Precision practice for piano students and teachers
Piano Fitness is a specialized mobile application designed to help piano students and teachers focus on technical development through interactive exercises, real-time feedback, and comprehensive progress tracking. Built with Flutter and powered by precise MIDI integration, Piano Fitness complements repertoire practice by providing targeted exercises for building coordination, muscle memory, and technical proficiency.
Transform piano practice from repetitive drilling into intelligent, data-driven skill development.
Too many piano students practice scales and technical exercises without understanding their progress or receiving meaningful feedback. Piano Fitness bridges this gap by providing:
- Real-time visual feedback during practice sessions
- Precise timing analysis for rhythm and legato development
- Comprehensive progress tracking across all technical skills
- Adaptive difficulty that grows with the student
- Teacher integration for guided instruction and assignment tracking
- 49-key visual keyboard with real-time MIDI input
- Multiple key states: pressed, target, correct, incorrect
- Finger number indicators for proper technique
- Hand differentiation (left/right) with color coding
- Scales: Major, minor (natural, harmonic, melodic), and modal scales
- Chords: Triads, inversions, and progressions in all keys
- Arpeggios: One to three octaves with various patterns
- Technical Studies: Coordination and independence exercises
- Custom Exercises: User and teacher-created practice routines
- High-accuracy metronome using
ReliableIntervalTimerfor consistent timing - Session timer with practice goals and intelligent break suggestions
- Practice planning with structured session templates
- Break management to prevent overexertion and maintain focus
- Real-time performance metrics: accuracy, timing, legato quality
- Historical trend analysis with detailed analytics dashboard
- Achievement system with badges and milestones
- Practice calendar with heat map visualization and streak tracking
- Goal setting with adaptive recommendations
- Student progress monitoring with detailed performance insights
- Exercise assignment system with completion tracking
- Class management tools for multiple students
- Progress sharing controls with privacy protection
- Sub-millisecond timing accuracy for professional-grade practice
- Real-time note detection with velocity and timing analysis
- Multiple MIDI device support (USB, Bluetooth, network)
- Cross-platform compatibility (iOS, Android, Desktop)
- Firebase backend with real-time synchronization
- Cross-device continuity - practice on any device
- Offline-first design with automatic sync when connected
- Secure authentication with multiple login options
- Accessibility-first design following WCAG guidelines
- Dark mode support for comfortable extended practice
- Responsive layout optimized for phones, tablets, and desktop
- Musical context colors and typography designed for learning
- Flutter - Cross-platform UI framework
- flutter_midi_command - Precise MIDI input/output handling
- ReliableIntervalTimer - High-accuracy timing for metronome
- Custom paint widgets - Optimized piano keyboard rendering
- Firebase Authentication - Multi-method user authentication
- Cloud Firestore - Real-time database with offline support
- Firebase Security Rules - Data protection and privacy
- Cloud Functions - Server-side processing and analytics
- Practice session tracking with detailed MIDI event capture
- Exercise progress monitoring with mastery detection
- Daily/weekly analytics with trend analysis
- Achievement and goal systems for motivation
- Teacher-student relationships with permission controls
Piano Fitness is built on established pedagogical principles:
- Deliberate practice with specific, measurable goals
- Immediate feedback for faster skill acquisition
- Spaced repetition for long-term retention
- Progressive difficulty to maintain optimal challenge
Piano Fitness enhances rather than replaces traditional piano lessons:
- Complements repertoire work with technical foundation building
- Provides objective data for teacher-student discussions
- Enables efficient practice between lessons
- Tracks long-term development across years of study
Piano Fitness is built with Flutter for cross-platform compatibility and features a comprehensive accessibility framework, MIDI integration system, and modular architecture designed for scalability and maintainability.
piano-fitness/
├── app/ # Flutter application
│ ├── lib/
│ │ ├── features/ # Core features (practice, MIDI, reference)
│ │ ├── shared/ # Shared utilities and components
│ │ └── main.dart # App entry point
│ └── test/ # Comprehensive test coverage
├── docs/ # Technical specifications and documentation
└── CONTRIBUTING.md # Development guidelines and setup
📋 For detailed architecture information, development setup, and contribution guidelines, see CONTRIBUTING.md.
Piano Fitness is currently in the specification and design phase. We're building a solid foundation with:
- ✅ Complete technical specifications for all major components
- ✅ Authentication and data architecture designed
- ✅ Design system with accessibility and musical context considerations
- ✅ MIDI integration strategy with precision timing requirements
- 🔄 Implementation phase - coming soon
- Accelerated skill development through data-driven practice
- Motivation through progress visualization and achievement systems
- Consistent practice habits with goal setting and streak tracking
- Objective feedback independent of teacher availability
- Data-driven instruction with detailed student progress analytics
- Efficient lesson time focusing on interpretation rather than technical issues
- Remote monitoring of student practice between lessons
- Standardized assessment tools for technique evaluation
- Scalable music education supporting hundreds of students
- Progress tracking across years of study
- Assessment tools for placement and advancement
- Analytics for curriculum optimization
Piano Fitness is an open-source project welcoming contributions from developers, musicians, and educators. Whether you're interested in Flutter development, MIDI programming, music education, design, or testing, we'd love to have you involved!
👉 See our CONTRIBUTING.md for detailed contribution guidelines, development setup, and project architecture.
Areas where we especially welcome contributions:
- 🎹 Flutter Development: UI components, animations, mobile optimization
- 🎵 MIDI Programming: Timing accuracy, device compatibility, audio processing
- 📚 Music Education: Exercise design, pedagogical features, accessibility
- 🎨 Design: User experience, visual design, accessibility improvements
- 🧪 Testing: Performance testing, user testing, device compatibility
- Piano Keyboard Component
- Exercise System
- Practice Tools
- Progress Tracking
- Visual Feedback System
- Metronome Component
- Design System
- Authentication System
- Firebase Data Models
- Contributing Guide - Development setup, architecture, and guidelines
- Accessibility Plan - Comprehensive accessibility implementation
Piano Fitness represents a new paradigm in music education - one where technology amplifies human creativity rather than replacing it. By providing precise feedback, comprehensive tracking, and intelligent guidance, we're building tools that help students develop technical mastery more efficiently, leaving more time for the joy of musical expression.
Join us in revolutionizing piano education, one practice session at a time.
This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.
- Music educators worldwide who inspire students to reach their potential
- The Flutter community for building excellent cross-platform tools
- MIDI technology pioneers who made digital music interaction possible
- Piano students everywhere who dedicate countless hours to mastering their craft
Piano Fitness - Where precision meets passion in piano practice. 🎹✨