Practice Room

The Practice Room is where most of your time on MusicMuse happens. Pick a legend, pick a piece, and the AI tutor coaches you through it in real time. Your microphone, your tempo, your pace.

What you'll need

• A working microphone. Your browser will ask for permission the first time. Built-in laptop mics work; a USB or headset mic is better.
• Headphones. The tutor speaks while you play. Without headphones, the speaker bleeds into the mic and the pitch detection gets confused.
• A modern browser. Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge on any recent version. Older browsers may not support audio recording.

Starting a session

From your dashboard, tap a legend — or follow an assignment your trainer sent. The practice page loads with the legend's color, a piece selector, and a single primary button: Start Practicing.

When you tap it, three things happen:

• Your mic activates (you'll see the browser permission prompt the first time).
• A short calibration runs — play one steady note so the tutor can hear your instrument.
• The tutor speaks an opening line in the legend's voice, then steps back to listen.

What the tutor does

The tutor listens to your playing and responds when it has something useful to say. It will:

• Confirm when you've landed a phrase cleanly.
• Flag when your pitch drifts, your timing slips, or you've stalled.
• Offer a slower tempo or a smaller section if you're struggling.
• Cheer you on when you're close to a milestone.

It will NOT interrupt every note. Long stretches of silence from the tutor mean you're doing fine — keep playing.

Pace and tempo

The metronome runs at the piece's default tempo unless you change it. Tap the tempo control to slow it down for learning passages; tap it again to bring it back up once you have the notes. Most students learn faster at 70% of the target tempo than at full speed.

Recording your playing

The record button (microphone icon) captures your performance to your device. Recordings stay in your browser by default. You can:

• Submit a recording to your trainer if you have an active assignment for this piece. The submission includes the audio plus an optional note.
• Save it for yourself as a personal reference of how today's session sounded.

If recording fails, the page shows a specific reason (mic permission denied, mic not found, unsupported codec, hardware in use elsewhere). Fixing the reason fixes the record button.

The status indicators

• Connection dot — gray when idle, amber while connecting, blue when the tutor is listening, green when it detects you.
• Stage bar at the top — lights up as you advance through the piece's sections.
• Tutor orb — pulses when the tutor is actively analyzing what it hears.

When it goes wrong

• No sound detected — check the mic is selected in browser settings and that headphone audio isn't accidentally being routed back into the mic.
• Tutor stops responding — refresh the page; the session resumes from where you left off if you're on the same piece.
• Mic permission was denied earlier — reset it in your browser's site settings, then reload.
• Recording shows an error — the error message names the specific cause. Mic-in-use means another app (Zoom, Teams, etc.) has it; close that app and try again.

Quick tips

• Warm up first. A 30-second scale or arpeggio lets the calibration settle and the tutor learn your tone.
• Short sessions beat long ones. Three focused 15-minute sessions during the week beat one 90-minute Sunday marathon.
• Repeat the rough patch. If the tutor flags the same bar twice, loop just that bar a few times before moving on.
• Trust the slowdown. When the tutor offers a slower tempo, take it. Speed comes back once the notes are clean.

Need help?

Use the VOSS Coach chat assistant (bottom-right corner) for quick questions, or email support@musicmuse.astrionix.io for anything more involved.