Where a note lives — and why
Loading the string and the staff.
That thin line on the left is the 1st string of a guitar — the skinny one. Press it down further up the neck and the pitch goes up. Everybody already knows that part.
Here's the claim this page is going to make: the five lines of the staff are that same string, stood on end. A note sitting higher on the staff is a note further up the string. The staff isn't a code you memorize — it's a map, and up is up.
Two positions are open right now. Move the finger and watch what the notehead does.
Drag the dot on the string, use the slider, or press ↑/↓ when the slider is focused. (Frets 2 and 4 have no dot — the notes there have sharp names, and they're a different lesson.)
Notice the pitch, the letter, and the notehead all move together — they're three views of one thing. When you're ready to test the idea, go on.
A wrong guess is the useful kind. Commit to one.
No letters, no link line. A note appears on the staff; put the finger where it belongs. Six of them. If you're stuck, the rule you just wrote still works — read the height.
Same map, now at speed. Read the height, hit the switch. The string stays on screen and lights up after every answer — so you keep seeing why, not just what.
Keys 1–4 work too. A hint is worth fewer points — that's the deal.