Sight-singing isn't one skill. It's three.
Sight-singing is reading music a singer has never seen and performing it correctly the first time — the right pitches, in the right rhythm. That asks three separate things of them at once: the ear has to hear the pitch, the eye has to decode it on the page, and the pulse has to place it in time.
Ask for all three at once and sight-singing stalls. Isolate each skill — assess it, develop it, watch it improve — and singers can excel at all three, then put them back together.
That's what these two apps do. Solfège Singer isolates the ear. Solfège Decoder isolates the other two — decoding pitch on the staff, and performing rhythm in time.
Unlimited student accounts are included — not a seat count, not a per-student fee. Every singer gets their own login to practice on their own, whenever they want, and you can assign graded work on top of it: in class, in sectionals, or for homework.
Open a demo right now: Solfège Singer ↗ · Solfège Decoder ↗
▶ Or watch the full tutorial — about 15 minutes.
Nothing to install. Works on phones, Chromebooks, tablets — and right on your Smartboard.
The whole thing, walked through.
A full walkthrough of both apps — how students practice, what they submit, how to build classes and assignments, and everything that lands in your dashboard. Watch it once and you're ready to run it Monday.
Full walkthrough of both apps · about 15 minutes
Isolate it. Assess it. Watch it improve.
Each lane is its own exercise, its own five levels, its own score — so you can see exactly which of the three skills a singer is stuck on, and hand them the one thing that moves them forward.
Students sing a sequence back. The mic confirms each pitch in real time — no answer key to peek at, the only way through is to sing it.
- ✓ Match pitch, in-tune scales, steps vs. skips, every diatonic leap
- ✓ Auto-assessed pitch as they sing
- ✓ Recorded takes, played back note by note
Students read the notation and tap the syllable under the highlighted note. Naming pitches on the staff — the paper skill, made fast.
- ✓ Five levels, stepwise up through the Wild Card
- ✓ Major & Minor, Do-based or La-based
- ✓ Practice, Timed, Sprint, Corrected & Assessed
Students perform the rhythm — press and hold each note for its full value, in tempo, after a count-off. Duration, not just placement.
- ✓ Counts written in — 1 + 2 + and 1 2 3 4 5 6
- ✓ Simple and compound meters, 2/4 through 12/8
- ✓ Set the tempo; metronome on beat or subdivision
Lane 1 is cumulative; Lanes 2 and 3 develop in parallel. Combine any two and singers are close — all three together is sight-singing. Two apps cover all three lanes, on one roster, one dashboard, one PIN.
It listens. It knows. It shows them.
The sequence sits right there on the screen. As a student sings, the app confirms each note in real time — and the moment a pitch lands, it moves them forward.
- Green means they got it.
Four down, nine to go — visible at a glance, no guessing. - The glowing note is the target.
They always know what they're reaching for. - The pitch they're singing, named.
"Re" appears as they sing it — a wrong note isn't a mystery, it's information. - Their key, their range.
Move Do to any pitch; switch between low and high voice. - Auto-assessed as they sing.
Every take is scored automatically — and for more advanced singers, intonation awareness turns "close" into "a little flat on Ti."
Don't take my word for it. Sing.
This is the real app — a sample of the entry level. Listen to Do, then sing the written sequence back, and the microphone checks your pitch as you go. Thirteen notes, never the same pattern twice.
🎧 Use wired headphones, or just sing into your phone, laptop or Chromebook mic in a quiet space. Avoid AirPods and Bluetooth — they add a delay the pitch detection can’t correct for. Allow microphone access; close it any time to come back here.
Green is confirmed · the glowing note is the target · sing it in whatever octave suits your voice.
See the note. Name the syllable.
Where the Singer trains what students hear, the Decoder trains what they see. A note lights up on the staff; they tap the matching syllable before the beat moves on. It's the reading half of solfège — the part that turns "I can echo it" into "I can read it."
- Five levels, one ladder.
Stepwise patterns up through the Wild Card — the difficulty climbs as reading gets secure. - Major & Minor, done properly.
Natural, harmonic and melodic minor, Do-based or La-based — your call. - Real meters.
Simple and compound, all the way up to 9/8 and 12/8. - Rhythm, on its own track.
Pitch reading and rhythm reading are separate skills, so they're separate exercises. - Five ways to run it.
