Eye-notes
A note on a black key is half black, half white. Black spot on the right: sharp. On the left: flat.
The iCanPiano sight-reading method
Read music at first sight.
iCanPiano replaces sharp and flat signs with Eye-notes, so you see the black keys inside the notes themselves. You read faster, make fewer mistakes, and can read both hands together.
It isn't more practice. It's a trick. Most players feel the difference within two lines.
Standard notationiCanPiano Style
The two-line test
Read two lines. Feel the difference.
Read these bars by J. S. Bach in standard notation. Then switch to iCanPiano Style and read them again.
Notice where your eyes stop in standard notation: every sharp, flat and key signature.
How it works
One small change. A different way to read.
Nothing to hunt for
No sharps, flats or naturals before the notes, and no key signature to keep in your head.
Both hands at once
Less to decode in every note leaves your eyes free for both staves.
Fewer mistakes
You know black key or white key before you even name the note.
The original music
Same key, same layout, same notes. Only the noteheads change.
It's a trick, not a workout.
Standard notation makes you work out every note: is it in the key signature? Did an accidental change it earlier in the bar? iCanPiano puts the answer in the note itself. That is why the improvement is almost immediate.
2
lines to feel the difference
214
pieces in iCanPiano Style
0
accidentals to decode
Now open the music and play.
214 pieces in iCanPiano Style, from Bach and Mozart to Chopin, Schumann and Tchaikovsky.
Practise with the player
Hear the piece, follow the red line, watch the keys light up, slow down, or practise one hand at a time.
Best on a tablet
- Open iCanPiano in any browser, on an iPad or any other tablet.
- From the browser menu choose Add to Home Screen (on iPad: Share, then Add to Home Screen).
- The player now opens like an app, full screen.
