RitaStudio · £35 / month
Rita’s week
Follow Rita as she connects families, schedules lessons, teaches online and in person, shares notes, sets practice and manages invoices.
Follow Rita’s weekYour teaching day,
one step at a time.
Find your way around SYNKii. Follow the teacher flow, explore a teacher’s day, or jump straight to the task you need.
Interactive teacher flow
Click or tap a stage below, then open one of its step-by-step guides.
Get ready for your first lesson
Bring your lesson into the classroom
Keep learning going between lessons
Keep your lesson payments organised
See SYNKii through Rita’s week
One fictional teacher. A complete journey from setting up her studio to supporting home practice and getting paid.
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Interactive teacher flow from SYNKii
Explore how student setup, the classroom, lesson notes and practice connect, with invoicing alongside your teaching. Select a stage for practical steps.
Getting Started1 min
How to: Add students and their guardians
Connect the right learner and, for a child, the person responsible for managing their account.
Getting Started4 min
How to: Schedule
Create a lesson with the right learner, time and format so it appears in your teaching schedule and gives you a classroom to enter when you teach.
Studio Management2 min
How to: Rates & payment details
Set your lesson rate, choose when to invoice, and tell families how to pay.
Studio Management3 min
How to: Use tools inside the SYNKii Classroom
Use the scheduled classroom as your teaching workspace, whether the student is beside you in the studio or joining online.
Online & In-person Teaching2 min
How to: Use Lab, Theory & Aural
Use SYNKii Lab to explore a musical idea and Theory & Aural to build focused exercises.
Theory & Aural2 min
How to: Use the Library
Keep lesson materials easy to find and share the intended files with the intended students.
Technology & Tools2 min
How to: Use AI lesson notes: transcribe and summarise
AI lesson notes begin with captured lesson speech and end with a draft for you to review.
Lesson Notes & AI3 min
How to: Write lesson notes manually
Write a lesson note yourself whenever that is the clearest way to give your student useful guidance.
Lesson Notes & AI2 min
How to: Review & share lesson notes
Review both AI drafts and manually written notes before making them available to the learner.
Lesson Notes & AI2 min
How to: Set assignments
Set work while the student can try it with you, so home practice begins with a familiar task.
Student Practice2 min
How to: Introduce the Practice Room to your students
The Practice Room is the student's place to work between lessons.
Student Practice2 min
How to: Review student progress
Use practice sessions to see what the student attempted during the week and plan your next lesson.
Student Practice2 min
How to: Check the invoice setup
Before preparing an invoice, check the family, applicable price and lesson records.
Studio Management2 min
How to: Issue an invoice
Review the invoice draft SYNKii prepares from your scheduled lessons and billing settings, then issue it to the family.
Studio Management4 min
How to: Mark an invoice as paid after receiving payment
Record a payment after you have confirmed that the money arrived through your preferred payment method.
Studio Management2 min
Studio in practice: Rita connects lessons and home practice
Follow Rita’s complete SYNKii week: connect families, schedule and teach lessons, share notes, support practice, issue invoices and record payments.
Getting Started7 min
Free Rhythm Worksheets: 20 Exercises with a Video Companion
A printable rhythm activity with 20 exercises, space for counts and a companion video for lesson and home practice.
Theory & Aural4 min
A musical progress showcase using original before-and-after examples
Use these original synthetic examples to demonstrate one musical change. They are deliberately constructed comparisons, not recordings of a real student's progress.
Business Growth2 min
Three annotated examples of clear teacher introductions
These are fictional writing examples, not real teacher profiles or testimonials. Use their structure while describing only your own experience.
Business Growth2 min
Turn a progress review into a conversation about the next musical goal
A progress review should lead somewhere. Begin with the learner's musical experience, then choose the next goal together.
Business Growth1 min
Demonstrate a student’s progress using notes, goals and practice activity
From Students, open the learner’s Goals, Practice and Assignments.
Business Growth1 min
A first-conversation question deck for understanding a prospective student
Use this question deck for a first conversation with a prospective learner. Choose the questions that fit; it should feel like a conversation, not an interview.
