Nootka v1.0. Music notation learning tool for guitarists.

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It's a really nice tool by the musician and programmer Tomasz Bojczuk and seems like it has never been mentioned here. Check it out guys. You can learn notes names, notes positions on the fretboard, notes on the staff. You can even connect your guitar and Nootka will tell you whether you're playing the correct note or the wrong one.

Homepage: http://nootka.sourceforge.net/

Short demo:
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Some quotes from the official site:
Nootka site wrote: For what?

Nootka is an application to learn classical score notation. It helps to understand the rules of reading and writing scores and develops skills for playing and singing notes.
The application is free and open source.
It works under Windows, Linux and MacOs.

For Whom ?

If You read this, surely You will find something for You in it !
for guitarists - it was began writing for them - for beginners and for more advanced ones
for all that want to develop theirs skills of playing and singing scores
for all to develop musical hearing
for teachers to support a progress of their students
for teachers to measure progress of their students
for parents of students to help their children

Features

numerous settings to personalize for user needs and capabilities
accurate method for detecting sung and played sounds
different name-callings of the notes
support for scordatures
clefs (treble, bass and others) and grand stave
exam mode with different levels to registry Your progresses
levels creator with wide range of settings
Czech, French, Polish and Russian translations
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Version 1.0 has been released today. You can download Windows, Mac or Linux app from the official site http://nootka.sourceforge.net

Final version changes:
1.0.0
Nootka says: I'm number one
BUGS FIXES
- fixed grand staff lines width and switching to single staff

0.9.8 rc4
- alternate note names on an axis chart
- adjusting pitch detection range to possibilities of a clef
BUGS FIXES
- fixed animation of corrected position for left-handed players layout
- styles of note names on linear charts are displayed properly
- fixed desktop entry for rpm packages

0.9.7 rc3
Nootka says: I speak German
- added German translation
BUGS FIXES
- fixed acting with non pitch-ordered strung/tuned guitars
- fixed/improved electric/bass guitar look
- fixed layout in different window sizes
- improved rpm validation results
- fixed detecting clef type from older versions of Nootka files

0.9.6 rc2
BUGS FIXES
- fixed high CPU usage with PulseAudio
- fingerboard properly hides highlighted string
- font scaling fixes and placement of texts (note name)
- translations fixes

0.9.5 rc1
Nootka says: I'm afraid of exams
- added exercise mode, without penalties and elapsing time
- more options for exercises (clues, additional note names, etc.)
- extended support for instruments different than guitar
- transposing is possible in a range ±12 semitones (octave)
- Nootka gives 'Certificate of Exam Completion' when you pass
- exam can check intonation of a sound and its accuracy is configurable
- English language in Nootka was corrected and improved
- buttons with octaves and accidentals are highlighted during answering
- audio input device settings dialog is more clear and neat
- GUI layout enhancements
- crossing of played notes is fluent now - it was cleaned from cracks
- preview of a level was improved and levels can be deleted as well
- intonation view displays differences more accurate
- added animations of accidentals corresponding with key signature
- tons of smaller fixes/improvements
BUGS FIXES
- Nootka doesn't crash when guitar or singing is out of tune
- fixed random crash when midi output was in use
- piano stave is properly locked in exams and level creator
- audio devices not supported rate of 44100 Hz work properly
- fixed switching instrument type when an exam is continued
- fixed losing default audio device in Linux ALSA

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Thanks for your hardwork!
John
"B4serenity"

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