Oo that would be interesting. I found learning ASL online difficult so I’m interested on how duo would do it- duo would be great for keeping signing skills sharp too
been using it for some days, and its super fun!!! my feedback: 1) would love to have MIDI support for advance courses eventually , 2) As a bassist, I was a little disappointed in the fact that I cannot use the bass clef 3) For the songs, I would love to have the ability to rehearse a particular part of the song, instead of replaying it from scratch. 4) the virtual piano keys should be bigger.
I love this new direction duolingo has decided to explore! I have one small concern however: it might be difficult for learners to play harder pieces that have more intense rhythm and bigger ranges (though I understand this course is aimed to introduce). I personally would love if duo could think about bringing music theory to the large learning community, while keeping it fun and easy to understand. Theory is similar to a language (in that every musician can communicate with it) and it places importance on memorization, which is very on-brand for duolingo. Some ideas could be playing chords to popular songs (this would be less about technical skill and more on knowledge), improvisation over a chord progression, or even something as simple as naming the notes in a chord. Just a thought though, cheers!
This! Memorising all triads, seventh chords, I-V, II-V-i or secondary dominants is so boring. I would LOVE to learn music theory with Duolingo! Make it happen, please!
This for sure! For playing full pieces, at a certain level it will be difficult for the app to keep up. But for stuff like theory, improv, chords and stuff, I would love to use duolingo.
I hope this course teaches all about music theory, including advanced topics used in composition. It would be cool. There's a lot of young people who want to create music out there but are too lazy to study theory. That's why there's a lot of products selling finished beats and melodies, and finished chord progressions, so you don't have to think about theory. It's absurd, but it sells.
"Too lazy to study" You actually think this is the problem? You don't think it MIGHT, just MAYBE, instead be because music lessons cost 50$ an hour at the low end and most people can't afford that huge expense?
@@jessicastjames6202 I agree with you on the sense that there are a LOTTT of overpriced lessons out there regarding theory, but there are plenty of helpful free resources for free learning. Uni of Puget Sound has an online course called "Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom" that is a phenomenal free resource for anyone to use. It's a matter of finding the available resources I think is the problem, not so much paying for the.
As a musician, I think this will be a fantastic, fantastic resource to teach basic music theory. Which in my opinion, is the doorway to the language that is music. I can see it really helping me and others to get much better at pitching!🙌🏽
I thought language was actually going to be incorporated into regional songs. I would love to know how to sing local favorites. There are so many opportunities for each course. Learning "De Colores" would've given me a stronger connection to the learning material (Spanish). They are going to teach songs right - a natural fit. Hoping it's already included.
Music can be very impactful for learning basically anything. It's something I missed a lot in my local japanese course, simple songs that help grasp the basics of the language. If Duo implements this, it'll be a huge difference.
I just finished all of the music courses, here’s what I think: -the app teaches you to play notes and identify them on a simple keyboard -you can play simple songs -it’s a bit simply piano esque with the songs because it scrolls along as you play and you only have a few seconds to see where the next note is. Coming from a pianist with a pretty long education period of music, I’d say this app is pretty good at teaching you to identify different notes and pitches and learn to play them. However, if you want to learn and dive deeper into music theory (such as intervals, dynamics, keys with more flats/sharps, chords and scales, etc.) you might need to find a teacher or another app for it. Good luck to your music learning! :D
This is actually pretty fun and could be a great tool for learning music. It needs MIDI support and needs to show proper fingerings for the exercises and whether the student should be using the left or right hand as none of this is covered.
