Quick Start

Welcome to Harmonova and you’ve decided you just want to dive in! Well good news, Harmonova is configured out of the box to work with a 10 hole harmonica in the key of C, which is the most common sort of Harmonica available.

Record your first song

Open the Harmonova app, if you haven’t already and you’ll be presented with a screen like the one below.

If you’re not on this page already, then just click the Home button and it will return you to the dashboard.

Now we’re in the right place click on the button and you’ll be transported to an empty music sheet.

This screen is the main screen you’ll use in Harmonova for all its interesting functions. You’ll see this screen when you’re recording a new song, importing a song from a file, practising a piece you’ve already set up. This page has a lot of functionality and is described in detail on the Recording page.

For now all you need to know is about two features:

1. If you want a metronome for timing, tick the Metronome box.

• Ticking this box will cause a ticking sound to be played whilst you record so you can keep timing. The beat is controlled by the BPM slider.

2. The microphone icon is what starts the recording. Harmonova will give you a 4 beat count in. The microphone will be amber whilst counting you in, get ready. The microphone will turn red when recording has started and that’s it, you’re live!

Warning

You might get an alert at this point asking for permission to use the microphone. For Harmonova to work you will need to grant the permission. So click Accept if prompted.

If everything has gone to plan, as you play notes, they will appear on the music sheet and you are creating your first piece.

When you’re done recording, click the microphone again and the icon will turn grey .

If you like what you’ve played you can save the piece to your music book. Click the Save to Book button and give it a name and then click OK.

Well done, you’ve recorded your first piece! There is so much more to learn and do, you can edit this song, you can practise it and earn achievements, share it. For now though, you’ve done more than enough, have a read of the other sections in this instruction manual and see where your journey takes you!

Thanks for using Harmonova.