ChartBand for teachers and students

Practice the tune from the lesson, from the same page, with a band — between lessons, at any tempo.

For students

• Your own page. Practice from the lead sheet you'll read in the ensemble, with the bar being played lit up. Your teacher's pencil marks stay where they were written.
• Slow it down, loop it. Take the bridge at half tempo, loop the four bars that keep tripping you up, then speed up.
• Any key. Move the tune to any key, or pick B♭, E♭ or F and the chords show in your key; the band stays in concert pitch, like the rest of the ensemble.
• Take your part out. Bassists mute the bass, pianists mute the piano and follow the voicings on the keyboard instead.
• Learn the voicings. Set the piano to simple chords, inversions, rootless or drop 2 voicings and watch the keyboard light them up as the band plays.

For teachers

• Assign a tune from your book. Students photograph the page they already own; the app reads it on their device.
• Send a chord chart. Share a tune's chords and form — never the page, never the melody.
• No accounts, no data. Students don't sign up for anything, and the app collects no personal data. See Privacy.

What it isn't

ChartBand isn't a course in reading music, and it doesn't listen to or grade the student's playing. It's a rhythm section that reads the chart in front of them.

Price

Each student needs the app on their own iPhone or iPad: 7-day free trial, then $9.99/year (renews until cancelled), or $19.99 one-time.

Teacher and student discounts

Teaching a class or a studio? Tell us a little about it and we'll write back about discounts for you and your students.