Note Reading Trainer

How it works

• The clef names one line: the treble (G) clef curls around G above middle C (G4) on the second line; the bass (F) clef's dots sit either side of F below middle C (F3) on the fourth line; the C clef's centre marks middle C, on the middle line (alto clef) or the fourth line (tenor clef). Count up or down from there, one letter per line or space.
• Octave numbers are scientific pitch notation: middle C is C4. The Helmholtz name is shown too (c′ is middle C).
• Notes you miss come back more often. Each note's chance of being picked grows with how often you have missed it, and a note you just missed returns within a few turns. A note never appears twice in a row.
• Key signatures: with sharps, the key note is a half step above the last sharp; with flats, the second-last flat names the key (one flat is F major).
• Sa Re Ga names count from Sa, the home note, which each musician chooses. Here Sa is C, so the white keys are the shuddha (natural) swaras, F♯ is tivra Ma and B♭ is komal Ni. These are Hindustani names. Key names stay in letters.
• Fixed do (Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si) always calls C "Do", as in French, Italian and Spanish note names.

Keyboard shortcuts

• A – Ganswer with that letter (Sa Re Ga names: S R G M P D N)
• # or +, then a lettera sharp (tivra); - then a letter: a flat (komal)
• Enter or Spacenext note
• Esccancel a sharp or flat you started

On this page G and M answer notes, so they do not open the tuner or metronome here. Shortcuts pause while a menu has focus. On the keyboard picture, the arrow keys move between keys and Enter plays your answer.

With Keyboard shortcuts turned off in the footer (Display), the letter keys, #, + and - answer only while focus is inside the drill (the staff, the answers and the keyboard picture). Enter, Space and Esc keep working. Everything also works by tapping or clicking.