5 days is the minimum time most students can complete the '5 day system'. Every student is different, so some students will need the days work split into 2 or 3 days.

We have especially found this to be the case with young students ages 7 and below. However, we have seen many students ages 8+ successfully complete the system in 5 days.

Each student is unique, but most can complete a day’s activities in 45 to 90 minutes.

The 5 day's do not have to be consecutive. However, if the break is much larger than a week, progress can regress a little. In such cases we recommend either re-reading the relevant stories or using earlier games as a refresher.

Because Noteology relies on neuroscience-based memory stories, strong English comprehension is important.

If a student speaks English but thinks in another language, progress may be slower and more frustrating due to constant mental translation. We recommend Noteology only for students comfortable thinking in English — though we hope to offer translations in the future!

Noteology only works for students who recognize capital letters A to G and have a basic understanding of phonics — for example, knowing that ‘Camel begins with C’.

Students who are not yet confident readers will need an adult to read the stories and instructions aloud.

The ‘Memory Palace’ technique (or Method of Loci) was first developed by the Ancient Greeks. This technique has you visualize walking through an imaginary location in your mind and placing the information to be memorized at different positions in your location. It works so effectively because our brains are excellent at remembering spatial environments.

This technique’s effectiveness is well documented — Memory champion Rajveer Meena used it to memorize pi to an astonishing 70,000 decimal places.

The Treble Notes System (Day 1) is entirely free. This teaches students to read (but not play), 15 notes.

The price of the Noteology app in only the price of a quality piano book:

If students begin Noteology and then take a substantial break, it's normal for them to struggle when they return as the notes are not yet in their long-term memory. We recommend:

Firstly returning to the relevant stories if you have forgotten them.

Then, through trial and error, figuring out your current level.

This is achieved through trying a game. If you struggle, go back a few games. If you find that game easy, go forward one or two games until you find your appropriate level of challenge.

You can also identify what you are struggling with specifically. If it's the names of the creatures, play the Name Games. If it's the positions of the creatures, try a few of the Position Games.

After Noteology we recommend you learn to read 'intervals'. An interval is simply the size of the jump from one note to another.

When you know both the notes and the jumps you can develop real fluency in sight-reading. This website has links to great resources that make learning the size of these jumps easy.

If you are looking for a full piano curriculum that uses an interval-based approach to follow Noteology^TM, we recommend 'Succeeding at the Piano' by Dr Helen Marlais. Succeeding at the Piano is a beautiful, well balanced curriculum that you can go through with or without a teacher.

We especially love that 'Succeeding at the Piano'  has accompanying audio tracks for every piece of music to support you learning the piece, as well as accompaniments you can play along with!