Practice, Timed, Sprint, Corrected, and Assessed at End — from low-stakes drilling to a graded take.
Reading pitch is one skill. Keeping time is another.
The Decoder now runs Rhythm as its own exercise — same five levels, same modes, same dashboard, but nothing to name. Students set a tempo, take a count-off, and perform the line: press and hold each note for its full value, release on the rest. Duration is the whole point, so half notes, dotted quarters and ties are graded on how long they're held, not just when they start.
- The counts are written in.
1 + 2 + in simple meter, 1 2 3 4 5 6 in compound — printed above the staff so students see the subdivision they're feeling. - Their tempo, their click.
Nudge the BPM up or down, then choose a metronome on the beat or on every subdivision. Take the training wheels off when they're ready. - Tap, hold, or use the keyboard.
Press and hold on a touchscreen, or hold any key on a Chromebook. No microphone, no setup. - Graded at the end.
The whole line is scored against the beat when they finish — with a goal time to beat and a backspace to undo the last answer.
Because it's a separate track, you can assign it separately — rhythm this week, pitch next week, or both at once for the students who are ready.
Try the Decoder right now.
The live demo is the real app — Level 2 in Major, every mode, timed records and all. No microphone needed; just read and tap.
The part that surprises directors: they practice on their own.
Not because you assigned it — because it's the rare piece of music homework that feels like a game, and because a student who's shaky on Fa can work on Fa quietly, privately, without twenty-eight classmates listening. Take away the audience, and they'll do it.
A Singer sequence is about twenty seconds timed; a Decoder round is quicker still. Nothing to dread.
No assignment required. They can drill on the bus, in their room, five minutes before class.
Practice stays private. Only what they choose to submit reaches you.
Submit by the deadline — then, if you allow it, keep going back and improving it.
In the Singer, students play their attempt back note by note — the problem stops being mysterious.
The student who couldn't find Mi in September watches themselves get it in November.
"Students need to feel successful before they become motivated. Once they become motivated, they become more and more successful. That loop is why aural training creates such enormous buy-in in a choral program."
Adam Paltrowitz
Setup is simple, quick and intuitive.
No student emails. No app store. No IT tickets.
Create your classroom
Set up a class for each ensemble or period you teach. It takes about ten seconds.
Add your students
First and last name, or just a first name — a PIN is created for each one automatically.
Assign, listen & support
Students find their name, enter their PIN, and practice or work your assignments — in both apps. Every submitted take comes back with a finalized grade.
It isn't just homework. It's a rehearsal tool.
Open either app straight from your teacher portal and put it on the Smartboard. The same exercise your students do at home becomes the warm-up you run together on a Tuesday morning.
Sing a Singer sequence as a full ensemble. Read a Decoder pattern together, tapping syllables on the board. Work a section through a tricky interval until it locks. Same tools, in your hands, live.
- Run it as a whole-class warm-up on the Smartboard
- Try any assignment yourself before you give it out
- Work a tricky interval with one section, in real time
- Let a student drive it in front of the ensemble
Built by a choir director. For real classrooms.
Both apps come out of nearly 30 years of teaching non-auditioned singers — where every student is a soloist, and growth matters more than a perfect first try.
Playback they can learn from
Submitted takes arrive in your portal. Students can step through their own attempt and see which notes were right.
All three lanes, one roster
Ear work in the Singer; pitch decoding and rhythm in the Decoder — the same students, classes and PINs across all three.
Rewards growth, not perfection
Students can keep raising their score even after a deadline passes. Grade the growth, not the first attempt.
Name + PIN, any device
No student emails, nothing to install. Phone, Chromebook, tablet, or the Smartboard.
Accuracy and speed, tracked
The Decoder logs every student's accuracy and speed, exercise by exercise — you see exactly where reading is shaky.
The grading is already done
Every submitted take arrives with a finalized score. No spreadsheet, no stack of recordings to sift through.
One price. Your entire program.
Both program options include Singer and Decoder, the teacher dashboard, and unlimited student access for every singer on your roster.
