The Cadence guide
A guide to learning with Cadence. Choose a starting point; every exercise remains available.
Public preview. Start with an original example before importing an important score. The current Apple silicon download is Developer ID signed and Apple notarised. Keep a backup of your music and practice folder.
Your first ten minutes
Install Cadence, choose an instrument and try a complete learning loop.
Bring in your music
MusicXML, PDF transcription, originals and your own compositions.
At the keyboard
MIDI setup, step entry, play-along, hands together and recorded takes.
Across the fretboard
Scales, chord voicings, triads, ear-to-fretboard work and tuning.
Build a practice pathway
Reviewed books, focused sessions, separate skills and spaced returns.
Privacy & optional AI
What stays local, what is sent, where your key lives and how to back up.
When something goes wrong
Sound, held notes, imports, unsaved work and installation.
Help improve Cadence
Code, music education, accessibility, documentation and bug reports.
Detailed feature references
The task guides describe each activity's controls, limits and evidence rules.
- Adaptive session guide
- Chord symbols guide
- Compose guide
- Courses and adaptive learning
- Create and resolve tension guide
- Creative finish guide
- EPUB and pathways guide
- Ear-first and groove guide
- Follow the changes guide
- Guided practice guide
- Hands together guide
- Library guide
- Living courses guide
- MIDI and practice guide
- Make a song your own guide
- Make it flow guide
- Open music teaching resources
- PDF import guide
- Passage practice guide
- Piece pathways guide
- Play the changes guide
- Play-along guide
- Practice home guide
- Practise this piece guide
- Reharmonise and improvise guide
- Score-linked ear training guide
- Shape the phrase guide
- Timed practice guide
- Triads across the neck guide
- Workspace and coach guide