Nota app for iPhone and iPad

Melvin you did a great job at Nota. It is fantastic, a must have app for people learning Piano. I use it all the time, and it even helps me make more friends because people near me start conversation after hearing it.

I bought this app while proceeds were being forwarded to Haiti. Ive been enjoying it since. The polish and beauty of this app is first class, making it a gem in the iTunes store. The quiz is very easy to use, though in version 1.2 quite basic (Im submitting my request to the developer, who is quite personable, for more quiz options). Ive used other music theory learning apps that are fairly cumbersome; this is not. There is a wealth of information in the reference guide, good for amateur and expert alike. I see that theres a lite version you can check out, definitely worth looking at.

I gotta say, a note driller in your pocket makes things so, so much more convenient. I have been pulling up the app and doing a round or two of note drills when Im in the car or theres a break in my studies. Even over the last week Ive seen my note recognition become markedly more efficient. The interface is beautiful and sleek and im very happy with my purchase. I have a couple of suggestions for features in Nota; -More control over options in the quiz, i.e. Selecting the range of notes to drill, tagging notes for more frequent appearance etc. - Keyboard input on the quiz instead of four buttons, inputting the note on the virtual keyboard would be ideal; learning to discern the correct octave of the pitch is pretty important. You already have a beautiful keyboard, so I dont see why this cant be done. I suggest doing this in landscape mode, if implemented. - Expand the reference section a bit! I would love to see a harmony reference or an instrument properties reference with information like range and timbre characteristics; it would make this app much more valuable to more advanced musicians. Overall, great job. Im looking forward to the next update.

overall great app. nice interface. useful. The only feature request is piano fingering chart (or even just numbers on the keys) for the scales section. It would really make this a more complete beginner reference/education tool and I wouldnt have to buy another app / print a bunch sheets of paper. thanks.

Please fix, the last update doesnt want to open on my iphone, I use ip 3GS

Review Update - Oct 09 2012, new version: The application now works perfectly. The developer stands behind his product, and that says a lot for customer care :) A big Thank You, Melvin. Prior review: This was a decent app but now after updating on my iPod 3rd gen to latest O.S., the app starts and then immediately crashes.

Im disappointed with this app. Id hope that there would be a variety of quizzes and in fact theres only a note reading quiz. Also, theres no way to erase quizzes past scores? Oh well ... too bad ... but I find that I wasted my money on this.

everything i do seems to crash this app. hello? ever hear of QA? can i get a refund?

Why do the scales show ALL accidentals as flat? This is confusing when playing sharp scales! Can you please fix this? Also some rest vales are incorrect. Fix fix fix

At first this app seemed pretty great, especially the little quiz portion. However there is one major flaw: in the part where you press a key and it shows the lettered Notation, it uses the improper names. Example: when you hit G, it shows up as G, A, B, C, D, E, G Flat, G. G Flat and G is incorrect; although they keys are correct, it should end with F Sharp, G. There should never be two alike letters next to each other in Notation. This would be a 4 star app but if you expect people to learn from this, then you are mistaken and this should be fixed.

As an educator, I was really hoping that this would be an app that I could use in my general music classroom. After looking through the reference area, I noticed that the note D-flat is displayed as a D-sharp, and similarly with other notes. Did anyone check this app before it was rolled out to the public? Whoever designed this app, I invite you to my music class, where you may learn the difference between flats and sharps. Is the updated version correct? Do I have to pay to get the problems fixed? As it stands, great potential, but really not worth a hill of beans for anyone looking to really learn anything.

I was expecting a whole lot more for five dollars. This app needs to be 99 cents.