Observed arrival · 2026-08-23
Notehead Turns Drum Reading Into a Survival Game
A browser-based drum sightreading game that sends engraved notation to an electronic kit over MIDI and generates a different chart each time.
Why it surfaced
Notehead rejects falling-note lanes in favor of actual drum notation, then listens to every hit and feeds missed patterns back into future charts. Its two modes—an escalating survival gauntlet and a measured phrase-by-phrase practice shed—make the site feel like a specific instrument-learning system rather than a generic rhythm game.
A browser-based drum sightreading game that sends engraved notation to an electronic kit over MIDI and generates a different chart each time.
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