Amazing results!
Numbered Notes music camp activity has kids playing music before we even got a chance to explain how it works. They just looked at the numbered sheet music and then started playing the numbered keyboard!
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Attend Webinar... Feb 4'th.
Learn more about Numbered Notes and how anyone can now read and play music. We will be explaining how it works, why it is so effective and how it could revolutionize music notation for the next generation of musicians. Beginners will have fun playing our online Piano and Guitar apps, and established musicians can see how Numbered Notes will help them wield intervals by simply counting.
"If you can dial a phone number you can play Numbered Notes!"
We hope to see you there.....
Here is the link to the webinar.
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/701971-numbered-notes-music-notation
"If you can dial a phone number you can play Numbered Notes!"
We hope to see you there.....
Here is the link to the webinar.
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/701971-numbered-notes-music-notation
Friday, June 3, 2011
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
2 Main ideas for Numbered Notes...
The two main ideas for Numbered Notes are:
1. numbering each half step
2. using a 12 notes staff to place the notes in
Everything else is pretty much the same!
1. numbering each half step
2. using a 12 notes staff to place the notes in
Everything else is pretty much the same!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
NN Great for Intervals
Although Numbered Notes is easy to learn and use it is actually very sophisticated in how it can be used to analyze intervals. Because each note is numbered it makes it easy to see the numerical distance between one note and another.
For example the interval between the 1-note and the 8note is +7. So if you wanted to play the same interval based on the 3-note you would just add 7 and get 10.
Chords are referred to by their root note and then the intervals that make up the chord.
So a C-Mjr is a 1(47)........the (47) are the Major 3rd (4) and the Perfect 5th (7). The numbers in brackets are the half step intervals from the root note.
A minor chord is a (37) having a minor 3rd and the Perfect 5th.
Intervals are always referred to in terms of half steps from the root note. This is a more literal and consistent way to relate to the interval.
This is why it is so important to give a fixed "number name" to each half step in the octave. Once you name the half steps you can see the intervals between any two notes by subtracting one from the other.
These aspects make NN great for Intervals!
For example the interval between the 1-note and the 8note is +7. So if you wanted to play the same interval based on the 3-note you would just add 7 and get 10.
Chords are referred to by their root note and then the intervals that make up the chord.
So a C-Mjr is a 1(47)........the (47) are the Major 3rd (4) and the Perfect 5th (7). The numbers in brackets are the half step intervals from the root note.
A minor chord is a (37) having a minor 3rd and the Perfect 5th.
Intervals are always referred to in terms of half steps from the root note. This is a more literal and consistent way to relate to the interval.
This is why it is so important to give a fixed "number name" to each half step in the octave. Once you name the half steps you can see the intervals between any two notes by subtracting one from the other.
These aspects make NN great for Intervals!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Kids Learning Music
Numbered Notes is easy for kids to learn because they can simply see the numbers in the sheet music and press the numbered keys on the keyboard. Children often become frustrated with learning to read traditional music because it requires a lot of memorization and is complicated.
One good thing to practice with your kids is "counting up the keys" starting on the 1 key go all the way up to 12, then back down to 1. This will familiarize your child with what number and what key go together.
Friday, February 20, 2009
F.A.Q # 1, Does this work for more complicated music?
Yes,
Numbered Notes works for all levels of music complexity because it is providing pitch and timing information just like traditional music. The numbers infront of the notes are actually optional. The placement of the notes to the lines itself tells you what note it is.
Numbered Notes works for all levels of music complexity because it is providing pitch and timing information just like traditional music. The numbers infront of the notes are actually optional. The placement of the notes to the lines itself tells you what note it is.
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