Frequently Asked Questions

It's free during beta! We're limiting users to 5 analyses per month to manage costs while we build. Eventually we'll charge a monthly fee to cover our expenses, with a free tier.

Think of it as your personal teaching assistant for score prep! Upload a PDF of your sheet music, tell us about your ensemble (like "7th grade choir" or "intermediate jazz band"), and we'll give you a comprehensive analysis including challenging passages, technical requirements, composer background, and tailored rehearsal strategies. Then you can ask follow-up questions about specific measures, teaching approaches, or programming ideas.

Any notation-based sheet music! Choral octavos, band scores, orchestra parts, piano music, chamber pieces - if it has standard music notation, Claude can read it. The AI works with everything from Renaissance motets to contemporary jazz charts.

Claude's vision AI is very good at reading sheet music, but it's not perfect. Think of it as a smart teaching assistant - it gets you 90% of the way there, but you should always verify critical details like exact ranges and key changes. We always recommend double-checking measure numbers and specific passages against your score.

Absolutely. We delete your uploaded files immediately after analysis - we're talking seconds, not hours. Nothing is stored permanently. Your music never leaves our secure system and is never used to train AI models. We're music educators ourselves, and we take copyright seriously.

Only music you legally own or have the rights to use. By uploading, you certify you have the right to analyze it. We're music educators - we respect copyright and expect our users to do the same. If you purchased the octavo, you're good to go!

Tell us about your specific group (like "6th grade beginning band," "high school women's choir," or "community orchestra with limited rehearsal time"), and Claude tailors the entire analysis to YOUR students. The same piece analyzed for middle schoolers will get very different pedagogical suggestions than for advanced high school performers.

Yes! That's one of the best features. After your initial analysis, ask anything: "How should I warm up for measure 32?" or "What's a good second piece to pair with this?" or "Can you suggest sight-reading exercises for this rhythm?" The AI remembers the score and your ensemble context.

Tell us your story via our feedback form! If you're preparing for a concert, evaluating this for your district, or have a specific teaching need, we're happy to give you more access in exchange for detailed feedback. We're genuinely interested in how teachers are using this tool.

We're music teachers (well, Matt is - Cathryne is a lifelong musician!) who were tired of seeing new technology built with "educators" in mind but never for MUSIC EDUCATORS. We built this for all of you. No investors - just people who love music education trying to help.

This tool is designed for teacher prep, not student work. We recommend teachers use it for their own planning and efficiency, then teach students the analytical skills themselves. The best music education still happens between teacher and student, not student and AI!

Absolutely not! This saves time on mechanical analysis so you can focus on interpretation, programming, pedagogy, and actually making music. It's a tool to make you more efficient, not a replacement for expertise. Think of it like a calculator for math teachers - it handles the computation so you can focus on the concepts.

Trust your expertise! You're the teacher, and you know your students. Claude is excellent at catching most things, but it's not infallible. If something seems off or if you notice an important detail that wasn't mentioned, that's exactly why we emphasize this is a tool to assist, not replace, your professional judgment.

Right now, you can copy and paste the analysis text anywhere you'd like - into your lesson plans, Google Docs, rehearsal notes, whatever works for you! We're exploring more formal export features for future versions. Let us know in the feedback form if this is important to you!

Yes! The interface is responsive and works on phones and tablets, though we find the experience is better on a laptop or desktop where you can have your score and the analysis side-by-side. But if you need to do quick prep on your phone during lunch duty, we've got you covered.

We store your email (for sign-in), your usage count (to enforce limits), and anonymized logs of what features get used. We never share or sell your data. Period. We're teachers, not a data company. Your information exists solely to make the tool work for you.

We'd love to say yes, but handwritten music is tough for AI to read accurately. Standard engraved or professionally typeset music works best. If your handwritten score is exceptionally neat, it might work, but we can't guarantee good results. When in doubt, try it!

They work great! Just make sure your PDF is under 50MB. Claude can handle multi-page scores with lots of staves. The analysis will give you an overview of the whole piece, and you can ask follow-up questions about specific instrument sections.

Usually 30-60 seconds depending on the length and complexity of the piece. Grab a coffee, check your email - it's much faster than doing it yourself! The follow-up questions are even quicker, typically responding in 10-15 seconds.

We use Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Haiku 4.5, which is specifically excellent at reading and understanding complex visual information like sheet music. It's the same AI that can read medical charts, architectural drawings, and scientific diagrams - we just pointed it at music!

YES, PLEASE! Seriously, we want to hear from you. Use our feedback form or email us directly. This is a work in progress and your input directly shapes what we build. Every suggestion gets read, and many have already been implemented. You're helping us make this better for the whole community!

Maybe! We're actively developing and prioritizing based on teacher feedback. Some ideas we're exploring: rehearsal planning templates, integration with other tools, comparison features for choosing between pieces, and more. If you have an idea, share it - if multiple teachers want the same thing, it moves way up our priority list.

Definitely! The analysis is great for understanding technical requirements, finding trouble spots, and developing practice strategies. Just remember - Claude gives you information, but the musical decisions and teaching are still all you.

Nope! Once you've used one of your 5 monthly analyses to upload a piece, you can ask as many follow-up questions as you want about that score. Go wild - ask about voicing, programming, warm-ups, literature connections, historical context, whatever helps you teach better.