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Video calls for online guitar lessons that sound like a guitar.

Zoom, Meet and other meeting apps clean up voices, and to them a guitar is mostly noise. Diesis turns those filters off, keeps the sound in stereo, doesn’t stop at 40 minutes, puts the lesson itself, notes and homework, beside the picture, and gives you a neck and a piano you both play. Nothing to install: teacher and student open it in the browser.

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Nothing to install · Phone or computer

diesis.app/students/…/lesson
Your student
Microphone · audio interfaceCameraGuitar sound · onNeckLeave
Lesson mode under the call: since the last lesson, notes, homework for next timeLesson mode under the call: since the last lesson, notes, homework for next time
The call

Video calls optimized for online guitar lessons.

Meeting apps clean up voices, and to them a guitar is mostly noise. Diesis turns off the filters that eat a guitar’s sound, keeps the lesson beside the picture, and gives you a neck and a piano you both play.

Guitar sound from the startNo noise filter and no automatic volume, in stereo. Speakers work; headphones give the cleanest sound.
Your interface and your cameraPick them right on the call screen.
The lesson beside the pictureSince the last lesson, your notes and next week’s homework.
No link to sendYour student joins from Diesis. A line on every screen tells them you’re waiting.
A neck and a piano you both playA scale by position over a chord, or a lick in order: what either of you plays lights up and sounds on both screens.
Diesis against a free Zoom accountDiesisZoom, free
Guitar sound on from the start, in stereoA setting to find
Lessons longer than 40 minutes
Notes and homework beside the call
A neck and a piano you both play
The student keeps the lesson afterwards
PriceFree in previewFree up to 40 min

Speakers work. With headphones on, turn on Headphones in Sound and camera for the cleanest sound.

On the neck

A neck and a piano you both play during the call.

Open one from the call: what either of you plays lights up and sounds on both screens.

diesis.app/students/…/lesson
Your student · In the call
24:16
Microphone · audio interfaceCameraGuitar sound · onNeckLeave
NeckPianoA minor pentatonicPosition 1Over A minor
123456789101112ACDEGACDEGAC
YouYour studentYour student played C (♭3)In your student's homework

Homework for next time

A minor pentatonic, position 1, over A minorThe neck
Scales by positionAny scale on any root, a pentatonic box by box, over the chord it sits on: the chord’s notes solid, the passing notes hollow.
Your notes and theirsYours in violet, your student’s in amber, with the note and the degree: ask for the minor third and see where it lands.
Licks in orderMark the notes one by one and Play sounds them at your tempo, on both sides. Then set it as homework before you hang up.
A piano for theoryThe interval written between the keys, a MIDI keyboard if you have one, and Show on the neck to take it to the guitar.

Piano · your teacher leads it

minor 3rdmajor 3rdCACEG
Without Diesis

A lesson lives in four places.

The lesson on a meeting app that treats a guitar as noise
Homework typed into a chat, lost under the week’s messages
What each student is working on, kept in your head
No idea whether they practiced until the next lesson
With Diesis

One place, from one lesson to the next.

The lesson on a call built for a guitar
Homework set from the tools, opening ready to play
Every student’s homework, lessons and progress on one page
The tempo reached, the scores and the days, before the lesson
In the lesson

The lesson beside the picture.

While the call runs, the teacher has the week in front of them.

Since the last lessonWhat each homework reached, the minutes and the days, and the questions left under them.
Notes and the verdictYour notes as you go, and Learned or Repeat on each homework.
Next week’s homeworkSet from the tools, with a target, before you hang up.
The student keeps itAfter the call the lesson stays on their Lessons screen: notes, homework and materials.
diesis.app/students/…/lesson
Lesson mode under the call: since the last lesson, notes, homework for next timeLesson mode under the call: since the last lesson, notes, homework for next time
For the student

One button into the lesson.

Join from DiesisNo link to find. On lesson day, Join the call sits on your Lessons screen.
You’re told when they’re thereA line on every screen says your teacher is waiting in the call.
Your sound tooPick your microphone or interface and your camera on the call screen, and the Headphones switch for the cleanest sound.
The student’s phone: this week’s homeworkThe student’s phone: this week’s homework
Questions

Online lessons

What do I need for the call?

A camera and your microphone or audio interface, picked on the call screen. Speakers work; headphones give the cleanest sound.

Speakers or headphones?

Speakers work, because echo cancelling stays on. With headphones, turn on Headphones in Sound and camera and that goes off too: the cleanest sound there is.

What if the call doesn’t connect?

On some networks the two browsers can’t reach each other yet. Diesis tells you after 20 seconds, and you can use your usual link for that lesson.

Why does my guitar sound bad on Zoom?

Meeting apps filter the sound for voices: noise suppression eats a held note and automatic gain pumps the volume. Diesis turns both off, sends the sound in stereo, and lets you pick your audio interface on the call screen.

How do I set up Zoom for guitar lessons?

In Zoom’s audio settings, turn on Original sound for musicians, with high-fidelity music mode and stereo if you play through an audio interface; then switch it on inside each meeting and wear headphones. On the free plan the meeting still ends at 40 minutes. On Diesis the guitar sound is on from the start and there is no time limit.

What’s the best video call app for guitar lessons?

One that leaves the guitar’s sound alone: no noise suppression, no automatic volume, and stereo if you play through an interface. Zoom does it once Original sound for musicians is on. Diesis does it by default, with no time limit, and keeps the lesson’s notes and homework beside the picture.

Can I show scales on a fretboard during the call?

Yes. Open the neck from the call and you both see it: what either of you plays lights up and sounds on both sides. Put a scale on it by position, over a chord, mark a lick and play it, and set it as homework. There is a piano too, with the intervals written between the keys.

Does it work for lessons in person?

Yes. The homework and the progress work the same when you meet in a room; the call is there for when you don’t.

Can I find a teacher on Diesis?

Not yet. Today a teacher invites you with a code. A place to find one is on the list.

Teach your next online lesson on Diesis.

Invite one student with a code, set one homework, and teach the lesson on the call.

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