Learn Piano Fast: Note Quest

Name: Learn Piano Fast: Note Quest
Rating: 4.5 (588 reviews)
Author: grace lee

Sight Reading Sheet Music Game

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

588 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

grace lee
Language

EN
+ 2 More
Size

298.7
MB

Play just 10 minutes a day to boost your note-reading skills! Use Stats to auto-track your high scores. NoteQuest is like 2 apps in 1: GAME DRILLS for timed drills at your instrument. It's a one-time purchase. SIGHT READING is to practice reading real music (separate upgrade - subscription). In Game Drills, Landmark Notes Tutorial & mini-drills are FREE! Versatile: It's got REAL PIANO or VIRTUAL PIANO when you are traveling or away. Got a keyboard or a piano class? Use MIDI and your headphones. It’s got many options to make it easier than ever to improve your sight reading speed and accuracy! Available upgrades: GAME DRILLS (Single purchase, keep forever): Play a variety of note recognition and interval 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! SIGHT READING (Subscription): Over 230 curated, leveled exercises from Beginner to Advanced. These sight reading excerpts have a variety of musical periods and styles, not boring, randomized notes. Check your accuracy by tapping LISTEN to check yourself by ear. Now, CHORD CRUSH is included in Sight Reading. Learn to read chord symbols while developing skills you can use for a lifetime! ** NOW AVAILABLE! We've got companion products if you don't own an iPad. PDF Sight Reading Flashcards! Visit our website to check them out. Questions or issues to report? Suggestions? Email: info@notequest.net or DM me on Instagram. @notequestapp Grace L, Founder and Piano Teacher www.notequest.net

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

588 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
Very effective learning app!
02/07/2021

@judispiano
I use NoteQuest every single day in my piano studio, and encourage parents to purchase for their students. Favorite feature (for both teacher and students) is Note Selector. When students build their own drills for problem areas, they are excited and empowered, rather than frustrated. This is a Must Have Tool for anyone learning to play piano! I highly recommend.

Developer Response
Thank you SO much for taking the time to write this great review! So cool to hear how much you like Note Selector. That one is a teacher fave! Wishing you much success and joy in your teaching. Thanks again! Grace.
Very effective learning app!
02/07/2021

@judispiano

I use NoteQuest every single day in my piano studio, and encourage parents to purchase for their students. Favorite feature (for both teacher and students) is Note Selector. When students build their own drills for problem areas, they are excited and empowered, rather than frustrated. This is a Must Have Tool for anyone learning to play piano! I highly recommend.
Developer Response 02/10/2021
Thank you SO much for taking the time to write this great review! So cool to hear how much you like Note Selector. That one is a teacher fave! Wishing you much success and joy in your teaching. Thanks again! Grace.
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! 🙌🙌 💪🏻