Product Description: A perfect mixture of fun and education, Rhythm 'n Notes has something to offer gamers and musicians of all ages. This unique title offers tonal and rhythmic music training in the form of entertaining piano and drumming games. No matter what your musical background or tastes, Rhythm 'n Notes is for you. A wide variety of note lessons encourages you to recognize and identify not only notes but also complex chords. Rhythm exercises teach and test the fundamentals of keeping time as well as advanced rhythmic patterns. Starting lessons initiate the beginner, while advanced levels keep experts on top of their game. Open practice mode allows you to familiarize yourself with all notes and chords, both by name and sound. There is a mix of gameplay elements as you learn the fundamentals of music composition. Drumming consists of actual tapping on the DS touchpad with the stylus to the beat of the rhythm in order to succeed. When it comes time to tickle the ivories, then a good ear is needed to match the proper tones. Work your way through all the levels and unleash your inner maestro.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Completely Worthless
This game inspired me to write my first-ever review. This is a terrible game. It's extremely limited, teaching you nothing about musical notation. There are long pauses while the idiotic character makes calculations, such as determining that 3 out of 4 correct gives you a score of 3 out of 4. That takes at least 3 seconds. It constantly pauses and tells you to click the screen. It's boring. The graphics are drab. The "Lessons" are exactly the same as the "Tests". I can't think of anything good to say about it.
Perhaps it's wrong for me to say it's limited because it teaches you little about notation. That implies it teaches you about something else. It doesn't. The only thing it might do is help you test your perfect pitch - if you're one of the 1/10000 people who has perfect pitch. Oh - wait - it won't even do that. I measured some of the pitches on my electronic tuner, and my DS, at least, plays all the notes on this game just a little bit off.
If I could give this zero stars I would. I originally called this review "Worst Game Ever," but now I realize it deserves its new title of "Completely Worthless".
Rating: - Basic Music Course
It is fun if you've had a base in music. I enjoyed 're-training' my ears to hear chords and notes again.
Rating: - Review
This game was not at all what I expected it to be. The package looks very mature, but the game is for children.
Rating: - Get MusicAce Instead!
I cannot think of a single good thing to say about this game. This game had to have been made by someone with no musical background or teaching experience.
Both sections of the game (Rhythm and Notes) have no sense of sequencing at all. The Rhythm section moves too quickly into complex rhythms and you don't have to bother listening to the rhythms given because you can just follow along with the visual cues in the middle of the touch screen. The Notes section begins right away with chords, and expects you to answer correctly the first time without giving the tonal center or even a reference pitch. No explanations are given as to the relationships of the three chord choices, so listening to the chords for laymen would mean nothing. But, then again, I only tolerated 10 minutes of this game, so maybe they explain it later.
Besides the game play being terrible, the graphics are incredibly cheesy and the color palette is sickening.
Please, if you want a music training game, get MusicAce for your computer instead.
Rating: - Not what I expected
I love music and when I saw this game I thought what a great way to increase my musical knowledge. This game was not what I expected. I was hoping to do more then learn chords by ear. I lost interest long before I even got to the notes. The rhythm section was a bit better but you just listen to a rhythm and repeat it. I thought it might teach more about playing rhythms or reading note patterns. It was a disappointment to me.
- Completely Worthless
- Basic Music Course
- Review