- ✓ Both apps — Singer and Decoder
- ✓ Full teacher dashboard
- ✓ Unlimited students — your whole roster
- ✓ Unlimited classes & assignments
- ✓ Submitted takes recorded for review
- ✓ All levels, tonalities, meters & modes
Where middle and high school choir directors get direction — the place to solve classroom management, win student buy-in, and build a program that keeps growing after you leave the room.
- ✓ Solfège Singer & Decoder Bundle included — the same $99 apps, free
- ✓ A private community of directors who teach what you teach
- ✓ Full curriculum: mindset, classroom management, vocal technique, music literacy, grading, student leadership
- ✓ Ongoing coaching — bring the real problem you're facing this week
- ✓ Authentic professional development, guided all year
Singing on your own? Meet Solfège Singer Solo.
The full Singer — Major, Minor & Chromatic, all three levels, unlimited practice and takes, with playback note by note. For solo singers and directors who only want it in front of their class. No classroom, no dashboard.
Note: Solo is the Singer only — the Decoder is not included. To get the Decoder, choose Solfège Singer & Decoder or the Collective above.
If you're buying the apps anyway, read this first.
The Solfège Singer & Decoder Bundle on its own is $99 a year. The Collective is $390 a year — and the bundle is simply part of it, at no additional cost, for you and every student you teach.
The difference is who else gets developed. With the apps alone, your students get a tool. With the Collective, you get authentic professional development — guided across the whole school year, not a one-off summer workshop you've forgotten by October.
A curriculum that builds week by week, a private community of MS and HS directors who teach what you teach, and coaching on the things nobody trained you for — the disruptive class, the singers who won't commit, the grading that eats your weekends, the program that has to recruit itself every fall.
Both apps, every level, tonality, meter and mode — plus the teacher dashboard.
- ✓ All three lanes: ear, pitch reading, rhythm
- ✓ Every student on your roster, at no extra cost
- ✓ Teacher dashboard, classes and PINs
- — No coaching, community or curriculum
Everything above — plus authentic professional development, guided all year: a private community of MS and HS directors, the full curriculum, and ongoing coaching on the work itself.
Developing the right mindset · classroom management · vocal technique · music literacy · grading · cultivating student leadership — and much more.
What directors ask before joining.
What's the difference between the Singer and the Decoder?＋
Sight-singing takes three isolated skills. The Singer covers the first — the ear: students sing a sequence back and the mic checks their pitch. The Decoder covers the other two on their own tracks — decoding pitch (read the staff, tap the syllable) and rhythm (perform the line in tempo). Most directors run all three, then combine them.
Is the Decoder included in every plan?＋
The Decoder is included in the $99/year Solfège Singer & Decoder package and in the Collective — at no extra cost, for you and all your students. It is not part of the $19 Singer Solo, which is the Singer only.
Is rhythm part of the Decoder, or separate?＋
It's inside the Decoder, but it runs as its own track — a Rhythm exercise with its own five levels and its own scores, so you can assign rhythm reading and pitch reading independently. Students set a tempo, get a count-off, and press and hold each note for its full duration; the line is graded at the end. It's included wherever the Decoder is included, at no extra cost.
Do my students need email addresses or accounts?＋
No. You add students to a classroom from your dashboard and a PIN is generated for each. They sign in by choosing their name and entering that PIN — one login works for both apps. Nothing for them to create, nothing for you to reset.
What devices does it work on?＋
Any modern browser — phones, Chromebooks, tablets, laptops, and your classroom Smartboard. Nothing to download or install, so it works on school devices and personal ones alike.
Does the Decoder need a microphone?＋
No. The Decoder is tap-based — students read a note and tap the right syllable, so it works anywhere, silently, no mic permissions needed. The Singer uses the microphone to check sung pitch.
How does grading work?＋
Every submitted take arrives in your portal with a finalized score — the Singer out of 13, the Decoder as accuracy and speed. It doesn't push into your school's gradebook; you see the scores and decide what they're worth. My advice: grade the effort and the growth — the accuracy takes care of itself.
I'm already a Collective member. Do I need to buy this?＋
No — both apps are included with your Collective membership at no extra cost, for you and all of your students. If you're not a member yet, joining at $39/month (or annual) gets you both apps plus everything else in the Collective.
Every student is a soloist. Now every student can sing it and read it.
Give your singers growth-minded aural training and sight-reading they'll actually do — and give yourself a way to hear it and see it.
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