Note Flight

 Noteflight is a tool for music teachers and their students to use for notating music. Per Noteflight’s Wiki: “Noteflight is an online interactive graphical music-notation editor.” It is a free tool that can be accessed from nearly any computer with an internet connection/browser that supports Adobe Flash. From an educator’s perspective, students can now work on compositions or assignments both at school and at home without expensive notation software.

I found Noteflight fairly easy to use. Teachers looking to use this tool with their students can take comfort in knowing that tutorial videos, FAQ’s and help forums provide excellent help and support to users of varying computer expertise. Creating a free account takes only a few minutes. Students can easily access their work from a computer at school, as well as at home. This tool can readily be used in music theory classrooms as both an instructional aid and as a tool for students to do part writing or other assignments. A band director might use this tool to have students transpose parts or to transcribe a solo for jazz band.

I can already tell that my favorite use of Noteflight will be that I can have students transpose their parts! Next time you need a student to cover or double another part, have your students try inputting the notation themselves. Noteflight even has a transpose feature!