Business Growth2 min
Explain the value of your lessons beyond the minutes in the room
The value of a lesson includes the clarity a learner takes away. Describe that value through the learning experience rather than a long feature list.
Business Growth1 min
Walk through the learning experience you can show a prospective family
When a demo student is available, use Dashboard → Explore demo student.
Business Growth1 min
A student reflection activity: hear it, describe it, choose the next step
Use this reflection activity after one short attempt. It works aloud, so the learner does not need to write a report.
Students & Parents2 min
Talk about progress with families using clear musical examples
A family understands progress more easily when you show a musical change and explain why it matters.
Students & Parents1 min
A guardian’s view of lessons, notes and upcoming dates
In the guardian account, use Children to check the learner, Schedule for lesson dates and Invoices for billing.
Students & Parents1 min
A beginner’s glossary of the musical words used in lesson notes
Use this glossary alongside a real musical example. Ask your teacher when a word has a more specific meaning in your piece.
Students & Parents2 min
Give an adult beginner a practice plan that fits real life
An adult beginner's practice plan needs to fit the week they have, not an ideal week with unlimited time.
Students & Parents1 min
Find the week’s work in the student account
In the student account, choose the relevant teacher where needed.
Students & Parents1 min
A parent’s listening question card set
Choose one question before listening to your child's practice. You do not need to know the correct technical answer.
Students & Parents2 min
Help your child practise without becoming the second teacher
You can support a child's practice without taking over the teacher's role. Help them start, listen with interest and notice what they are trying.
Students & Parents1 min
Accept a teacher invitation as a student or guardian
Open the invitation from the expected teacher and follow the acceptance steps for an existing or new account.
Students & Parents1 min
An editable original mini-study pack for Score Studio
Import these original MusicXML studies into Score Studio, available now in Pro and Studio, and adapt them for your students.
Technology & Tools2 min
Name and organise teaching files so you can find them next term
A file name should help you recognise the material without opening three candidates.
Technology & Tools2 min
Create, play back and export a short score in Score Studio
Create, play back and export a short score in Score Studio, available now in Pro and Studio.
Technology & Tools4 slides
A worked teaching library containing original score, audio and worksheet examples
This original pack demonstrates a small, coherent teaching library. Use the files together for a lesson on a steady pulse.
Technology & Tools2 min
Diagnose a missing MIDI signal one step at a time
When MIDI disappears, find the first point where the signal stops. Avoid changing several settings at once.
Technology & Tools1 min
Upload a resource and share it with the right student
Open Library → Add material for a PDF, MusicXML, audio or image file.
Technology & Tools2 slides
A visual MIDI connection map: keyboard, cable, browser and classroom
Use this signal map to find where a MIDI connection stops.
Technology & Tools1 min
Choose one classroom tool for the musical point you are teaching
Choose a classroom tool by the musical question it helps answer.
Technology & Tools2 min
Read the classroom keyboard colours and dynamics display
Open the scheduled Classroom and check which MIDI input is selected.
Technology & Tools1 min
Three repertoire pathways with original short excerpts
These original excerpts offer three routes into a short learning plan. They are concert-pitch melodies in 4/4, with all notes as crotchets.
Goals & Repertoire2 min
Make progress visible without turning every lesson into a test
Progress can be visible without making every attempt a test. Compare a musical question over time.
Goals & Repertoire1 min
Review repertoire progress with a student
Open the learner through Students.
Goals & Repertoire1 min
Musical goal cards for tone, rhythm, fluency and expression
Choose a goal card, agree what it sounds like and pair it with a short task.
Goals & Repertoire2 min
Decide when a piece is ready to share, revisit or move on from
A piece does not need to be permanently perfect before it has served a learning purpose. Decide what “ready” means for this occasion.
Goals & Repertoire1 min
Read the bar-readiness squares using a short score
Open Students → select the learner → Goals and the relevant goal.
Goals & Repertoire1 min
Bar-by-bar readiness: a short piece and a worked progress map
Use the original four-bar study to practise making a specific progress judgement.
Goals & Repertoire2 min
Turn “play it better” into a goal a student can recognise
“Play it better” describes a wish. A useful goal describes a change the learner can recognise.
