Numbered Notes
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Music is fun again
As children, most people enjoyed playing music until it came to learning to read sheet music. Memorizing symbols and decoding dots on lines was confusing, and that frustration made a lot of people quit.
When people try Numbered Notes, they poke around slowly, one numbered note and then the next. Once they get the feel of it, they're playing their first song before they know it. They just match the numbers on the sheet music to the numbers on the keyboard.
They can play basic songs and even teach other beginners.
We did an "activity night" at the Boys and Girls Club, where we brought in numbered keyboards with Numbered Notes sheet music of well-known songs. It was a lot of fun, and the kids were able to read and play music right away. They were playing songs even before the explanation was given!
