How SmarterSingers works

A complete walkthrough — from your first recording upload to Director feedback and long-term progress tracking.

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⚠️ Important disclaimer: All AI-generated analysis is intended as a coaching aid and practice supplement only. It does not constitute official adjudication, and the creators of SmarterSingers are not responsible for incorrect scoring, errors, or omissions in AI-generated feedback. Results should be interpreted alongside — not in place of — feedback from a certified judge or qualified director.
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Getting started

Create your account & set up your profile

Register with your name and email. Your Director or admin may create your account for you with a temporary password — change it after your first login via the Profile page.

In your profile, set your voice part (Tenor, Lead, Baritone, or Bass) and join your chorus or quartet. This context shapes how the AI evaluates your recordings — a bass is assessed differently than a lead.

Technical note: Voice part and group membership are stored in your profile and automatically populate each new submission. The AI prompt is customized per voice part — bass assessments emphasize grounding the chord and low-resonance presence; lead assessments focus on melody expression and pitch center.
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Before you upload

Self-assess before seeing AI results

On the submission form, rate yourself 1–5 stars across four categories before submitting. This isn't graded — it's a tool to build your musical self-awareness and create meaningful data for the comparison panel later.

Pitch & ToneHow well did you stay in tune?
Sound & StyleDid it feel like barbershop?
Word AccuracyDid you know your lyrics?
RhythmWere you locked with the group?

You can also add a free-text reflection: what felt right, what felt off. This appears in your history for future reference.

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Core feature

Upload your recording & run AI analysis

Upload any audio format (MP3, WAV, M4A). The system transcribes your audio using speech recognition, then sends the transcript, your voice part, group context, and any uploaded score/lyrics to the AI for analysis.

The AI scores your performance across four singing categories (0–100 each), provides specific strengths and actionable opportunities for each, and closes with a Director Summary and four personalized practice exercises.

Priority 1 — Pitch & ToneIntonation, chord tuning, resonance, placement, breath support
Priority 2 — Sound & ExpressionVowel unity, dynamics, barbershop style, voice-part role
Priority 3 — Word AccuracyLyrics vs. score comparison, diction, consonant precision
Priority 4 — RhythmEnsemble coordination, entrances, cutoffs (rubato respected)
Technical note: Analysis is powered by Anthropic Claude Sonnet. The AI prompt is built around the barbershop coaching philosophy: lead with genuine celebration of what's working, then offer specific and actionable paths forward. Pitch & Tone is explicitly weighted as the most important category. Scores of 70+ are solid; 80+ is strong; 90+ is exceptional.
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Score library

Optional: upload your score for lyric comparison

Directors can upload PDF scores or paste lyrics into the Score Library. When the AI finds a matching score for your song title, it compares your sung lyrics word-by-word against the actual arrangement — catching errors, substitutions, and missing text with specific line references.

If no score is in the library, the AI assesses diction quality and any clearly audible lyric issues based on its knowledge of the standard arrangement.

Technical note: Title matching uses a word-overlap algorithm that strips stop words and requires 60%+ of significant words to match, preventing false positives (e.g., "Almost Like Being In Love" won't match "A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet").
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Human layer

Section Leader & Director add their feedback

After the AI analysis, your Section Leader and Director can access your result and leave their own 5-star ratings across five categories, plus a written coaching note. These appear on your result page beneath the AI feedback.

Star ratings use a BHS-aligned conversion scale: 1★ = 40, 2★ = 50, 3★ = 60, 4★ = 70, 5★ = 80 — reflecting that even a strong barbershop performance typically scores in the 70s at most contest levels.

Permission model: Section Leaders can score singers in their section. Directors can score all chorus members. Admins can score anyone. Singers see all feedback on their own analyses but cannot see other singers' analyses unless they are also a Section Leader or Director.
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Synthesis

360° comparison panel

Once two or more assessments exist for a recording (AI + self, or AI + human), the Assessment Comparison panel appears at the bottom of the result page. It generates a rule-based narrative that highlights:

  • Shared strengths — categories where all reviewers agree you're doing well (scores within 10 points, 70+)
  • Shared focus areas — categories where all reviewers score below 65
  • Notable gaps — categories where reviewers differ by 15+ points, with a suggestion to discuss with your director

The panel is timestamped and updates automatically whenever a new assessment is added — no additional API calls, no extra cost.

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Long-term tracking

Progress charts over time

Every submission for a given song is plotted on a line chart on your Progress page. Separate trend lines show each scoring category so you can see which areas are improving fastest.

If you enter official official contest scores (Music, Singing, Presentation panels — each 0–100), they appear as gold star markers on the chart, letting you see how your practice scores relate to real competition results.

Technical note: Charts are rendered with Chart.js. Contest score averages (MUS + SNG + PRE ÷ 3) replace AI overall scores in your history view when present, so your official results are always the authoritative number in your record.
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Administration

Director & admin tools

Directors and admins can submit analyses on behalf of singers — useful for onboarding new members or analyzing recordings from rehearsal. Analyses appear in the singer's account immediately.

The Members page shows all singers grouped by voice part, with their most recent scores and a direct link to their analysis history. The Change Log records every edit and deletion — who changed what, when, with before-and-after values.

Soft deletion keeps analyses recoverable for 90 days before permanent removal.

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