Noteable+Music+Flash+Cards


 * 1. CITATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION**
 * Title: **[|Noteable Music Flash Cards]**
 * Developed by: **Mark Meikle **
 * Publisher: **The Noteable Software Company**
 * Copyright: **Legacy Productions 2009**
 * Platform**:** **Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP/Vista**
 * Peripherals: **No Peripherals are required, but a MIDI keyboard could be used for certain activities**
 * Grade/Age: **K-12 and Beyond**
 * Type of Class: **General Music, Band, Choir, Orchestra, Private Lessons**


 * 2. TEACHER SUPPORT**

There is a basic FAQ for educators located at  that deals with the various technological facilities that you might have available, as well as pricing. Once you’ve purchased a registered version of the software, the support system becomes available to you, and the responses are quoted as being “prompt and effective”. There are instructions for running the program on an entire room of students at once, and suggestions for how to accommodate a smaller number of computers.


 * 3. INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT**

This is designed to be a drill utility. It provides students with many opportunities to review their knowledge of Rhythm, Notation, Basic Theory skills (intervals, scales and arpeggios), Keyboard and Guitar note recognition. Students can save their performance to the computer in order to view their progress overtime. Multiple profiles can be made on one computer in order to keep different classrooms of students independent and unique.

National Music Standards addressed by this program are: 5. Reading and notating music.


 * 4. INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND PEDAGOGICAL SOUNDNESS**

Noteable Music Flash Cards is a drill-and-practice program, and if used as a review utility it is age appropriate for most age groups. The interface is very simple to follow and very easy to understand. There are very few distractions built into the program, which keeps students focused on the activity at hand. When a question is answered correctly answer words of encouragement are occasionally displayed. Students are also able to access their progress by means of a graph that tells them how well they’re doing in each aspect that they’ve been tested on. The program is also smart enough to focus the drills on the weak areas (questions that students consistently answer incorrectly) until they are no longer weak areas.


 * 5. RECORD KEEPING**

Students are able to view their progress by means of a graph that tells them how well they are doing in each aspect that they have been tested on. They are also able to save their progress onto the individual station they are working at, or if your computers are networked they can save their progress to anywhere on the network you tell them to.


 * 6. OVERALL EVALUATION**

Noteable Music Flash Cards is a great drill-and-practice system and works very well both in and out of the music/performance classroom. It is inexpensive, with individual copies of Noteable Professional costing $49.95 and Noteable Basic costing $19.95, and they also offer an educator’s discount of 20% is you purchase 5 or more licenses. The WIDE varieties of activities that are incorporated into this program make it a very comprehensive review system, and the LARGE number of difficulty levels makes it accessible to all age groups and skill levels. The scoring system is GREAT because it allows students to see their progress, as well being smart enough to adapt the difficulty of the program to meet the needs of the students.

Rating: ++++

Reviewed by: Colin Milne 4/10/05

Updated by: Jennifer Zuk 4/2/08

Updated by: Gordon Couch 11/2/09