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Create fully customizable note sets and easily send them home to students.\n\n- Fun Themes\nEngage with fun themes that don't get in the way of learning, or opt for traditional notation.\n\n\nLandmarks: The best way to learn your notes\n---------------------------\nNote Rush fits with all teaching methods, whether you favor a purely intervallic approach or use traditional mnemonics! We promote learning key landmark notes then reading adjacent notes intervallically for the best results in learning to read piano notation.\n\nNote Rush features a unique landmarks-based hints system (optional) that highlights nearby landmark notes to read intervallically from. Over time students naturally move from reliance on landmarks to a more intrinsic staff-to-keyboard association.\n\n\nPreset and Custom Levels\n---------------------------\nUse preset note ranges or create your own set of levels to suit your teaching style. Create a personalized level to target a particular student’s needs.\n\n- Individual Note Selections\n- Sharps and Flats\n- Treble, Bass or Grand Staff (alto and tenor coming soon)\n- Up to Six Ledger Lines\n- Send custom note reading drills using App Links or QR Codes","facts":{"developer_id":1083801826,"developer_url":"https://www.noterush.app/","first_released":"2016-06-17T14:09:04Z","support_url":null,"privacy_url":null,"website_url":null,"app_version":"2.01.2","release_notes":"Lots of improvements/fixes in this update:\n- Improvements to the Audio Recognition Engine.\n- Level Designer has now been given its own dedicated tab at the top of the level selection screen, as it has proven difficult to find in the instrument list!\n- Fixed: Note not blinking on incorrect note input.\n- Fixed: Total time on level completion sometimes shows 1 second more than the correct time due to a rounding error. 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