Piano practice, in active development. Guided lessons, falling notes, section loops, imports, and reports.
Students are guided through foundation skills, graded lessons, and readiness checks. The curriculum is still being refined as the app develops.
Notes fall toward a hit line; students play the matching key. Tempo can be slowed, hands can be isolated, and notes are labelled for early learners.
Staff reading, rhythm, intervals, scales, chords, dynamics, and articulation are introduced through lesson steps and reference material.
Treble and bass clef reading drills, ear-copy challenges, and short checks help practice move beyond memorising songs.
Scale tests, chord drills, and free-piano recording give students a place to practise technique and create their own ideas.
Public-domain repertoire is included for falling-note practice and section loops. The library is being checked as development continues.
Import standard .mid or .midi files from Files. Keystrike parses them into playable charts and suggests sections to practise.
No MIDI keyboard? Acoustic mode can listen through the microphone for single-note practice when permission is granted.
An open keyboard for improvisation and composition. Record, edit notes, and export recordings as standard MIDI files.
Practice reports, weak-spot tracking, adaptive drills, and teacher/parent handoff views are being built to make progress easier to trust.
Keystrike is being built for absolute beginners, returning players, self-taught learners who want more structure, parents helping a child practise, and students who need a clear path between teacher lessons.
The home screen points students toward the next useful step first, then repertoire, imports, and creative work once the daily practice block is done.
The goal is diagnose, drill, retest, and adapt the path, so mistakes turn into short targeted practice instead of vague advice.
The interface is being tuned for iPhone landscape, wider iPad layouts, and Mac windows, with different screen sizes treated deliberately.
The planned App Store model is a 7-day free trial followed by a one-time unlock. No ads and no monthly piano subscription.
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No. Use a USB or Bluetooth MIDI keyboard if you have one, an acoustic piano with the microphone, or the on-screen keyboard. Many beginners start without any hardware at all.
The app is structured around foundation work and graded progress. The exact lesson and exam structure is still being refined in development.
No. Keystrike is being built for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Not in the current development build. Keystrike is local-first, so cross-device sync would need to be optional and privacy-preserving.
You cannot import PDFs at launch. You can import MIDI files (.mid, .midi) and Keystrike will parse them into a playable chart automatically.
Both. The pacing of the early grades is gentle enough for a focused eight-year-old; the depth of the later grades is enough for adults working toward exam-grade repertoire.