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How Name the Note works
Each round of this fretboard quiz asks twenty questions. One position is ringed on the neck, somewhere inside the fret range you chose, and you answer by tapping its name or pressing its letter key. The quiz never asks the same note twice in a row, so you cannot coast on the previous answer.
A right answer turns the ring green and plays the note. A wrong one turns it red, shows the correct name and lights the right button, so every mistake teaches you something. With the Next button switched on, the board waits there until you are ready; without it, the next question appears after a short pause. At the end you get your percentage, your average time per note, and your three weakest notes, drawn on the board in the wood and orientation you picked.
More tips
Change one setting at a time. If you move from frets 0 to 3 to the whole neck and from natural notes to all twelve in the same session, a falling score tells you nothing about which change caused it. Widen the range first, and add the sharps and flats only once the range feels comfortable.
Keep the sound on at first. Hearing each note as its ring changes colour ties the name you chose to a pitch, and after a while you begin to hear that an answer was wrong before you see it.
Frequently asked questions
Why does the same note never come up twice in a row?
A repeated note can be answered from memory instead of by reading the board, so the quiz always picks a different note for the next question when it can.
What does solfège mode change?
Only the names. The buttons and labels read Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La and Si instead of C to B, which suits players taught with fixed do. The notes and their positions stay the same, and the letter keys still work.