Noteflight Review

Noteflight is a web-based notation software that one user can create a free single account. The features of this website are s most music composition software. A user can create a composition to feature one or several parts. Musical pieces created with the software are band, choir, orchestra, or other musical ensembles. A user can add dynamics, articulation, lyrics, or ornaments to embellish on their compositions.

One of the major pros of Noteflight is that it is web-based. A user can access the program on any computer or digital device. Teachers that cannot use a computer lab because a time conflict but are fortunate enough to have access to the classroom tablets (e.g. iPad) would still be able to access Noteflight. I use the iPad to complete most of the featured embedded song for a class assignment. Noticed that there is a miniature keyboard at the bottom of the screenshot. A user can enter each note on the keyboard. Also, if you scroll left and right on the keyboard you will see both treble clef and bass clef on their corresponding G4 and F3.

The only con Noteflight has is that it's web-based. The fact that Noteflight is web-based is it's crowning jewel, and its curse. I am reviewing this as a teacher that may use this software in a class setting. Because the software is web-based, the user is dependent on a consistent Internet connection. If I'm used teacher had a lesson on music composition, and there was an outage and could not access the web that day the lesson plan for that day are ruined.

Overall, I would highly recommend  for all music teachers that want to teach music composition to their student. The positives of this web-based software outweigh the one negative. There is a Noteflight for teacher section that allows one teacher to create a site for 250 students. The price is $195 a year, which is cheaper than paying $600 for a current music composition software.