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Enable your microphone, then play the exercise on your piano.

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    Position landings
    0.5 s3 s+

    Drill levels

    How levels work

    Each drill has ten levels. A key counts once you play three clean takes in a row there, at whatever tempo you choose: at least 90% of notes, 80% even timing, no pauses, and no drift of more than 8% across the take, in even notes. The streak is credited at the slowest of its three takes. Level 1 needs one key at the starting tempo. Each later level needs more keys (2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, then 20) at an evenly rising share of the drill's tempo ladder, and from level 4 hands together where the drill allows it. The suggested tempo then moves one metronome mark past it; two takes without a clean rep lower the suggestion. It is only an invitation: play faster or slower and you are credited at the tempo you played. Milestones are RCM 2022 minimum tempos for the drill family.

    Tempo log

    Practice session

    The coach picks your weakest drill and stays on it for a block of the session, so you improve one thing rather than sampling many. Then it moves to the next weakest.

    For or

    From YouTube

    Choose the YouTube tab and keep “Also share tab audio” checked. Start the video after sharing begins; capture happens in real time.

    Solo piano recordings work best.

    Help

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    Left hand
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    Right hand

    Thumb 1 to little finger 5. A number marks a new hand position.

    Settings

    YOUR FIRST SESSION

    Audio and AI stay on your Mac.

    Appearance

    Appearance is held steady while the microphone is on.

    Account and sync

    Import history from the Mac app

    Quit the Mac app before selecting its .local/learner.sqlite3 file, so all history is saved in the file.

    Listening

    Choose an input before enabling your microphone. Stay quiet for the first second while it calibrates.

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    More sensitiveFewer stray notes

    Hearing extra notes? Raise this a little. Missing notes you played? Lower it. High values can miss quiet notes. Saved for your next attempts.

    No time limit on your turn. Turn this off to play through rests, then use Answer now or space.

    0.9 s

    How long a pause ends your turn when automatic replies are on.

    Playback

    65%
    Microphone fine-tuning
    −48 dB

    Raise this if room noise keeps a phrase open. To reduce extra recognized pitches, use Note confidence above.

    Sheet music display

    Exercise notation follows the task. Tempo and meter controls apply to your transcribed performance.

    About & credits ↗

    Current key
    KEY OF THIS EXERCISEListening for a key…

    Each reply follows the key of just your latest phrase.

    Your progress

    Your profile is saved on this Mac.

    Export history ↓

    Every practice builds one shared picture of your skills. Expand a skill to explore your strengths and what needs practice.

    How to read your levels

    Levels 1–5 are practice stages within this app, not exam grades. They use up to 12 recent assessed attempts per skill, requiring at least three attempts and 85% weighted accuracy at that stage. A skill’s overall level summarizes the material you tried; expand it to see which notes, keys, and conditions it covers. It does not establish mastery of untested material.

    Pitch and rhythm are compared with the task. A steady slower tempo preserves your rhythm score; controlled speed uses the suggested tempo. Loudness is an approximate within-phrase estimate from microphone audio. Free improvisation contributes experience, with no “correct notes” or creativity score. Hearing or revealing an answer changes which skills the attempt can assess.

    Recognized notes, prompts, help used, and assessment details are stored locally. Audio recordings are never saved. If the microphone gets something wrong, exclude the attempt and your profile will be recalculated.

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    This exercise

    Why this exercise?

    Need a hint?

    Middle C is just to the left of the pair of black keys nearest the center of your piano. The white keys going upward are C, D, E, F, G, A, B, then C again. The number after a note is its octave: middle C is C4. Take your time, then press Finish attempt or space. Using a hint is saved with your attempt.

    Your attempt

    Your variation