Nootka is an application to learn classical score notation.
It helps to understand the rules of reading and writing scores and helps with developing skills of playing and singing notes.
A user look at piece of a score, plays it, Nootka is listening to it, checks and shows how well it was played. All in real time.
Key Features
- Interactive interface to discover the rules of musical notation.
- Exercises with possibility to create own sets.
- Accurate method for detecting sung and played sounds.
- Natural sound of guitars.
- Clefs (treble, bass and others) and grand staff.
- Analyze results.
- Different kinds of guitars and their tuning.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, Mac OS X, Android, and Windows.
- Internationalization support – there are translations for Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Spanish, and Russian.
Website: nootka.sourceforge.io
Support: SourceForge Project Page
Developer: Tomasz Bojczuk
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

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