Goals & Repertoire1 min
Add a goal and organise it on the canvas
Go to Students → select the learner → Goals.
Goals & Repertoire1 min
Hear, name and play: an original listening exercise pack
Listen to four original concert-pitch examples. Each contains two notes, played separately at the same intended loudness. Replay as needed before opening the answers.
Theory & Aural2 min
Explore rhythm with SYNKii Lab | Theory & Aural Beats & metre
Use beat shapes and metre settings to make your own rhythm explanations visible.
Theory & Aural1 min
Review weekly practice sessions and adjust assignments
From your teacher account, open Students → select the learner → Practice, then inspect a session.
Theory & Aural2 min
Prepare a visual rhythm example in SYNKii Lab | Theory & Aural
Use beat shapes and metre settings to make your own rhythm explanations visible.
Theory & Aural1 min
Complete an aural exercise from the student’s view
In Theory & Aural → Create exercise, select Interval Identification (aural).
Theory & Aural1 min
Set up an interval identification exercise
Prepare in Theory & Aural → Create exercise → Interval Identification.
Theory & Aural5 slides
Listen–play–reflect prompts for independent practice
Use this prompt sequence with any short demonstration or passage. The learner can answer aloud.
Student Practice2 min
What to do when a student has barely practised
Begin with curiosity when a student has barely practised. The next useful step depends on what prevented them from starting.
Student Practice1 min
Review practice activity before the next lesson
Open Students → select the learner → Practice.
Student Practice1 min
Build a five-minute digital practice habit
Prepare a short digital exercise students can complete on their phone between lessons.
Student Practice2 min
Keep students motivated between lessons with small, meaningful wins
A meaningful win is a change the learner can recognise, not simply a higher number.
Student Practice1 min
A student practice session: choose work, practise and review
In the student account, open Practice Room, choose today’s work and start a session.
Student Practice1 min
Ten focused practice challenge cards
Choose one challenge for a familiar passage. Each card includes a task and a way to reflect; stop if the instruction is unclear.
Student Practice2 min
Five ways to make practice more effective
Effective practice starts with a clear question. Try these five changes with one passage rather than changing the learner's whole routine.
Student Practice1 min
Set a theory or aural assignment and find it in the student account
Open Theory & Aural → Create exercise, choose the exercise and configure it in the builder.
Student Practice1 min
Four ways to explain musical ideas with SYNKii Lab | Theory & Aural
Use visual and listening demonstrations that support your own explanations of rhythm, singing and counterpoint.
Lesson Notes & AI2 min
Give one clear next step instead of a page of corrections
A page of corrections can make it difficult to decide what to do first. Give the learner one clear priority and keep the rest as context for future teaching.
Lesson Notes & AI1 min
Write a manual assignment alongside a lesson note
Open Students → select the learner → Assignments to manage the work you set.
Lesson Notes & AI1 min
Feedback phrase cards for rhythm, tone, technique and expression
Choose one card for a lesson or practice task. Replace the passage reference with the learner's actual music.
Lesson Notes & AI2 min
Find a pinned moment and turn it into useful feedback
Find the relevant lesson in Lesson Notes and review the captured observation.
Lesson Notes & AI1 min
Give SYNKii concrete details to capture in lesson notes
Name the passage, action and practice goal aloud so the lesson transcript can support useful follow-up notes.
Lesson Notes & AI2 min
Write feedback a student can act on without you in the room
Feedback is useful when the learner can act on it without reconstructing your lesson. Replace a judgement with a place, action and listening cue.
Lesson Notes & AI2 min
Review an AI lesson note and preview it as a student
Open Lesson Notes, select the learner and lesson, and check the draft against the teaching session.
Lesson Notes & AI1 min
A camera-position reference sheet for piano, strings and voice
Use this reference sheet to choose a view for one teaching question. It is a starting point to test together, not a prescribed posture.
Online & In-person Teaching2 min
Make the most of one bar: listen, demonstrate and try again
When a passage keeps failing, shrink the task until the learner can hear what changes. One bar is often enough.
Online & In-person Teaching1 min
Use the Lesson Feed to capture an observation during teaching
Open the scheduled Classroom before teaching, whether online or in person.
