Team and Mentors
1 Founder
1 Co-founder
1 Senior UXD (Mentor)
1 Developer
My role
Empathize & Define
Ideate & Prototype
Test & Iterate
Duration
4 Months
Overview
🎹 Why does every app teach The Beatles, but not A.R. Rahman?
Learning Western music is convenient apps like Simply Piano, Skoove paino etc exist. But for an Indian musician wanting to learn Kishore Kumar or A.R. Rahman, the journey is broken.
Project goal
As the Founding Designer of EazyPiano, I was assigned to transformed a fragmented learning process into a structured, AI-guided ecosystem. I designed a proprietary mobile MIDI player that bridges the gap between casual YouTube tutorials and formal music education.
impact
Smart Visit leverages AI to transform traditional branch visits into efficient, predictable, and satisfying customer
experiences.
52%
User Engagement
found structured practice easier
1.5k+
Musicians
mastered their first Indian song
Setting out to solve
Why does every app teach The Beatles, but not A.R. Rahman?
I spent 3 days in the field, observing live piano classes (40+ students/batch) and interviewing 16 musicians ranging from beginners to experts. The consensus was clear: existing tools lacked cultural relevance and structure.
Key user insights
The Content Gap
87% of learners felt YouTube tutorials were unstructured and often musically incorrect.
The Feedback Gap
I practice, but I don't know if I'm improving." Without a teacher, learners had no way to validate their accuracy.
The Overcrowding Issue:
In-person classes were too crowded for personalized attention and home tutor we can not afford
No motivation
I stop because I can’t see my visible progress.
Saumya
PHD student | Age: 27 year
Is there anyone solving it?
I studied the entire landscape: Simply Piano, duolingo and local tutor
Need
Indian Music
Real-Time feedback
Gamified Motivation
Structured Path
Simply Piano
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✅
❌
✅
Local Tutors
✅
❌
❌
❌
duolingo
❌
✅
✅
❌
Everyone solved some part of the problem.
Nobody solved the whole experience.
That became the opportunity.✨
The solution
Introducing Eazytones
I shaped the product around one guiding arc:
Learn → Practice → Test → Track
A complete loop designed to make musicians feel guided, not lost.
1️⃣ LEARN
Curated, culturally relevant video lessons (Indian classical & Bollywood)
2️⃣ PRACTICE
An AI-powered MIDI player that listens and guides.
4️⃣ TRACK
Visual analytics to build confidence and streak
3️⃣ TEST
Gamified quizzes to validate knowledge.
The journey
Learning the song? Learn with top teachers
After learning the song by watching the tutorial, user will want to play first hand. Since we want want all in one app so midi player should be A mobile MIDI player that could be played virtually on the screen and also with a physical MIDI keyboard.
The problem
Lets see the current setup of a learner to practice a song
The Core Design Challenge: The Mobile MIDI Player
Lets see the current setup of a learner to practice a song
So, to master a song after you've seen it played, either by your teacher or on YouTube, you will pick up your piano and look for the music sheet online. If you find it, great! If not, good luck with YouTube.
Sheets reading
yeah, lets bring out the piano sheets and play it on…
Musical keyboard
Practice with an actual instrument
A phone with youtube
If sheet is not availabe then open and search fot the song with chord and all
So how could we same offering on a mobile
How do we fit an 88-key piano experience, sheet music, and real-time feedback onto a 6-inch mobile screen without overwhelming the user?
On display paino
Player should be able navigate on 88 keys as
music sheets -> notes tiles
Visual cues replace complex notation.
Youtube video
Whenever a song is played this should float on top
lyircs/chord mode
Display lyrics and chord progressions.
Tempo variation & metronome
Adjust playing speed and keep time.
ideate best midi player for indian musicans
So, to master a song after you've seen it played, either by your teacher or on YouTube, you will pick up your piano and look for the music sheet online. If you find it, great! If not, good luck with YouTube.
Want to Test your self?
Quick quizzes
Pattern-recognition tests
Mini-challenges
Play-along tasks
Quiz screens and test yourself
Tracking your progress make easy
I learned that
1. A better index and content page
track your progess at every screen
See the jewels you earned and get confident boast
Module screens
Chapter screen
Lesson screens
One user said:
“Seeing my streak made me want to open the app again.”
That was the emotional behavior insight I wanted.
All screens
Lets test it out on musicians
User testing to understand what users want to say
Tested it on 10 musicians, and 8/10 found it super engaging, easy to play and learn. They are all willing to learn their new songs using it.
Testing validated the core UX pillars:
cultural familiarity + clarity + confidence = engagement.
Developed Product
🚀 Phased rollout
After all the feedback and iteration, I synced with the developer and finally launched this project in the market. As of now, the founder reports that it has successfully taught 1.5k+ music students.
Signing Off !
⌛Closing thought
After all the feedback and iteration, I synced with the developer and finally launched this project in the market. As of now, the founder reports that it has successfully taught 1.5k+ music students.
Thrived in a fast paced environment
Balancing this project alongside my rigorous B.Tech academics at IIT Kanpur was chaotic, stressful, and honestly overwhelming at times. But every challenge I solved every screen, every user problem, every design decision gave me a kind of excitement I hadn’t felt before.
Idea 3: Simplify MIDI Player
Idea 2: From "Gaming" to "Reading"
Idea 1: The "Falling Tiles"
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We reduced the number of choices on the screen so the user can focus only on playing and learning piano.
This involved two key decisions:
Collapsing the YouTube Screen: The embedded video screen was made expandable and collapsible.
Separating Lyrics/Chords: We removed the on-screen lyrics and chords from the main piano interface, making them accessible elsewhere to prevent distraction.
The resulting design is clean and intuitive, featuring an AI assistant accessible via a tap to guide and track the user's playing in real-time.
Thankyou, for reading