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For teachers

Teach the theory
while you play it.

Plug your keyboard into the classroom computer. Every chord you play shows up on the board, named, numbered and big enough for the back row.

Download for the classroomSee what you can teach

Free for schools · No student accounts · Windows, macOS and Linux

Chord Display on the classroom screen: G7, the dominant seventh in C major, with its notes on the keyboard.

One lesson,
three moments.

Melodio follows the way you already teach: set the key, play the example, send it home.

01 · Before you play

Set the key for the class.

Pick it on the Circle of Fifths and every module follows, so the whole room reads the same degrees.

02 · While you play

Build the progression live.

Play ii–V–I and Melodio writes it down, loops it at class tempo and shows what comes next.

03 · Online too

Teach over your camera.

Any module becomes a transparent OBS source, right over your video for live or recorded lessons.

What you can teach

From the first triad
to ii–V–I.

Three levels, one app. Every topic opens a module the whole class can see while you play.

  1. Level 14 topics
    • Major and minor triadsChord Display
    • Intervals by colourDictionary
    • The major scaleScales
    • Find it without lookingChord Quiz

    C majorroot position

    Beginners: hear it, name it.

    Triads, intervals and a first scale, named on the board.

  2. Level 24 topics
    • Inversions and voice leadingChord Display
    • Seventh chordsDictionary
    • Key signaturesCircle of Fifths
    • I–V–vi–IVProgressions

    C/Efirst inversion

    Intermediate: build it, move it.

    Sevenths, inversions and the circle, moved smoothly from chord to chord.

  3. Level 34 topics
    • The seven modesScales
    • ii–V–I in twelve keysProgressions
    • Secondary dominantsCircle of Fifths
    • 9, 11 and 13 chordsDictionary

    D Dorianminor with a major 6th

    Advanced: hear where it goes.

    Modes, cadences and extended chords for the players who want more.

Lesson plans

Monday's lesson,
already planned.

Short, ready-to-teach plans for each level. Pick one on Sunday night, teach it on Monday.

Lesson planLevel 345 min

Why does ii–V–I sound like home?

Dm7 · G7 · Cmaj7 in C major, then round the circle

  1. 0–5′Set the key
  2. 5–20′Name every note
  3. 20–35′Loop it in F and B♭
  4. 35–45′Quick quiz
Start the lessonEdit steps

Open a plan, press start

Each plan opens the right modules in the right key, step by step. Follow it as written or change any step.

Classroom setup

In the room in five minutes.

One USB cable and the computer that already drives your projector. Nothing to set up for the students.

  1. 01

    Plug in the keyboard

    Any USB or MIDI keyboard, 25 keys or 88.

  2. 02

    Open Melodio

    Choose your keyboard and start playing.

  3. 03

    Put it on the board

    Full screen, readable from the back row.

  4. 04

    Send it home

    Students get the same app, free.

Questions

Before the first lesson.

Do my students need accounts?
No. Nobody signs in, and there is nothing to set up for each student.
Does it need the internet?
Only to download it. After that it runs offline, even on a locked-down school network.
Will the back row read it?
The chord name fills the screen in full-screen mode, and the colours hold up on a washed-out projector.
Can I record lessons with it?
Yes. Any module becomes a transparent OBS source, on top of your camera.
Does it work with my DAW?
Melodio can pass MIDI through to your DAW, so you keep your sounds and the class sees the theory.
What does it cost the school?
Nothing. Install it on every computer in the room, and on students' laptops too.

For schools and music teachers

Free in every classroom.
No accounts to manage.

Install it once on the class computer and on students' laptops. Works offline, on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Download for Windows

Also for macOS and Linux