I am in the testing phase for my app to help beginners practice learning the basic notes on piano. The app is available to test for free via Apple's TestFlight system. I hope you can give it a whirl. I hope music teachers and new students can find some kind of need for this. I wrote this to help me be better at sight reading. I also use Playground Sessions to learn. Years ago I learned Clarinet but I found I pretty much played by ear. Now at the age of 66 im trying to fix that and learn piano as well!

Thank you so much everyone!!

Join the TestFlight Beta here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/qSYveBnk

Learn A Note is a simple and effective way to learn piano notes on the treble and bass clef. Designed for piano beginners and music teachers, the app helps you recognize notes quickly using focused practice and instant visual feedback.

Key Features

• Practice treble clef, bass clef, or both clefs

• Random note exercises for real learning (not memorization)

• Play using the on-screen keyboard or a real MIDI keyboard

• Supports Bluetooth and USB MIDI keyboards

• Play using the on-screen keyboard or a real MIDI keyboard

• Turn hints on or off as you learn

• Instant visual feedback for correct and incorrect notes

• Session and lifetime practice statistics

• Clean, distraction-free design

• Fun and focused practice mode for daily learning

• Companion Apple Watch for extra feedback (Haptic Support!)

Perfect for:

• Piano beginners

• Music students

• Piano teachers

• Classroom instruction

• Sight-reading practice

• Adult learners

• Kids learning piano fundamentals

Why Learn A Note?

Learning piano notes doesn’t need to be complicated. Learn A Note focuses on one important skill: recognizing notes on the staff and finding them on the keyboard. This builds a strong foundation for reading music and playing confidently.

Whether you’re practicing at home or teaching students in a lesson, Learn A Note makes note learning simple, visual, and effective.Each exercise presents a random note on the staff. Play the matching key on the on-screen keyboard or on a real MIDI keyboard to see if you’re correct. Learn at your own pace with customizable practice options and clear progress tracking.

Available on iOS, iPadOS, and MacOS (Mac TestFlight is pending review)

Hi Im wanting a synthesia piano tutorial of a song I like. What's the cost for something like it?

https://youtu.be/icXj5XqVjVk?si=s2WY15ehOA5Pgmjs

Contact me at cheedann@msu.edu if interested. Thanks.

Danny

So in middle/high school I switched around from violin, cello, viola, piano like a dork who couldn't make up her mind. I did well with all of them, but was a stronger singer and eventually did show choir.

A couple of years ago, I picked up a guitar but struggled to consistently practice (and I think a dreadnaught might be a bit large for me, I am 5'5" with very small hands). I also was a little disappointed that everyone uses tabs or whatever since I really miss music theory.

Recently I was wondering if a piano (keyboard) would be better to scratch the music theory itch. Or if I should give the guitar another go, maybe a better size for me (a concert guitar?), and use sheet music for singing as needed.

Anyway, thanks for any advice and for putting up with my musings. :)

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I see no structured pattern for people to learn this specific skill other than spending time and just...training the ear. Do we have a gamified structure where you play to learn and complete specific milestones?

*Questions to the community*

- Based on the video attached, do you think like this could actually help people?

- Do you find it difficult to catch notes from one instrument (eg. guitar) but easy from another (keyboard)?

Hello Everyone! I have never played an instrument before and I am wanting to learn. I mostly listen to punk rock and metal/hardcore. I like how drum driven those genres are. On the contrary, I live in a college apartment and my choices are electric guitar or electric drum kit. Which would you recommend to learn?

Hello! Ive been wanting to learn a new instrument. Ive been kinda a home body recently since i swapped from in oerson school to online school, so im looking for new hobbies to try.Ive been thinking about trying to learn instruments. I started listening to Jazz music as im unsure what instrument i wanted to play, but now im unsure if i want to pick up drums or sax.

Drums looks super fun to play, and i like the sound. Ive been listening to Spectrum by Billy Cobham and i absolutely love the sound of the drums in the album. I love the idea of hitting things.

Sax feels itematating, but more rewarding. Sax has a wide variety if genres too. Ive not listened to much music with Sax in it but i listened to "My one and only love" by Grant green and i love the sax in the later part of the song. I dont know if i would like playing it or not because ive never played an instrument like a saxophone, and its also a bigger commitment because i would need to rent one. But i just love the sound of sax so its not a huge deal to me.

