Detailed feature reference

Score-linked ear training guide

CADENCE — YOUR MUSIC, REMEMBERED

START WITH A REVIEWED PASSAGE
Open Library, select a piece, then Learn. Choose 1–4 bars, a part and one melodic
staff/voice, with up to 12 note attacks. Two bars is a useful starting point.
Choose which staff supplies the written chord symbols when there is a choice.
Check the melody, key and chord symbols against the source, tick the confirmation
and choose Begin with this passage. The session works without an AI key.

For PDF imports, mark the selected original pages reviewed in Compose first.
A passage cannot bridge a missing imported page or a replacement awaiting review.
The score remains linked to its original pages; Score & original
returns to the selected bars in Compose (or Studies for a MusicXML import).

A passage must be a single melodic line. Chords in the selected voice are not
silently reduced to their top note. Include complete ties at both edges. Rests,
internal ties, sounding pitch and written spelling are retained. Guitar octave
notation is supported. Choose a passage in one major or minor key; minor uses
Do-based solfège (Do, Re, Me, Fa, Sol, Le, Te).

THE FIRST ENCOUNTER
1. Hear the home note, a breath and your selected melody. Let playback finish.
2. Imagine the phrase without sound. Take a moment; imagination is not graded.
3. Sing using a comfortable syllable or solfège. Each stable note needs about
   half a second. Leave a brief breath between repeated notes. Any consistent
   octave shift is accepted. Microphone audio stays on this Mac and is not saved.
4. Find the phrase on your MIDI keyboard, one note at a time, releasing each key.
   The keyboard check uses the score's sounding octave. Your piano supplies its
   own sound. Chord gestures and overlong takes need a fresh capture.
5. Review the pitches and solfège, then play with the band if harmony is available.

Check each capture explicitly. Pause and restart if the microphone heard a noise
or you played a wrong gesture. Skipping is always available and creates no grade.
Pitch and note order are assessed; timing, pedal, expression, technique and
imagination are not. The first encounter is supported learning even if it matches.

PLAY ALONG WITH THE WRITTEN CHANGES
The band follows this passage's chord symbols, including carried-in chords,
changes inside a bar, slash bass and N.C. It does not infer harmony from notes.
The first version uses complete 4/4 bars, 50–160 bpm and one to four rounds.
Piano voicings use the existing chord-tone and voice-leading logic; bass follows
the root or printed slash bass. Choose on-beat, offbeat or fixed 2:1 swing backing.
The guide melody keeps the written rhythm, including straight eighths.

A four-beat count-in remains when parts are muted. Toggle piano, bass, drums and
the guide melody independently. Leave the guide muted to take the melody part,
or mute piano to practise accompaniment. Changing a setting stops the band.
Playback stops when you leave or the app loses focus. No microphone is used here.
The shared compact sampled bank supplies piano, bass and drums.

Opening a play-along is recorded as an ungraded visit. It is not a claim that you
played, completed a round or performed correctly. Unsupported meters or missing
harmony explain why the band is unavailable; the ear exercise can still proceed.

SAVE, RESUME AND RETURN
Every committed stage is saved locally with the exact piece, revision, bars,
staff and voice. You can leave and resume an unfinished passage from Practice home
or the piece's Learn tab. Several passages can remain in progress. If a save
fails, Retry saving repeats only the local save. No new capture is required.
Unsaved pending actions remain in memory until saved or explicitly discarded.

After Finish session, a return is scheduled through the existing practice system.
Singing and keyboard recall have separate review cards. Independent return waits
at least 20 hours after the last recorded encounter; early returns remain available
in the library and count as supported practice. Successful delayed recall can
lengthen the schedule. A miss or use of support calls for another encounter.
The scheduling policy is a transparent practice aid, not a mastery estimate.

The return begins with the melody and solfège hidden, without replaying the phrase.
Hear home note supplies tonal orientation without revealing the melody. Hear it
again, Show solfège or opening the linked score before the checks finish marks
subsequent answers as supported. Assistance is saved before the hint or playback.
“Independent” describes recall without these in-session aids after time away;
Cadence cannot know whether you studied the piece elsewhere.

Edits to notes, rhythm, key, chord symbols, tempo or source-page mapping invalidate
old exercises. Their history remains saved and no old answer key grades new notes.
Renaming a piece retains its musical identity. Revoking a PDF review also blocks
capture until the passage is reviewed again. Start a fresh session for edited music.

CURRENT BOUNDS AND CHECKS
The first version retains up to 200 source-linked sessions. If that limit is
reached it preserves the history and explains the limit, rather than overwriting
it. Existing authored ear sessions keep their separate 20-session archive.
Practice format 7 adds the optional score-linked session book; older saved data
migrates through the existing protected atomic store. Score/course formats do not
change. Choose Write my answer on review or completion to create a linked composition.
See Creative finish guide.txt for the new response editor and visual play-along.

Automated checks cover selection/review gates, exact source identity, ties, rests,
minor solfège, guitar pitch, N.C., slash bass, accompaniment boundaries, delayed
returns, hints, virtual MIDI, generated pitch detection, restart and save failure.
Native sampled rendering and desktop previews are checked too. A physical Roland
FP-10 and live microphone trial are still needed. No paid requests or private
book content were used in these checks.