Today's Musician
François Leleux
Born 1971 · France · Oboist
Principal oboe at the Paris Opera at 18
OrchMate for people who practice
Lessons in the app,
practice every day.
The assignment from your teacher becomes today's practice, and the time you practice builds up as assignment progress. Ask about a bar right on the score, and set lesson times with a button.
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9:41
Tuesday evening
Great work, Haeun
This week's practice
Goal 5h
3h 45m
75% reached
4-day practice streak1h 15m to goal
Today's practice
Assignments Dvořák, 1st movement: continue m.45–60
▶ Start practicing
This week's rehearsal assignments
♪m.45–60 · Tempo 723 days on this piece · 1h 40m practiced
Next lesson 11/6 (Thu) 19:00 · Teacher Haeun Kim
My scores 12
Continue Dvořák Concerto
Music training
Guess pitch, rhythm, and pieces
HomeScorePracticeLessonsMore
Lessons
If lessons are hard because of scheduling and remembering, not playing
Texting on KakaoTalk, "Can you do 7 this Thursday?" "Oh, not that day…"
Open up times you're both available, send one time within them, and the other person just taps 'Confirm' and you're done
"Which bar?" Taking a photo of the score and circling it
Draw a box around the spot on the score and ask. A pin lands on that bar
You forget what you heard in the lesson once you get home
The teacher's words stay as homework. Passage, tempo, even the deadline
When was the lesson fee due again?
Each lesson gets a big 1/4, 2/4… number, and 1/4 is marked 'lesson fee day'. It counts automatically even at twice a week
9:41
Haeun
Teacher Haeun Kim
Cello · 60 min · lesson fee every 4 lessons
QuestionScheduleScoreHomework
Haeun Kim proposed a lesson time
Nov 13 (Thu) 19:00 60 min
Confirm this time
Propose another timeCan't do it
This week Lesson 2 · 4/4, 1/4
4/4Nov 4 (Tue) 19:0060 min · recurring
1/4Nov 6 (Thu) 19:00💳 Lesson fee due
Next week Lesson 2 · 2/4, 3/4
2/4Nov 11 (Tue) 19:00
HomeScorePracticeLessonsMore
1
Question pin
Right at that spot on the score. Attach a recording of your playing too (2 min). Teachers reply with a demo recording
2
Assignments
Passage, tempo, and deadline. Practice that piece and assignment progress builds up automatically
3
Scheduling
Send just one time within the available times and the other person confirms. Even when changing, the original time stays until the other person confirms
Ask about a bar
right on the score
Draw a box around the bar and ask, and attach a recording of your playing too. Your teacher replies on the spot with text or a demo.
Haeun
Teacher Haeun Kim
Cello · 60 min · lesson 2 of 4
Letter W pitch?
My intonation is shaky at letter W, could you listen?
▶0:38 My playing
On W, keep your thumb a bit more parallel to the fingerboard and press harder to get the pitch. Like this
▶0:24 Demo
✓ Lesson confirmed
Nov 6 (Thu) 19:00
Added to both calendars
For lesson teachers
Ten students' schedules, instead of ten KakaoTalk chats
Lesson times, changes, questions, and homework gather in one room per student. Overlay the times you've opened with the student's available times and send just one. Times that clash with another student's lesson can't even be proposed.
9:41
My student · Doyun Lee
Schedule a lesson
Times I openedStudent available
Mon
Tue
7 PM
Wed
Thu
7 PM
Fri
Sat
Sun
Create new
Propose a lesson timeavailable times
With whom Student Doyun Lee
Nov 6 (Thu) 19:00 60 min
It's confirmed as soon as the student confirms
Propose this time
HomeScorePracticeLessonsMore
One invite link
Send the link on KakaoTalk and it opens with the code already in. The student just taps 'Connect'
Open times for each student
Open different times for each student to fit your schedule, and see the available times students have marked too
Recurring lessons with one confirmation
Send once, twice, or three times a week with days and times, and once the other person confirms, the next 4 weeks are always booked
Change deadline and same-day cancellation
e.g. changes only up to 24 hours before. After that it's recorded as a 'same-day cancellation'
Lesson fee count
If you pay every 4 lessons, both of you see 1/4, 2/4… on each lesson, and 1/4 is marked 'lesson fee day'. We don't handle money
All at once when it's over
When a lesson ends, mark it complete and see the next time and homework on one card
List me publicly (optional)
If you want, you appear in Find a Teacher. Contact info isn't shown, and requests happen inside the app
Practicing alone
Make today's
30 minutes carry into tomorrow
Even on days without a lesson, open OrchMate and see what to do today. Weekly goals, assignments, practice time per piece, a practice calendar, and one Today's Classic.
