Note Quest: Learn Piano Music

Name: Note Quest: Learn Piano Music
Rating: 4.5 (609 reviews)
Author: grace lee

Sight Reading Game & Tutor

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

609 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

grace lee
Language

EN
+ 2 More
Size

299.9
MB

“Must-have tool for anyone learning to play piano! I use Note Quest every day in my piano studio!” – Judi's Piano Studio. Teachers love its simple, no frills design. Supercharge your note-reading speed and accuracy by playing just 10 minutes a day. Since 2019, NoteQuest has helped tens of thousands of teachers & piano students build lifelong skills without the gimmicks or fluff. Unlock real music fluency – Get NoteQuest, your drill practice & sight-reading companion. LIKE 2 APPS IN 1! Use GAME DRILLS (one-time purchase) to master note recognition and intervals on your instrument And/Or get SIGHT READING (subscription) to practice with real musical excerpts by level, from Beginner to Advanced. REAL OR VIRTUAL PIANO Whether you're sitting at a real piano, practicing in class with MIDI headphones, or away from your keyboard using our Virtual Piano, NoteQuest is your ultimate sight-reading companion. FEATURES IN DETAIL: · GAME DRILLS (one-time purchase): Focuses on timed note recognition, 2-note reading (intervals). We begin with Landmark Notes, then Single Notes, and Intervals, the key to sight reading fluency. Simply tap the timer to turn it off for no-pressure practice! · Note Selector (included in Game Drills) is the perfect way to CREATE YOUR OWN Game Drills and save them to play anytime! · SIGHT READING (subscription): Choose between Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, and progress through the levels starting with Level A featuring Landmarks C4, G4, F3. There are more than 230 exercises from Beginner to Advanced. *This section is not gamified with a timer. · Stats: See score stats and earn Badges for daily practice (Sight Reading only) · Piano Mode choice: Real Piano responds to your instrument. Virtual Piano can be played anywhere. MIDI mode lets you connect it to your keyboard. (Bluetooth friendly) · Themes: Customize your background in Game Drills. Learning piano shouldn't mean getting stuck on note-reading. NoteQuest transforms tedious sight-reading practice into engaging, bite-sized daily challenges. ► Try it now for free! (Game Drills Free version includes Landmark Notes & Level 1). __________ Note! There are 2 upgrades in Note Quest: 1. GAME DRILLS (Single upgrade purchase, keep forever) Play timed note drills to get you the best start to actual music reading. This is the ONLY known app that focuses on 2-note reading (intervals), the real pathway towards sight-reading fluency! 2. SIGHT READING (Subscription): Get over 230 curated, leveled exercises, Beginner to Advanced. These sight-reading excerpts have a variety of musical styles, not boring, randomized notes that don't sound musical. Check your accuracy by tapping LISTEN, and it plays back the correct form so you can compare what you played. CHORD CRUSH - educational chord-learning exercises to get your chord game on! Learn to read chord symbols while developing skills you can use for a lifetime! Don't own an iPad? PDF Sight Reading Flashcards are available! Visit our website to check them out. Questions or issues to report? Suggestions? Email: info@notequest.net or DM me on Instagram. @notequestapp Grace, Founder and Piano Teacher See: www.notequest.net

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

609 Ratings

Very Useful with Major Annoyance
04/12/2024
Dommie D.
The sight reading exercises are well thought out and helpful. I'm using an IPad and the sizing of the notes on the screen is just right. It's obvious that the developer put some effort into creating this app.Now for the major annoyance. While playing the exercises the screen will randomly change to a bird popping up and telling you that you have earned badges, and completely ruining one's concentration. Please tell me how I can stop this from happening! I am not a child and don't care about badges. Even if I were a child this would still be annoying.

Developer Response
Hi, Thank you for your valuable feedback. I understand where you’re coming from- it’s the first time someone commented on the badge earning popup. I will surely keep that in mind for a future update. Best, GL.
Very Useful with Major Annoyance
04/12/2024
Dommie D.

