When reading music feels like a grind, change the mood and keep going

We don't think there is a shortcut to reading music. So GrandScore leaves the work as it is and lets you change only how the screen looks. On a hard day, read the same passage again in a different look.

Reading is hard because the conversion is not automatic yet

To read a note, you count its position on the staff, recall its name and find the key. You repeat that conversion for every note, so it takes time until it becomes automatic. It becomes automatic through repetition, and repetition only builds up if you keep going.

One score, three looks

What you read is the same in every look. The only thing you choose is the mood of the day.

The look changes; the work does not

In every look, the following stay the same.

• The note name appears above the note head only at the moment it sounds.
• The key that sounds lights up on the keyboard.
• The score moves straight on, never tilted, so its shape stays easy to read.
• You choose the range to read, four measures at a time.

How to keep at it

1. Open a piece — Open the piece you want to play in reading mode.
2. Cut it into four measures — Don't play from the top. Choose a range of measures and read only that.
3. Watch, then press — Watch it once in Movie to check the sound against the score. Then switch to Keys and press the keys yourself to check your reading.
4. Change the look and go again — When the same passage gets dull, repeat it in another look.