Musical instruction and assessment systems

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• displaying a musical composition on a first region of a display device;
• displaying on a separate second region of said display device a performance of said musical composition on a musical instrument for teaching a user how to perform said musical composition on said musical instrument;
• receiving an indication from a user of a start of a musical performance by said user of said musical composition;
• displaying a timing guide on said displayed musical composition in response to said indication;
• receiving an input corresponding to a real-time performance of said displayed musical composition by said user with respect to said displayed timing guide;
• comparing the input to notes of said displayed musical composition;
• and
• displaying a real-time assessment of the real-time musical performance as a result of said comparing, wherein displaying the real-time assessment includes displaying a performance rating that includes a graphical depiction.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to store instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• displaying a musical composition on a first region of a display device;
• displaying on a separate second region of said display device a performance of said musical composition on a musical instrument for teaching a user how to perform said musical composition on said musical instrument;
• receiving an indication from a user of a start of a musical performance by said user of said musical composition;
• displaying a timing guide on said displayed musical composition in response to said indication;
• receiving an input corresponding to a real-time performance of said displayed musical composition by said user with respect to said displayed timing guide;
• comparing the input to notes of said displayed musical composition;
• and
• displaying a real-time assessment of the real-time musical performance as a result of said comparing, wherein displaying the real-time assessment includes displaying a performance rating that includes a graphical depiction.