2026 Open Education Award for Excellence Nominee

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"MIDI Piano & Guitar Chords" has been nominated in the Open Assets Awards category (Open Asset Award for Excellence as a Free and Open Source Music Education Tool).

"The reason this nomination deserves to be recognized with a 2026 Open Education Award for Excellence is that FreeMIDIChords removes one of the most persistent barriers in music education: cost. Quality MIDI-integrated music theory tools have historically required expensive software licenses or proprietary hardware ecosystems. FreeMIDIChords eliminates that barrier entirely — it is free, open source, and requires no installation for its web version."

See nommination details: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KA2j0yPXLjlXTodYAfqcWEXxP0RNAMTSwQoi_CzIulI