A music teacher that listens and watches
Play your own instrument in front of your screen: a recorder, an ocarina, a flute. It hears every note, paints the fingering on your own hands, and cheers when it's right. Free, in your browser.
- Free lessons
- Nothing to install
- Nothing is recorded
It listens
It hears the note you play and tells you when it's right.
It watches
It sees your fingers, and shows which ones to press or lift.
Private
The camera and the microphone stay on your device.
Choose your instrument
Every one is an interactive teacher that listens and watches. Each has its own lessons, songs and fingerings, and you can change it at any time.
Recorder
The recorder most children start with: soprano or alto, baroque or German fingering.
Ocarina
Any ocarina: 12-hole, 10-hole, Italian, and the little pendants with 6 or 4 holes.
Bansuri (side-blown bamboo flute)
The Indian bamboo flute, played to the side, with six holes: tell it your bansuri's key, or play its lowest note, and its lessons follow.
Txistu
The Basque three-hole pipe: one hand plays it, the other can beat a drum. Three holes and your breath make every note, because the same holes sound higher as you blow a little more.
Dizi
China's bamboo side flute: six holes, and a thin membrane that buzzes and makes it ring bright.
Tin whistle
The little metal whistle of Irish and folk music: six holes, blown gently through its mouthpiece. The same fingers play two octaves; your breath chooses which.
Whistle flutes
You blow into a mouthpiece
Recorder
The recorder most children start with: soprano or alto, baroque or German fingering.
Txistu
The Basque three-hole pipe: one hand plays it, the other can beat a drum. Three holes and your breath make every note, because the same holes sound higher as you blow a little more.
Tin whistle
The little metal whistle of Irish and folk music: six holes, blown gently through its mouthpiece. The same fingers play two octaves; your breath chooses which.
Side flutes
You blow across a hole, held to the side
Vessel flutes
A round flute you hold in your hands
Europe
Recorder
The recorder most children start with: soprano or alto, baroque or German fingering.
Ocarina
Any ocarina: 12-hole, 10-hole, Italian, and the little pendants with 6 or 4 holes.
Txistu
The Basque three-hole pipe: one hand plays it, the other can beat a drum. Three holes and your breath make every note, because the same holes sound higher as you blow a little more.
Tin whistle
The little metal whistle of Irish and folk music: six holes, blown gently through its mouthpiece. The same fingers play two octaves; your breath chooses which.
Songs you can learn
Every song here is free. Choose one, then the instrument you'll learn it on.
Morning Mood (Peer Gynt)MorgenstemningRecorderOcarina+4
When the Saints Go Marching InRecorderOcarina+4
All My Little Ducklings (Alle meine Entchen)RecorderOcarina+4
It listens, and it watches
Other teachers on a screen only listen. This one also sees you play.
- It listensEvery note you play is heard: the right one gets a cheer, a wrong one shows what to fix.
- It watchesWith a camera it follows your hands and paints the fingering on them: which fingers press, which lift, and the finger to fix.
- Honest about itThe camera can't tell whether a hole is fully covered: when a note comes out wrong, the teacher explains it from the note that sounded.
- PrivateThe picture and the sound stay on your device.
Games for your instrument
Games you play with your own instrument: it listens as you play.
Song packs
Themes from around the world, Christmas, half-holes and more: each pack comes with its songbook. Recorder song packs from €2.99, paid once.
Read more
How the teacher works, how to choose and how to practice.
Why a camera and a microphone are the best way to learn the recorder
How a microphone that hears every note and a camera that guides your fingers with augmented reality give beginners instant,…
The Ocarina: What It Is, Its Kinds, and How to Start
What an ocarina is and how it makes its sound, the kinds of ocarina (12-hole, 10-hole, pendants, double and triple), which one…
A short history of the recorder
The recorder's story in five minutes: medieval beginnings, Renaissance consorts, Baroque stardom, a long sleep, and its…
For parents (and teachers)
Practice at home, without standing by every note. Between lessons and in class, too.
- Free lessons. Nothing to install: it runs in the browser.
- Private. The camera and the microphone stay on your device; nothing is recorded or uploaded. The one exception is a grown-up's choice: adults who join the Player Video can record themselves playing, and only when they choose to.
- At their own pace. Each note is practiced until it's right.
- Accounts for grown-ups. A child plays with a parent's or teacher's account; their stars are kept on every device.
We believe every child is born knowing how to play. Day by day, the noise pulls them away from their life's song. We're for less distraction, more attention: we help a child focus and give their attention to the music, the breath, and themselves. Then the music inside can come out, unobstructed. Less drama, more dharma.
Questions
Do I need a real instrument?
Yes: the teacher listens to the notes you play, so you need a real instrument, with a computer, tablet or phone that has a microphone.
Do I need a camera?
No. With a camera you see the fingering painted on your own hands; without one, the lessons work by ear alone.
Is it free?
Yes. For free, on every instrument: Recorder: 21 lessons, 17 notes, 21 songs; Ocarina: 25 lessons, 15 notes, 21 songs; Bansuri (side-blown bamboo flute): 20 lessons, 16 notes, 21 songs; Txistu: 20 lessons, 13 notes, 21 songs; Dizi: 17 lessons, 11 notes, 21 songs; Tin whistle: 16 lessons, 12 notes, 21 songs. Each lesson and song has its fingering and help on every note, and nothing to install. Song packs add more songs on these instruments: Recorder and Ocarina.
Is anything recorded?
No. The camera and the microphone stay on your device: nothing is recorded or uploaded. The one exception is a grown-up's choice: adults who join the Player Video can record themselves playing, and only when they choose to.
Can children use it?
Yes, it's made for children's first steps, and for grown-ups starting out. Accounts are for grown-ups: a child plays with a parent's or teacher's account.
Which instruments?
Recorder, Ocarina, Bansuri (side-blown bamboo flute), Txistu, Dizi, Tin whistle. Choose yours at the top of the page, and change it at any time.
Made by Head Arcade™
A small studio in the south of Portugal, making playful things you take part in: music teachers that listen and watch, and games played with your body or your instrument.
Meet the studioReady? Grab your instrument.
The first lesson takes a few minutes: you'll play your first note right away.
Choose your instrument