@@GielianWellens they're a multi million company with 1000 workers.. they're taking their time like they're an indie dev company They need to stop making tiktoks like wtf? That's what slowing their ass down
At least one news outlet said music should be out for all users sometime in November, but I’m not sure how accurate that is Android got the new achievements update first, idk why and it really doesnt balance it out but ig thats how it is for now
I've been using music to learn the language I'm learning on Duolingo, Norwegian. Its pretty tricky to find songs, but also a lot of fun. The first four I learned were originally written in Norwegian: Stjernestøv by AURORA, Når snøen smelter by Astrid S., Vi har ei tulle which is an old lullaby, and Vinteres gåte by AURORA. I always get so excited when I learn a new word on Duolingo and then recognize it in the song, or when I learn a word from a song and then see it on a Duolingo lesson. For instance, I learned 'mørk' which means 'dark' from Stjernestøv. I'm also working on learning some songs I already know in English that have been translated to Norwegian, primarily so far the songs from Encanto. I realized I might be able to watch the movie in Norwegian and I'd like to sing along when I do! I've got 'Presset aka The Pressure aka Surface Pressure' down and am pretty good with 'Snakker ikke om Bruno aka Don't talk about Bruno aka We Don't Talk About Bruno'. I can only sing parts of them from memory, unlike the ones I learned that were originally written in Norwegian, but I'll practice more! Also I got excited recently because I learned the word 'tung' which means 'heavy' at around the same time I was first starting to learn Presset, and it was so cool to be mostly repeating sounds while reading the lyrics one time, and then the next time I sing it I have a new word landmark that I understand to help me remember the meaning behind the sounds. Very fun. I highly recommend learning music in the language you're learning! It's great for vocabulary and learning about how they do poetry and imagery, and it can also help you learn a lot about the culture of the country/ies that language is spoken in! For instance, the tune of 'Vi har ei tulle' comes from an old Norwegian patriotic song, but was used to write the lullaby in... I think the early 1900's, I want to say the 20's or earlier but I can't remember off the top of my head (Edit: I generally in the right timeframe! 1905!)
@@jonathanpauluze it's just a questionable testing strategy to ignore such a large portion of your user base when your slogan is making your service universally accessible. And I was appalled to learn from the comments that even Duolingo Math is yet to be available for Android users.
I have a really hard time focusing in my science classes because of the overload of information just thrown at me, which I never know how to deal with. I'm learning biology right now and the terminologies particularly have overthrown me. I feel like it would change the world to have Science Duolingo, and to have science lessons structured in bite-sized chunks, bit-by-bit every day, instead of just having chunks of information dumped into my brain during classes. Praying for a Science Duolingo to exist before I graduate 🙏
This sounds like such a great idea, hopefully we won’t have to pay for the courses like other apps and maybe we’ll be able to take music courses for other instruments like guitar or base later on down the line if this goes well!
Really enjoying this. Never learnt this fast. This really boosted my ability to read. After about 2 weeks I noticed a massive improvement in reading some Bach pieces I bought for the piano and never previously got on with.
I had a couple years of choir class in school. It benefitted all aspects of my life, especially social life and my confidence. I miss sight reading, I've forgotten a lot of things over the years, and I've always wanted to learn piano, even it's just learning where the keys are ❤ This is a great step forward. Looking forward to seeing it in Android real soon!!
I hope Duolingo will add an option to have live listening to keyboard or piano interacting with the lessons bc In the more advanced lessons it’s hard to play piano keys with my thumbs while reading sheet music, I hope they update or modify it in the near future! 🙏 Plus it would be perfect to play actual cords
I hope you do what you've said in your blog, that the courses will be available in the languages app and that it'll be for EVERYONE, which includes ANDROID users :) From what I've read it'll be available for us Android users too, and I really hope it will, because I've know Duolingo math for a good while and just realized it isn't available for Android.
please implement teaching of key signatures sometime! i've got a good grasp of music as a violin student, but can't read key signatures or identify minor/major/melodic scales as fast as my classmates, and i don't ever know what anyone is talking about when they say stuff like fifths/fourths/thirds when it comes to relativity of notes. there's a lot of theory behind music like specific scales and what tones they inflict and id love to have a better understanding of reading music, as i only really associate the picture of a note with the placement on the violin and cant really see it as the note itself (letter)
Key signatures are surely easy.. just use a chart online. It was like F C G D A E B That was sharps, flats is backwards, so B E A D G C F Make a line next to the C and then label 1, 2, 3 from there. When looking at the key signature you should be able to tell what major it is in easily with the chart. If it's in C major it would have no sharps or flats, which is easy to remember. Using a mnemonic device would help with this, but don't use it later on. I used "Father Charles goes down and ends battle" which could also be "Battle ends and down goes Charles' father" It's very easy to remember it, but that's only to know which major it's in. like for G major you would know that you play all f's sharp because it's like that in the chart.
