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Works with no signal

Once the app is on the phone, everything that matters runs on the phone. No connection is needed to practise.

What it means in practice

• The basement rehearsal roomWhere school Wi-Fi does not reach and a phone shows one bar, the app behaves exactly as it does anywhere else.
• The bus, the car, the practice roomAnywhere a student has twenty minutes, they have the whole method.
• No cellular data usedWhich matters more than it should to a family on a limited plan.
• Nothing waiting to loadNo spinner between a student deciding to practise and practising.
• It is a consequence, not a featureThere is no server, so there is nothing to be connected to.

Why it matters

A practice tool that needs a connection fails in exactly the places practice happens: the back of a band room, a bedroom with bad reception, a bus on the way to a festival.

Running locally is what makes it dependable, and it is the same architectural decision that means nothing about a student is transmitted anywhere.

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