The sight reading exercises are well thought out and helpful. I'm using an IPad and the sizing of the notes on the screen is just right. It's obvious that the developer put some effort into creating this app.Now for the major annoyance. While playing the exercises the screen will randomly change to a bird popping up and telling you that you have earned badges, and completely ruining one's concentration. Please tell me how I can stop this from happening! I am not a child and don't care about badges. Even if I were a child this would still be annoying.
Developer Response 04/14/2024
Hi, Thank you for your valuable feedback. I understand where you’re coming from- it’s the first time someone commented on the badge earning popup. I will surely keep that in mind for a future update. Best, GL.
Feedback after a quick 3 minutes of playing.
11/29/2022
DayumQuitPlayin
Feedback: I just played this app for a few mins. While playing Game Drills and having to find the correct note on the keyboard while seeing the note on the staff, when you turn the phone landscape, it expands the piano keyboard, but the grand staff isn’t fully shown. So when I have to choose the correct Bass Clef note, I’m unable to see which note it wants me to find. You should shrink the grand staff to accommodate it otherwise you can only see the Treble Clef and the very top portion of the Bass Clef.You should also allow us to disable the microphone while using the virtual piano keyboard. There’s no need for a microphone while using that feature. It drains battery faster and it feels a little unsettling knowing that it’s listening when not needed. I’m using an iPhone 14 Pro Max and was using the virtual piano keyboard, if it helps you to determine how to fix this. This is just my initial feedback, will update the review at a later time. 3 stars for now.

Developer Response
Thanks for trying the app. On iPad, Virtual Piano iPad works well in both landscape & portrait. But yes, in Virtual Piano on the iphone, it may crop off the bottom due to lack of screen real estate. We will see how to improve this, but because the virtual keyboard takes up the bottom half of the small iphone screen in Landscape, the full Grand Staff was too much of a challenge to squeeze in Landscape mode (we should have disabled it completely for iphone). In addition, Visual graphics can usually be reduced, but the virtual keyboard cannot, or else it would become unplayable. RE: Microphone. Please note that the mic is off when playing Virtual Piano, just as it says in the introductory screens of the app. The mic is only active during Real Piano mode, and it only detects musical pitches, not general sounds. If you have any other questions or concerns, please email me: info@notequest.net and we will be glad to sort it out for you. Thank you for the feedback. I encourage you to give it a couple more tries and if you feel inclined to change the rating, that would be great. I'm a solo app founder/owner/piano teacher. Thank you! GL
Feedback after a quick 3 minutes of playing.
11/29/2022
DayumQuitPlayin

Feedback: I just played this app for a few mins. While playing Game Drills and having to find the correct note on the keyboard while seeing the note on the staff, when you turn the phone landscape, it expands the piano keyboard, but the grand staff isn’t fully shown. So when I have to choose the correct Bass Clef note, I’m unable to see which note it wants me to find. You should shrink the grand staff to accommodate it otherwise you can only see the Treble Clef and the very top portion of the Bass Clef.You should also allow us to disable the microphone while using the virtual piano keyboard. There’s no need for a microphone while using that feature. It drains battery faster and it feels a little unsettling knowing that it’s listening when not needed. I’m using an iPhone 14 Pro Max and was using the virtual piano keyboard, if it helps you to determine how to fix this. This is just my initial feedback, will update the review at a later time. 3 stars for now.
Developer Response 12/02/2022
Thanks for trying the app. On iPad, Virtual Piano iPad works well in both landscape & portrait. But yes, in Virtual Piano on the iphone, it may crop off the bottom due to lack of screen real estate. We will see how to improve this, but because the virtual keyboard takes up the bottom half of the small iphone screen in Landscape, the full Grand Staff was too much of a challenge to squeeze in Landscape mode (we should have disabled it completely for iphone). In addition, Visual graphics can usually be reduced, but the virtual keyboard cannot, or else it would become unplayable. RE: Microphone. Please note that the mic is off when playing Virtual Piano, just as it says in the introductory screens of the app. The mic is only active during Real Piano mode, and it only detects musical pitches, not general sounds. If you have any other questions or concerns, please email me: info@notequest.net and we will be glad to sort it out for you. Thank you for the feedback. I encourage you to give it a couple more tries and if you feel inclined to change the rating, that would be great. I'm a solo app founder/owner/piano teacher. Thank you! GL
An exciting app for note recognition
03/11/2020
MrsMack2019
I really enjoy this app, and find it slightly more appealing than the similar Note Rush app, which I use extensively as a piano teacher. You can purchase an Interval Selector and Note Selector also to tailor for each student.I love how the game mode has thoughtful levels including landmarks, which is so popular in methodology right now and “clicks” better for some students. I also love how game play is on a timer, and students score as many correct answers as possible, as opposed to Note Rush which only reviews each note once per level (We NEED the repetition!). Four stars only because the note B below Middle C is currently pictured as a ledger line, which would be confusing for beginners. I spoke with the developer about this, and I’m looking forward to the update and being able to use this app on a regular basis.Update: The developer has updated this app since my review and corrected the Bass note B, and I am loving it! I no longer use Note Rush because I greatly prefer Note Quest for 2 reasons: (1) the REPETITION as I mentioned before and (2) the Note Selector allows you to SAVE and TITLE levels you’ve created, so I don’t have to start from scratch for every lesson. One feature I hope to see in a future update would be Note Selector with an ability to emphasize notes the student struggles with. EVERYBODY knows Middle C. An algorithm which allows you to “highlight” specific notes to make them appear more frequently would be fantastic. I find when I cut the range to include ONLY the difficult notes, students don’t progress because it’s become too obvious. But they lose valuable time and concentration playing middle C again and again and again. :) Hope this makes sense, hope to see it some day in the app!

