, that is usually the ledger lines rather than the clef. And if the sharps are what trips you up, turn them off for a round: the position on the staff comes first, the accidental in front of it second.
Keep going
Everything in reading practice
- Name the Notes