Get The Most Out Of MiM

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The Music in Minutes small log showing the Letters MiM. The dot on the letter i is a representation of a watch

MiM is a new way to engage with you to play music in minutes. It does not expect you to have any musical training or to understand musical notation and it does not force you to play at a speed that makes it frustrating or difficult (if not impossible to play along to).

Download the App, it’s a free download and let it install on your device. You get two free songs with the App, Frère Jacques and Hush Little Baby (also known as Mocking Bird).

Quick Start

On opening the App you will see a number of menu items.

An image of the front menu screen for the Music in Minutes MiM App showing the menu ites of Play, Demo, How To, Store, Glossary and About
The MiM App Opening Flash Screen

Select Your Song

Press Play and you will be presented with a list of songs in Stage 1 and Stage 2 versions.

The Song Select Menu showing the list of available songs and the stage 1 and stage 2 select links.
Part Of The MiM App Song Repertoire

Play Your First Song

Stage 1 is the initial playing mode of the MiM App and you can select either of the two free songs and the App will change to show a keyboard and above that a series of letters (the notes to be played). The Keyboard also has letters on it which correspond in line with those notes shown above.

You should see this:

A view of the stage 1 layout of the sone Frere Jacques.  The notes are arranged on lines above, in line with the key required to be pushed on the keyboard below.  Notes are lettered and black notes have coloured dots available to differentiate them
The Stage 1 Song Keyboard And Notes

The first note is indicated by a letter near to the red START box, the note C. If you press the corresponding letter C on the keyboard below, the App will play the note. A correctly played note will turn green and then fade away. If you press the wrong note, the note changes to red and you are invited to play the correct note or press the RESET button that appears on the screen. The reset button takes you back to the start of the song.

How To Videos

This is a short video of Frère Jacques played as stage 1 in the MiM App:

Frère Jacques played as stage 1 in the MiM App

This is Hush Little Baby (Mocking Bird) played as Stage 1 of the MiM App:

Take your time and once you get the hang of it you can speed up and play at a faster pace. The numbers by the notes are the beats or count and will assist you to play the notes for the correct duration for the song.

We wish you many happy hours of fun learning to play these songs.


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