For band directors

Band director software for sight-reading, playing tests and theory

Q: Can students record playing tests at home?

Yes. With Flat for Education, students record audio or video playing tests in the browser from any device, including Chromebooks, and submit them to you. You listen with the score open, leave comments on specific bars and mark the submissions in one place.

Q: Which instruments does the sight-reading generator support?

The Flat for Education sight-reading generator currently supports flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet and trombone, plus piano, guitar and voice. You set the difficulty, time signature and key signature, and it creates a new 8-bar exercise every time.

Q: How does the sight-reading generator help trumpet, trombone and alto sax students practise?

The Flat for Education sight-reading generator creates a new 8-bar exercise for trumpet, trombone, alto saxophone, flute or clarinet every time, at the difficulty, time signature and key signature you choose. Students can practise with their own generator between rehearsals, record their performance and submit it for you to review.

Q: Is sight-reading marked automatically?

No. In Flat for Education, students record their sight-reading performance and you review the recording. Music theory and ear-training (interval) worksheets are marked automatically.

Q: Does it work with Google Classroom?

Yes. Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams are included on every Flat for Education plan, with class list synchronisation, assignment distribution and grade return. Canvas, Schoology, ClassLink and LTI are available on the School & District Plan.

Q: Do students need to download anything?

No. Flat for Education runs in the browser on Chromebooks, laptops and tablets. Students sign in and start playing, recording and writing.

Q: Can I use it for our whole music department?

Yes. The Flat for Education School & District Plan starts with three teacher licences. It adds a shared resource library, premium LMS integrations and training. Request a quote for your department.

Flat for Education gives band directors one browser-based platform for sight-reading, playing tests and music theory. The sight-reading generator creates new 8-bar exercises in seconds, students record playing tests at home, and you mark and comment on the score. Works on Chromebooks with Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams.

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Sight-reading

How do I give my band fresh sight-reading exercises every day?

Use the sight-reading generator to create a unique 8-bar exercise in seconds. Set the instrument or clef, difficulty, time signature and key signature. Students record their performance and you review the recording.

Sight-reading practice for trumpet, trombone, alto saxophone, flute and clarinet, plus piano, guitar and voice.

Students can use their own generator to practise between rehearsals, and exercises are saved to their score library.

The Flat for Education sight-reading generator: choices of instrument (flute, school band), difficulty, time signature and key, above a new flute exercise.

Playing tests

How do I run playing tests without losing rehearsal time?

Have students record them at home. They record audio or video in Flat for Education, from home or a practice room, with no third-party app or emailed files. You listen with the score in front of you and pin comments to the exact bar.

Free record mode lets students record without an attached score.
Generate the score inside the assignment with the sight-reading generator.
Rehearsals remain focused on the full ensemble; individual checks happen at home.

See performance assessment

An alto saxophone playing test in Flat for Education: the student's video recording next to the score.

Practice tools

The practice tools your students already need, built in

A tuner, metronome and tone generator sit in each student's workspace, so no separate apps are needed at home. Sound analysis shows the waveform and spectrum of a student's tone.

Less time troubleshooting apps, more time playing

The Flat for Education tuner, metronome, tone generator and sound spectrum.

Theory and ear training

Automatically marked theory that keeps up with your ensemble

Music theory worksheets are generated and marked automatically, so you get your evenings and weekends back. Assignments align with standards, including TEKS and NAfME.

Ear-training worksheets cover intervals.

Explore music theory worksheets

An interval ear-training worksheet in Flat for Education, with correct and incorrect answers marked.

Notation

How do I write marching band music my whole band can use?

Write it in the Flat for Education notation editor, with playback and real-time collaboration on a single score. Set up the marching band score order once, share parts with your section leaders and replace a separate notation app.

How to write marching band music