Also isn't there supposed to be some sort of book that comes with your instrument? I'm not an orchestra student so I wouldn't know but I got one with mine showing me how to read and play.
@@hfalalalala you get something like that in elementary but i started up violin when i was 3 and then quit around age 7, and then came back around middle school. i have some of those books but they’re only really stuff on the staff and really simple, it wouldn’t serve me any use now 😭
music theory learning would be better than trying to teach how to play a instrument. an app cant check, if your posture is correct, if your hand technique is correct etc.. i know it from own experience, I started learning piano without a teacher, but as I got a solid teacher my playing improved drastically. It would be better to make it teach music theory instead of playing.
I use the app for learning language and it is great! I have been using the Music app for about 2 weeks and it is very fun but I am frustrated at present. I use a laptop for learning and the only way to play the app notes is by hunt and peck with 2 fingers due to the awkward position for fingering. I am currently stuck on Andantino and am trying to find a way to practice it, but since we can only see about 10 notes at a time. The screen is moving too fast for my hunt and peck method. I don’t have any music training so this is exciting to have a chance to learn. Thanks for all the work you do behind the scenes!!
Even though I play music already, I just wanna try it out to see how the lesson plans evolve. Unlike most other music learning apps, this one actually looks like to teaches you fundamentals instead of shortcuts!
And what do you think of it now? I am very curious what your feedback is. In watching this video, I already have questions, such as can one control the speed of the songs? If not, then I wouldn’t touch this.
I am so excited for this. Hopefully, they release an Android or web version soon. I have always wanted to learn music, but classes have not been possible yet.
I have an idea. What if you make it so you can play on whatever instrument you have and the app can recognize the notes? Plus with that, you could make more courses for other instruments besides piano
Ahhh!! I’m a young vocalist and always had the dream to be a singer since I was 3! This is so exciting as a young vocalist, this is an amazing project!❤
I’ve currently been playing the violin for 2 years, but I’ve always wanted to learn the piano! (Not that I don’t love the violin, but playing two instruments would be cool!) But unfortunately, a lot of apps charge you just to use it. This will be perfect for me to use!
Thank you for this new amazing skill learning course duo 😊 I'm already learning Spanish, mandarin, Korean and English here now this one its amazing and a peaceful quality time for releasing all of my stress and anxiety 💐💞💝
although i do play the cello (and used to play piano and violin), i feel like i haven’t fully learned all the basics yet because of how many breaks i took in between while learning, so i’m actually excited for this haha
Besides - Haitian Creole, Zulu and Ukrainian languages 😂 I'm native speaker of last one. I don't know, what the real reason to learn language, spoken of half of country, and spoken with millions of russian words. Some people really learn it, but here are nobody, who will converse with you in right way. Piano lessons are more useful, even if it is THIS piano lessons.
As a pianist of 6+ years and a violinist of 2+, I tried to speedrun it but I feel like some of the exercises are really weird/difficult to do correctly on a touchscreen device
the one thing I hate about not having an iPhone is not being able to use Duolingo math and music. I don't need the music course as much since I'm in choir and I'm already learning, but I've always had a hard time with math and would really benefit in doing the math course.
I’ve been using it, and it’s a great course for treble clef theory, but if someone wants to learn an instrument with a specific clef, for example the viola using alto clef, treble clef theory wouldn’t help with that So I guess I’m suggesting different clef theories in Duolingo music Thank you for reading this!
Many games are relased only for IOS at first because it's a much more standardized operative system, so it's faster for developers to work there. They will relase it for Android in a future but it will take them a while
Lastimosamente me iré de duolingo y volveré cuando implementen duolingo música android y quizás también allí me suscribiré. Ya no quiero seguir aprendiendo idiomas en duolingo si discriminan a los que no tenemos iphone.
The issue is the physical techniques for example the pressure you have to put on your piano is not taught. It cannot be taught by an app where you play on a digital keyboard either. IMO it needs some way to listen to a physical keyboard if the user has one.
I've being testing it for 2 days and I love it! I'm a guitar player and I'm more used to tabs than standard notation, and even though I did know how to read it before I think this course is helping me to become "fluent" reading standard notation. And I love the exercises to identify notes by the pitches, I wish I had learned music like that, because it is really helpful to take songs by ear.