12 day practice streak
This week 4h 12m · 84% of 5h goal
My score library
Upload PDF or photo scores and use them anywhere. Share them in the lesson room to see the same score as your teacher
Practice with AI (beta)
Play a hard passage and it points out pitch and rhythm. Request a piece you want and we'll add it
Tuner · Metronome
Tuning and rhythm. The metronome starts right at the tempo written in your homework
Practice log, automatically
Leave it on and pure playing time adds up only when your instrument is sounding. See it at a glance in a graph
Reminders · My calendar
Reminders the evening before and 2 hours before the lesson. Lessons land on your Google or Apple calendar automatically
Today's Classic, new every day
11Mon 6 day update157 musicians, classical music in films and ads, and behind-the-scenes symphony stories. Only stories checked against sources, one a day, arrive on your home.
Where have I heard this?
Ride of the Valkyries (from the music drama "Die Walküre")
Richard Wagner · The film "Apocalypse Now"
A theme where the brass charge in with a 'ba-ba-ba-BUM-bum!' over swirling strings
Hear the famous partSymphony stories
The composer himself gave it the title 'Tragic'
Schubert Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"
Completed in April 1816, it's Schubert's first symphony in a minor key. Schubert wrote the title 'Tragic' on the score himself.
Music games and classical concerts also work right in your personal space. Take a look first without logging in: Symphony Map · Musician Directory · Where Have I Heard This? · Instrument Guide
If you're in an orchestra or choir
Log in with the same account and your group's notices and next rehearsal appear at the top of your home. Group scores go into your library without copying, so you can view them together in lessons.
Guide
See all posts →We've gathered the things you actually run into when running a group, taking lessons, and practicing.
Lessons · Practice
How to use a tuner and just intonation: from tuning strings to tuning chords
The difference between A=440Hz and 442Hz, the order for tuning string instruments in fifths from the open strings, how to read a tuner's cents, and just intonation, where thirds are tuned low and fifths slightly high in chords, all summarized to use in practice.
6 min readLessons · PracticeHow to practice with a metronome: 4 steps from a slow tempo to your target tempo
How to raise tempo with a metronome when a fast passage isn't working. Four steps to use in the practice room, finding a tempo where you don't make mistakes, raising it in small steps, listening in subdivisions, and clicking only on beats 2 and 4, plus common mistakes.
4 min readMusic knowledgeOrchestra seating basics: American and German string layouts, and where winds and percussion sit
The difference between the American layout, where second violins sit next to the first violins, and the German layout, where they face each other (antiphonal); the usual places for winds, brass, and percussion; and tips for amateur groups arranging by headcount.
6 min readFAQ
Is OrchMate free?
Yes. Every feature is free, from lesson scheduling and the score library to homework, practice logs, the tuner, and the metronome. Practice with AI is in beta and free for now, and we'll let you know ahead of time if any feature becomes paid later.
Do I need to install the app?
No installation needed. Use it right in your phone or computer browser. Add it to your home screen and it opens like an app and sends notifications. The iPhone app is available on the App Store, and the Android app (Google Play) is on the way.
Do teachers and students use it together?
Yes. When the teacher sends an invite link, the student just taps 'Connect'. In the same lesson room you view scores together, propose and confirm lesson times, and exchange homework.
Do I pay lesson fees in the app?
No. We don't handle money. It just marks each lesson's count (1/4, 2/4…) in whatever set you've chosen, like 4 lessons at a time, and reminds you of 'lesson fee day'.
Which instruments can I use it with?
Any instrument. The tuner lets you pick open strings for violin, viola, cello, double bass, or guitar, or tune automatically, and the Instrument Guide has beginner info on 8 orchestra instruments.
Is it the same account as the orchestra group app?
If you log in with the same account, your group's notices and next rehearsal appear at the top of your personal home. You can also add group scores to your library and view them in lessons.
Leave the hassle to us and focus on the music
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