Music-Ready

Free practice tools

Note-reading flashcards

Name the note on the stave by tapping a letter or typing it. The 30-second challenge keeps your best score on this device, so you can try to beat it each day.

The note game below has no timer and can include notes on ledger lines and on the keyboard.

Free, no sign-up, works on phones. Nothing you play is recorded.

Note flashcards

Name as many notes as you can in 30 seconds. Tap a letter or type it.

Note game

Which note is it? Tap a letter or type it. 0 of 0

How to use it

  • Choose treble or bass clef, then press Start 30 seconds.
  • Tap a letter from A to G, or type it on a keyboard.
  • Use the untimed note game to practise ledger lines.

Learn more: Notes and the stave explained

More free tools

  • Online piano keyboardA playable one-octave piano keyboard in your browser, from octave 2 to 5, showing the name of each note you play. Free, no download.
  • Scale playerHear major, natural, harmonic and melodic minor, pentatonic and chromatic scales from any note, with correctly spelled note names. Free, in your browser.
  • Free online metronomeA free online metronome: 30 to 240 bpm, tap tempo, accents, quavers, triplets and semiquavers, and a tempo ladder for speeding up a passage step by step.

Every tool is also in the Quick tools button in the corner of each page.

Keep the practice you do

With a free Music-Ready account, practice is tracked next to your teacher's assignments and counts towards streaks, badges and the weekly report for parents. Free during the beta.