Tuesday’s masterclass
Be more liberal and concrete with sound production
reh·cord
Record your music lessons. Keep what your teacher said.
reh·cord (n.) /ˈrɛk.ɔːd/ — a record of a rehearsal.
Keep the playing and what your teacher said about it. reh·cord records the whole lesson and writes down what was said, so you can read it back before you practise — and go straight to the moment you need.
Find that bit again.
Scroll to follow the lesson.
A lesson excerpt, with one moment marked.
Tap a line to hear it again.
Intonation
Intonation is worked on always; slow toward the end of the passage.
It’s just a matter of being able to do whatever you want with a tempo.
Once you have that, be comfortable. If you feel like playing it fast, play it fast.
But there is a limit beyond which it’s just not audible — in a bigger hall, with some reverb, you won’t hear it.
Okay, let’s go to the next one.
Very nice.
Intonation is something we work on always, forever.
If somebody sounds like they play in tune all the time, it’s because they are working on it — probably all the time.
So there is no such thing as “I’m done.”
“I studied my intonation for two years, and now I’m a great intonation practitioner” — there is no such thing.
So — here.
Marker — “intonation: always, forever”
And how about, just for the sake of organisation —
I don’t want to say music, because it can be played many ways — but slow down toward the end of that passage, toward the bottom.
Precisely because we get this urgency to jump to the next.
Try slowing down for now, because right now it’s getting light and fast.
Mark the moment
Mark it now. Find it later.
Press Marker when something happens — on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island or on an Apple Watch, without unlocking.
Recording
A mark, here in the recording.
Tap to mark the moment.
Find it again beside the words.
“I studied my intonation for two years, and now I’m a great intonation practitioner” — there is no such thing.
Marker — “intonation: always, forever”
So — here.
Keep your hands on the instrument.
Leave a beat of quiet and say “Marker” — with a note if you like: “Marker, intonation — always, forever.” reh·cord hears it on the device, and the mark lands where you said it, without a tap.
Notebooks
A notebook to come back to
Lessons and rehearsals are filed in notebooks, on a shelf of covers you choose.
On a device with Apple Intelligence, each recording gets a short summary, in the style you choose: bullet points, concise or detailed.
There is no account. Nothing is sent to reh·cord — everything happens on the device. Sync is your own iCloud, or nothing at all.
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Questions
The usual questions
Does it record the music, or only the talking?
The whole lesson. reh·cord keeps every minute, playing included, and writes down what was said. On the page, each stretch of playing has a line of its own, so you can tap it and hear it again.
What kind of lessons is it for?
Individual singing and instrument lessons — piano, violin, guitar, brass, woodwind — and just as well a masterclass, a coaching or your own rehearsal. More on recording music lessons.
Is it private?
Yes. The recording, the transcript and the summaries are all made on your device. There is no account, and nothing is sent to reh·cord. Sync is your own iCloud, or nothing at all.
Does it need an internet connection?
No. The transcribing happens on the device itself, so a lesson in a practice room with no signal is written down just the same.
Which languages does it understand?
Choose your lessons’ language in the app. If one recording was held in another language, transcribe it again in that one.
Can I add recordings I already have?
Yes. Import an audio recording, or a video of a lesson, and reh·cord writes it down like one of its own.
Do I need Apple Intelligence?
Only for the summaries. Recording, transcripts, markers, notebooks and search all work without it.
iPhone, iPad and Mac
£12.99 / €14.99, once. No subscription.