How we are going to raise music literacy to over 90%!!!

[Numbered Notes]

Numbered Notes music notation has been redesigned to be easy to learn and fully functional.  That means that it can write out Mozart, Bach, Chopin and everything else.  Here is an overview of how we have tried to improve traditional notation to make it more functional and easier to learn.

We have redesigned the staves into a "12 Note Staff"


Each note is accounted for in the staff, and relates to a specific labeling of each key in sequential numeric order.  Octave numbers precede the staff to define what range you are in...If the instrument plays in a certain range then that is what octave number you give it.  Literal....direct information!  Because each note is assigned a number you can determine intervals by just adding or subtracting the difference between two notes.  Thus the interval between 1C and 8G is +7 (or a P5'th).  Referring to the intervals in (half steps) allows for literal distances.  So the intervals in a Major scale are Root+(2457911) or Root +(Mjr2, Mjr3, P4, P5, Mjr7 and Mjr7)  The benefit to using numbers is you can just add the intervals to the Root note and determine what other notes are diatonic.  So, in the key of 3 we apply a Major scale and get 3+(2457911) or 3,5,7,8,12,2 or A,E,F#,G,B,C#.  Numbers are made for counting which is very helpful when navigating scale patterns applied to root notes!


Timing...is redesigned into a system called Counts Per Measure.  The top number of a traditional "Key Signature" defines how many 'C.P.M's" there are.  Each note is considered "single" unless modified to be "fractional" or "multiple"

All other types of articulation are possible and still function like Traditional Music Notation.  Here is an example.


We have the ability to "convert" any song at any complexity to Numbered Notes, thus we can truly offer the potential to revolutionize music notation for the next generation.

We also have a free Iphone App allowing new users from around the world to learn to play music.

Music notation has evolved many times over the years.  We hope Numbered Notes will earn its place in the great history of human innovations allowing for over 90% of the people around the world to play music.  It is as easy as play by numbers but also has all the complexities to go as far as you want to take it!

What do you think?....

Have you ever thought about why it looks the way it does? 
If it could be better? 
How many people would benefit from an updated version of music notation?

Your thoughts?  Please post....

[Numbered Notes]

Great question...we have software that can automatically batch convert music files.  So once we partner with a publishing company we can run their inventory through our converter and we can provide huge amounts of songs to people all around the world.  We are looking to totally replace traditional notation for something better.  We tested it out with a lady who had never played and she was playing Moonlight Sonata in 10 seconds.  Not well of course but she could make her way note by note.  Numbered Notes makes reading music a non issue because all one does is match numbers from the page to the keyboard or guitar fret.  Would you visit our website and try it so you can see and experience how it works?  www.numberednotes.com

[Laura Collins]

I do not see how you will change the way the world reads and writes music.  Good luck but this seems very

confusing when going from it to the mainstream music writing system.