CogNoteRun Your Studio.
Grow Your Students.
CogNote is an open-source studio management suite for private music teachers: scheduling, attendance, families, and progress tracking, with a real practice platform of quizzes and flashcards built in.
Everything a private studio needs
The back office, handled, so lesson time stays teaching time.
Scheduling & Attendance
Recurring weekly lessons with one-tap attendance. Times stay correct across daylight saving shifts.
Make-Ups, Your Policy
Cancellation windows, banked credits, and expiry are all studio settings, never hardcoded rules.
No-Login Family Portal
One private link per family: schedule, practice links, and notes. Nothing for parents to forget.
Lesson Notes Home
Jot a note after the lesson and send it to the family by email and on their portal.
Skills & Progress
Skill radar charts, trend lines, attendance, and per-note quiz analytics for every student.
Calendar Feeds
Families download or subscribe to an always-current lesson calendar. Cancellations drop out automatically.
And students actually practice
The learning layer that admin-only tools don't have. CogNote keeps students engaged between lessons.
Real Staff Notation
Notes on a proper staff with clefs, key signatures, and 40+ musical symbols.
Quizzes & Free Practice
Note and symbol identification with instant feedback, optionally timed per question.
Spaced Repetition
SM-2 flashcards (the Anki algorithm) with kid-friendly emoji ratings.
Zero Friction for Kids
Open the link, tap Start. No accounts needed, and it works great on tablets.
Open source. Your data is always yours.
CogNote is MIT-licensed and free to self-host. Your studio's data stays yours — export anytime, or run the same software on your own stack. Built by a working piano studio for its own daily use.
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