Online & In-person Teaching1 min
An original five-note study with prompts for tone, articulation and phrasing
This original four-bar melody uses C4–G4 in 4/4. All notes are crotchets. It is designed for a short lesson on tone, direction and joining bars.
Online & In-person Teaching2 min
Choose camera angles that reveal technique
Choose the camera view for the detail you need to observe. A full-room view and a technique view answer different questions.
Online & In-person Teaching2 min
Open a score, point to a passage and annotate a PDF
Open the PDF in the correct learner’s Classroom.
Online & In-person Teaching1 min
Call-and-response rhythm cards for lessons with a connection delay
Use these rhythm cards in a turn-taking lesson. Each pattern lasts four crotchet beats. A dash means continue holding; “and” divides a beat into two equal quavers.
Online & In-person Teaching2 min
Keep online music lessons active with a demonstrate–respond–reflect rhythm
Remote music teaching is easier to follow when each person knows whose turn it is. Use a demonstrate–respond–reflect rhythm.
Online & In-person Teaching1 min
Connect a MIDI keyboard and show teacher and student playing
Enter the scheduled Classroom from the teacher dashboard or lesson details.
Online & In-person Teaching1 min
Three worked studio routines for a small, growing and mixed-format teaching week
These are worked examples of studio routines. Adapt the timing to your teaching load; they are not targets or claims about productivity.
Studio Management2 min
What belongs in a student record—and what belongs in a lesson note
Put information where it will still make sense when you return to it. A student's ongoing context and an observation from one lesson serve different purposes.
Studio Management2 min
Create an invoice and review its payment status
Use Dashboard → Studio admin to reach invoice work, or open Invoices directly.
Studio Management3 slides
A welcome-to-the-studio conversation activity for agreeing learning expectations
Use this ten-minute conversation activity to agree how learning will work. It contains prompts and examples, not a form to fill in.
Studio Management2 min
Keep rescheduling conversations clear and easy to follow
Rescheduling becomes confusing when several possible times look like confirmed lessons. Make the difference explicit.
Studio Management2 min
Schedule a lesson and record attendance
Create the lesson from Dashboard → Schedule lesson or Schedule → New.
Studio Management2 slides
A family handout explaining lesson schedules, attendance and invoices
Share this explanation with a family when you introduce the studio workspace. It explains the records without imposing a cancellation or payment policy.
Studio Management2 min
A ten-minute studio admin routine between teaching days
Set a ten-minute boundary for routine admin so unfinished details do not follow you into every lesson. This is a suggested routine, not a promise that every studio takes ten minutes.
Studio Management2 min
Invite an adult learner and a guardian: two short walkthroughs
Use Dashboard → Add student or open Students.
Studio Management5 slides
A visual “where do I find it?” guide for students and parents
Use this map when a student or parent asks where something lives. Availability depends on the teacher's plan, account role and permissions.
Getting Started2 min
Three routines to establish before adding more teaching tools
Three small routines make a connected workspace useful: prepare one outcome, capture one observation and leave one next step.
Getting Started1 min
Find your students, calendar, messages, library and invoices
Use Students for a learner’s record, Schedule for lesson times, Action Centre for items needing a decision and Messages for conversations.
Getting Started1 min
A first-lesson conversation card set for interests, experience and goals
Use these six conversation cards before choosing a first piece. Allow the learner to pass on a question. No musical vocabulary is required.
Getting Started2 min
Introduce a new learning platform without overwhelming families
Families need a reason to change and a small first action. They do not need a tour of every feature in the first message.
Getting Started2 min
Follow one student from lesson preparation to practice
Go to Students, select the learner and use Overview for context.
Getting Started1 min
A student welcome pack: what happens before, during and after lessons
Read this welcome pack together at a first lesson. It is written for the student and the adult supporting them.
Getting Started2 min
Start with one student before moving your whole studio
Use one student to find the small points of friction before they become twenty support conversations.
Getting Started2 min
Your teacher dashboard: where to start each teaching day
Find today’s lessons, enter the classroom and review learning, Action Centre and invoice work from your teacher dashboard.
Getting Started1 min
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