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Scoring and Mastery

Short answer: scoring reflects what FeedBack heard while you played; mastery is a longer-term practice status.

How Scoring Works

FeedBack compares played notes against the active arrangement when note detection is enabled and calibrated. Your result depends on the selected input, calibration, arrangement, and timing.

What Affects Score

Factor Why It Matters
Audio input FeedBack must hear the instrument, not the room or wrong microphone.
Calibration Timing offsets affect whether notes are judged early, late, or correct.
Tuning If the instrument is not tuned to the arrangement, detected pitches can be wrong.
Arrangement Score is compared to the selected part, not every part in the song.
Noise Room noise, backing bleed, and string noise can confuse detection.
Latency Audio interface, driver, and buffer behavior affect timing.

Before Trusting A Score

  1. Tune to the active arrangement.
  2. Confirm the input device.
  3. Run calibration.
  4. Test a short easy phrase.
  5. If the result is obviously wrong, fix setup before using scores for practice decisions.

Mastery

Mastery is intended to show practice progress over time. It should be treated as a guide, not a judgment of musicianship.

How To Use Mastery Productively

  • Use it to choose what to revisit.
  • Treat low scores as setup clues first, practice clues second.
  • Compare your own progress over time, not against other players.
  • Recheck tuning/calibration after changing devices, strings, or driver paths.

Results Screen

The results screen should help you answer:

  • Did FeedBack hear me?
  • Which parts were accurate?
  • Which parts need practice?
  • Should I repeat this song or move on?

If the result screen appears between songs in a queue, review it before advancing if you care about the score.

Common Problems

Problem Try This
Score is too low when you played correctly Recheck input selection and calibration.
No score appears Confirm Note Detection is installed/enabled and the song arrangement supports scoring.
Wrong instrument is being heard See audio input troubleshooting.
Timing is consistently early or late Re-run calibration and check driver/buffer changes.
Notes score wrong after changing songs Confirm the new song's tuning and arrangement.