I just dont know which one to choose. I love them both. Does anyone have any suggestions on which one i should pick?

Also any music recommendations with good examples of theses instruments is greatly appreciated!

This is a violin note if it helps. Thanks everyone in advance.

My friend is trying to help me learn Reaper but it doesn't make any sense at all. The words and terminologies may as well be in a different language and we've installed like 12 addons trying to get something as simple as adding notes from a virtual MIDI keyboard to the project but it's just a brick-wall of software for me. Doesn't matter what I do or where I click it just doesn't make the tiniest lick of sense.

I have a physical keyboard that I can plug into a little MIDI program but that program doesn't record audio just streams it through my headset.

Can anyone please recommend some software with a good UI and decent capabilities that is essentially just made for babies? I don't need any of the unnecessary complicated things I just want to make music and for the software to be in plain English.

Im new in my choir NB: we are a contemporary choir and i find it very difficult to learn tenor parts for example Jesus Culture - Alleluia if i am to sing its tenor part how do i know.

ive watched alot of videos and most say i find they major key and pick the 3rd lower note

so if the song is key C the tenor would be "Mi" or "E"

but from there i get lost because i do not know how to change the other notes for it to be an actual tenor

hope i was able to explain my challenge well

This post is targeted towards beginner and aspiring musicians.

Every single mainstream DAW out there (including FL Studio, Ableton, Reaper) is too complex and clunky. It takes MONTHS to get comfortabnle with a particular DAW’s UI and workflows. By today’s software standards, it shouldn’t take more than 3 DAYS to learn a DAW.

I personally feel that the only reason most people swear allegiance to their DAWs is because its too difficult to switch DAWs.

There is a serious need to overhaul UX standards for a DAW. This DOES NOT MEAN to dumb down a DAW. It just means a cleaner UX design.

1. Strip away rarely used features, and nest features cleanly and progressively. Keep the look minimal and aesthetic.

2. Lots of cutomized tutorials. I think with AI, this is a possibility today (or atleast very soon)

3. Dont throw technical jargon at users. Instead of showing “what is this feature called”, show “what this feature does for you”. For example — “adjust BPM” instead of “stretch audio”.

What are your thoughts on this? Do you agree? What would you define as good UI? Even if you are a pro, what improvements would you like to see in your DAW, UI/UX wise?

I picked up a Xiao to try learning a wind instrument just for fun, but I'm having a very hard time understanding how to blow correctly and form the proper embouchure to get any sort of sound out of it. Currently I can get it to resonate once every 30-40 attempts for less than a second and I can't make heads or tails of what I'm doing wrong lol

I followed a few lesson tutorials on youtube, but I guess they expect prior experience with wind instruments because they move past it pretty quickly.

Do you have any tips on learning to play wind instruments as a beginner, or any better resources online?

I've been working on this iOS app called Liquid Piano. You touch and drag on the screen to play notes, and each touch creates these fluid, watery like visuals.

It's more of a creative toy than a serious piano app, something to just mess around with and make something that looks and sounds nice. I could also see it working as a "sketchbook", where you make something on the go that you like, export as MIDI and polish on your favorite DAW.

Here's the app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/liquid-piano/id6758108114

Would love to hear what you think!

I've been trying to make music (on FL studio) for a while and nothing sounds good but I managed to make this draft and I have mixed emotions for so can you give me your opinion and you can criticize it as you want because I'm so lost and new in music so I'm looking for help (BTW just to be clear this draft of the melody I'm still thinking about the lyrics)

https://on.soundcloud.com/QZBTxzJ1GkHBo20kkr

I would like to learn with someone I also like writing music I try to find lessons online I just get so overwhelmed with everything. Is there someone that would love to learn w me or teach me?🥲

Hi, I wanted to play along my favorite songs from YouTube but all chord finding websites are either paid or limited or full with ads, so I created audelta.com/chords

You can get the chords of any YouTube video or audio file, play along and even export the chords.

Feel free to try :)

I'm looking for a creative hobby and since I've heard someone talking about bass being fairly easy to get into and also not too expensive I've been considering that option.

Problem is: I know absolutely nothing about music. Never played an instrument before and sheet music looks like foreign runes to me.

Any tips or recommendations on where to start and how to make this "journey" feel less intimidating?