Flashnote Derby App Reviews

Im 48 and just learning to read music. Ive tried other flash card apps but this simple one packs in all the versatility and repetition needed to really memorize those notes.

Excellent way to learn to read music.

As a piano teacher and parent, this is a great application to help learn notes on the piano. My only recommendation would be to have two octaves for the notes that fall below or above the staff.

My son learned the treble clef in just 3 days!

Ive known every good boy does fine since I was six, but this is the first time Ive ever been able to immediately play a note just by looking at it. Very good app.

Works as advertised. Easy to use.

This app has really been helping my daughter learn to read notes. We use this along with her piano lessons. Plus Im trying to learn some too along the way. Its the pre-made lessons that really work for us. Wed love to have more too!!

I was really surprised how much my piano students like this app. Its really just flash cards with sound effects but they love playing it. Some of them liked it enough to ask their parents to buy it; at the very least I get no argument about practicing our letter names. Now maybe theyll write an app that works on steps and skips with the same game engine.

I teach piano and the kids love it. Best part is being able to set notes you want on quiz without restrictions.

I love this app it helps me learn notes and it seems like a game

I bought this app to use with my piano students. Overall they like the app. It has cute graphics that appeal to children. My only complaint is that I would like for there to be a two octave span on my iPad. My kids found it confusing when F5 in the treble clef had to be played at F4 in the app when doing the treble line drill for instance. I could see them wanting to press a key an octave above the keyboard display (where the note actually resides). I dont use the keyboard since it is causing them confusion.

It is frustrating for a student to name a note and have to pick a note on the keyboard that is on the wrong registration of the keyboard. The eye is not learning to think horizontally. This is true for all answer choices. Otherwise it is an ok app and children enjoy it. I have answer direct on the piano and I supply the answer to compensate for this error.

This app makes it so fun to learn.

This app was recommended by my 8yos piano teacher. I could be great, but he was quickly frustrated with it. The cheering when he gets a correct answer is good, but does there really have to be a loud "awwww!" or, even worse, "booooo!" for a wrong answer? Also, the letter choices are in a font that can be confusing for young children: namely the D can be easily confused with a lowercase A, flipped right to left (but that is lost on many children at this age). Simple block letters would be a more appropriate choice. Once we straightened out which letter was which and turned the sound off, it went better, but that was rather too late.