Should I create two basic notes for these two cards or should I use a custom note type with three fields (Q1, A1, Q2, A2) and the two cards automatically created? What are the pros and cons of these two methods?
I really like this new setup, I still have to write the two questions but I don’t have to repeat the information in the questions.
It is also really quick to add new cards by reusing the same template: here both questions are identical for different keys on the piano, I only need to change the A and B fields for the new note based on the previous one!
Thank you for your proposition, I never tried this note type but indeed I think the cloze notes could fulfill my need in some cases. In the end it is very similar to the new note type I created, the hints to the holes are the question on my custom note type.
But I feel this solution is actually inferior in some cases, it feels not suited for images and it feels like my brain needs to reword the cloze as a question every time I review the card. I will mix both types of notes, I think both could works for different purposes.
You definitely want these to come from the same note, so they are siblings to each other. There are no “pros” to creating 2 separate notes to get reversed cards.
What strikes me about your cards/notes is that there are too many words on them. You don’t need full-sentence questions, but if you want to use them, you should still put that information in your template instead.
You could similarly simplify your “C keys” notes. But a lot of it comes down to deciding where you want the complexity – in the fields of your note, which makes them harder to write – or on your card templates, which makes them less general.
