Thank you so much for playing and for the comments!
With regards to the note totals, the misses are being counted as anytime you press the wrong input and anytime you press the input too early or too late.
Because an early miss doesn't take away the note you were early on, you can in theory register 2 (or more) attempts for the same note, thus the total notes you played could be equal to or greater than the whole number of notes in the map.
I'm not expecting anyone to realise that though as there is zero explanation in the game, because we ran out of the time (in true game jam fashion) haha. We also had plans for mechanics involving the money but they too did not make it in.
I love the variety of genres represented here in this jam and there's been some really great experiences!
P.S. You missed the chance to describe the controls as "fishy" :P