At the heart of progress, and of regress, is a step: gressus in Latin. Gressus means steps: the steps to wherever you want to go with music, whether that’s the next grade or simply playing with other people.
Gressus is being built to help with two things. Seeing where to step next. And seeing the footprints behind you, so you can tell how far you’ve come, even when this week felt no different from the last.
Getting started on an instrument has never been easier. Getting past the start is where many learners stall: you can play a handful of songs, practice turns into playing them again, and the next step isn't obvious. Nobody is telling you what to work on, and nobody is hearing what's going wrong.
Learners get two kinds of help. Apps that hear you play but mostly tell you whether you hit the note, and leave you playing alone. And endless lessons and videos that teach well but can't hear you at all. What's missing is something that sits with you and does both. That's what Gressus is being built to be: the teaching, a band to play with, and, coming, listening that hears what you actually play.
The reference pages explain the theory behind what you play, on your own instrument.
The practice room puts it under your hands, with a band to play along with.
The Practice Diary keeps a record and shows what to work on next, in the order it has to come.
Listening: Gressus hears what you actually play, and tells you the one thing to change.
Hello, I’m Geoff.
Gressus is the love child of the two lives I’ve lived: a software engineer, and a teacher who fell for music.
Teaching myself to play, I found the gap every self-taught musician finds. Past the beginner stage, the explanations run out.
The teacher in me knew what was missing. The engineer in me could build it. So I did.
The Practice Diary is on the way. It will keep track of where you are, not where a course thinks you should be, and know what has to come before what. It will be a paid option, clearly marked, and never sold to children.
Made to sit beside a teacher, not to replace one: use the free pages in a lesson, and keep practising at home between them.
The pages cover much of the theory the UK graded exams ask for: scales, chords, keys and rhythm.
Free for teachers to use in lessons: put a page on the board, no logins needed. If you'd like Gressus for your pupils, talk to us: contact@gressus.app
A grown-up makes a child's account, and can reset it or close it. A child is never sold to, and never asked to buy.
No streaks, no leaderboards, nothing designed to keep anyone here longer than they meant to be.
For a child, we keep the name they go by, their age group, which tools they've tried, and anything they save. No surname, no birthday, no school, no address, no photograph.
Designed to the Children's Code, for adult learners, families and teachers.
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No adverts. No third-party tracking. Nothing about you is sold. We count how many people visit a page, and nothing about who they are.
Everything on the reference pages is written and checked by Gressus. If you find a mistake, tell us at contact@gressus.app and we'll fix it.
Gressus is made by Gressus Ltd, a small, independent UK company making music education software.