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Practice tools for band students. Free to use, no login needed. Turn your sound up.
Keys to the Staff
Press a piano key to hear the note and see exactly where it sits on the treble or bass staff.
How it helps: Learn your note names and ledger lines, see written vs. concert pitch for B♭, E♭ and F instruments, quiz yourself with names hidden, and sustain a note as a drone to tune against.
Chords
Build a chord, tap any note to hear it alone, then compare equal and just tuning.
How it helps: Hear why the third and fifth of a chord need small adjustments to lock in, so you know which way to move when your band holds a chord.
Tuning Beats
Detune a player and watch the waves drift apart. The closer two notes are to in tune, the slower the beats.
How it helps: Train your ear to hear the “wobble” between two out-of-tune notes, the same thing you listen for when tuning with a section partner or a drone.
Overtone Mixer
Every note is a stack of softer notes above it. Turn each overtone up or down and hear the sound change.
How it helps: Discover why a flute and a tuba sound different on the same note, and hear the partials brass players move between on one fingering or slide position.
Brass Fingering Chart
Press valves or move the slide to see the harmonic series and tuning tendencies, then find the fingering for any note.
How it helps: Works for trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium and tuba. Learn which notes share a fingering, which partials run sharp or flat, and alternate fingerings or positions to fix them.
Woodwind Fingering Chart
Tap any note to see every flute, oboe, clarinet, sax or bassoon fingering, drawn from the player's view, with tuning tips and clarinet register slurs.
How it helps: See exactly which keys to press for any note, compare alternate fingerings, and practice clean slurs across the clarinet's break.