Developer Response
Thank you for this detailed review as a piano professional. I’m so glad that this app clicks with your students and that you value the way the app assists piano students with solid learning concepts. **UPDATE: The beginner B3 is now notated properly in the bass clef. Thanks for your suggestion.
An exciting app for note recognition
03/11/2020
MrsMack2019

I really enjoy this app, and find it slightly more appealing than the similar Note Rush app, which I use extensively as a piano teacher. You can purchase an Interval Selector and Note Selector also to tailor for each student.I love how the game mode has thoughtful levels including landmarks, which is so popular in methodology right now and “clicks” better for some students. I also love how game play is on a timer, and students score as many correct answers as possible, as opposed to Note Rush which only reviews each note once per level (We NEED the repetition!). Four stars only because the note B below Middle C is currently pictured as a ledger line, which would be confusing for beginners. I spoke with the developer about this, and I’m looking forward to the update and being able to use this app on a regular basis.Update: The developer has updated this app since my review and corrected the Bass note B, and I am loving it! I no longer use Note Rush because I greatly prefer Note Quest for 2 reasons: (1) the REPETITION as I mentioned before and (2) the Note Selector allows you to SAVE and TITLE levels you’ve created, so I don’t have to start from scratch for every lesson. One feature I hope to see in a future update would be Note Selector with an ability to emphasize notes the student struggles with. EVERYBODY knows Middle C. An algorithm which allows you to “highlight” specific notes to make them appear more frequently would be fantastic. I find when I cut the range to include ONLY the difficult notes, students don’t progress because it’s become too obvious. But they lose valuable time and concentration playing middle C again and again and again. :) Hope this makes sense, hope to see it some day in the app!
Developer Response 02/27/2020
Thank you for this detailed review as a piano professional. I’m so glad that this app clicks with your students and that you value the way the app assists piano students with solid learning concepts. **UPDATE: The beginner B3 is now notated properly in the bass clef. Thanks for your suggestion.
MUST HAVE IN YOUR TOOLBOX ❤️
12/18/2022
lunabunny9
I’m completely floored! Finally a decent sight reading app every student should have access too. Aside from being aesthetically pleasing and fun for the eye, it seems like it has everything I’m looking for…which is so so rare. Literally. I would think “oh cool, but does it have THIS?” And ten seconds later I find it. Happy premium member and soon to be sight reading pro 💕💕

Developer Response
Wow! Thanks for this fantastic review and for noticing all the helpful parts we have thoughtfully curated in Note Quest over the past 4 years! You are sure to become a sight reading pro! 🙌🙌 💪🏻
MUST HAVE IN YOUR TOOLBOX ❤️
12/18/2022
lunabunny9

I’m completely floored! Finally a decent sight reading app every student should have access too. Aside from being aesthetically pleasing and fun for the eye, it seems like it has everything I’m looking for…which is so so rare. Literally. I would think “oh cool, but does it have THIS?” And ten seconds later I find it. Happy premium member and soon to be sight reading pro 💕💕
Developer Response 12/20/2022
Wow! Thanks for this fantastic review and for noticing all the helpful parts we have thoughtfully curated in Note Quest over the past 4 years! You are sure to become a sight reading pro! 🙌🙌 💪🏻

We added the Skip button back to Game Drills, and fixed bugs. Remember, you can cancel the timer in Game Drills for a stress-free practice session.

Version 5.3.1 Jul 4

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Seller: grace lee
Size: 299.9 MB
Category: Music
Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.6 or later.

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Ratings & Reviews

Very Useful with Major Annoyance

Feedback after a quick 3 minutes of playing.

An exciting app for note recognition

MUST HAVE IN YOUR TOOLBOX ❤️

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