Read the notes as they arrive
Notes slide along the staff toward the red reading line. Tap the matching key for each one before it gets there, left to right. Five misses end the round, and it speeds up every 10 notes.
On a computer you can type the letters A to G. Hold Shift for sharps.
Read real tunes
Each song scrolls past as real sheet music, with the note lengths drawn properly. Name every note in order. Press Listen to hear it first.
One note at a time
No clock here. Look at the note, work it out, then tap the matching key.
Which note is this?
How to read the staff faster
A few memory hooks and landmarks do most of the work. The piano below shows where each note lives.
Seven letters, over and over
Notes are named A B C D E F G, then start again at A. Each step up the staff (line to space, or space to line) is the next letter.
Treble clef lines
Bottom to top: E G B D F. "Every Good Boy Does Fine".
The treble clef curls around the second line, which is G. That is why it is also called the G clef.
Treble clef spaces
Bottom to top they spell F A C E.
The note in the space right under the staff is D. Just below that, on its own short line, is middle C.
Bass clef lines
Bottom to top: G B D F A. "Good Boys Do Fine Always".
The two dots of the bass clef sit around the fourth line, which is F.
Bass clef spaces
Bottom to top: A C E G. "All Cows Eat Grass".
Middle C sits on a short line just above the bass staff.
Steps and skips
Line to the next space is a step: the next letter. Line to the next line is a skip: jump one letter. You can read a whole tune from one note you know.
Sharps (♯)
A ♯ in front of a note means play the key just above it, usually a black key. F♯ is the black key right of F.
Find notes on the piano
C is just left of each group of two black keys. F is just left of each group of three.
How to practise
Five minutes a day beats an hour once a week. Say each name out loud as you tap it.
Start with names under the notes and colour hints on. Turn them off once you score above 90%.
Your notes
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