Yousician piano offers four notation options: enhanced, falling notes, colored, and sheet. To change notation, tap or click anywhere on the song screen and choose Options from the Pause menu. Pick the notation you want to use from the options and select Done.
Read on to find out more about the notations.
Enhanced sheet
Enhanced view can help you learn the essentials of music. The notes use colors to match your fingers:
- Thumb → green
- Index finger → yellow
- Middle finger → purple
- Ring finger → blue
- Little finger → red
Each note includes the note name to help you learn them. The bar length displays the note length and shows you when to release the key you are playing.
Falling notes
Falling notes view is a helpful visual aid for learning to play piano. The notes show colors for hands, with blue for the left hand and purple for the right hand. The note numbers match your fingers:
- Thumb → 1
- Index finger → 2
- Middle finger → 3
- Ring finger → 4
- Little finger → 5
Like Enhanced view, the notes include note names to help you learn them. The length of a bar displays the note length and shows you when to release the key you are playing.
Colored sheet
With this view, you can see and learn the shapes of notes found in standard notation. The colored view also includes finger colors to make learning easier:
- Thumb → green
- Index finger → yellow
- Middle finger → purple
- Ring finger → blue
- Little finger → red
Standard sheet
Much of the world’s library of documented music is written as sheet music. This view enables you to play standard notation using black-and-white notes.
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