1 Create your account
You only do this once. Kids: ask a grown-up to help
- Open this address on your phone or computer:
studio7strings.in/music and tap Create an account. - Type your full name, email and WhatsApp number.
- Choose a password of at least 8 letters or numbers, and type it again to confirm. Write it down somewhere safe.
- Tap Create account. Your teacher now checks it and puts you in your class (your batch). This usually takes less than a day.
Did your teacher create the account for you? Then you'll get your email and a temporary password on WhatsApp. Skip to step 2.
2 Log in
- Go to studio7strings.in/music.
- Type your email and password.
- Leave "Keep me logged in on this device" ticked on your own phone, so you don't have to log in every time. Untick it on a shared or family computer.
- Tap Log in.
3 What's inside
After logging in you'll see your name and your class at the top, and five big buttons.
The menu at the top
Home brings you back to the big buttons. Account lets you change your password. Log out signs you out of this device.
4 Recording your practice
- Choose 🎤 Voice (sound only) or 🎥 Video (to show your hands, posture or fingering).
- Voice: tap the round microphone button to start. Video: tap the camera button, check the picture, then tap the red button to start.
- Tap the square stop button when you finish. Recordings can be up to 5 minutes.
- Already have a good video on your phone? Choose 🎥 Video, tap Upload video and pick it from your gallery. Check it's the right one and tap Use this video. Big videos are made smaller first; keep the screen open until it says ready.
- Listen or watch it back. Not happy? Tap the bin 🗑️ and record again.
- Tap Send to teacher and wait until it says Sent.
If the internet drops while sending, don't worry: your recording stays on the page. Press Send again when you're back online; videos carry on from where they stopped.
5 Class notes: everything from each class
Your teacher adds a class note after each class. The newest is at the top, and a red New label shows ones you haven't opened.
- Tap Class notes on the home page or in the top menu. If you're in more than one batch, tap a batch name to see just that one. Use Search to find a session, ragam or song.
- Screenshots: tap one to see it full screen. Swipe left or right for the next one, and tap ⤢ to zoom in.
- PDFs: tap Open. Pages appear one under another; scroll down to read. Use A+ to make them bigger and ⤢ for full screen.
- Class recording: tap the red ▶ button. It opens in YouTube. Make sure you're signed in to YouTube with the Gmail you gave your teacher, or it will say the video is private.
- Voice or video note: tap play to hear your teacher.
6 Community: ask doubts and help each other
Each group has students from all batches of the same class: Carnatic Kids, Carnatic Adults or Cine Music. You only see your own group.
- Tap Community on the home page or in the top menu. A red number shows new messages.
- Type your question in the box at the bottom and tap Send.
- To show something, tap 📷 Photo (for example a page from your book), or tap the microphone to send a voice note of up to 2 minutes.
- To answer someone, tap ↩ Reply under their message, so everyone knows what you're answering.
- Open 📒 Teacher's notes at the top to read notation, lyrics and tips from your teacher. They're always there to come back to.
See something that isn't right? Tap ••• on the message, then 🚩 Report to teacher. You can also remove your own messages from the same menu.
You'll get a daily summary email (subject starting with [Classroom]) when there's something new. To stop it, untick it on your Account page.
7 Put the Classroom on your phone's home screen
It then opens like an app, with its own icon, in one tap. Choose your phone:
Use Safari, the blue compass app. (Other browsers on iPhone may only add a bookmark.)
- Open Safari and go to studio7strings.in/music.
- Find the Share button Share (a square with an arrow pointing up). Where it is depends on your phone:
iPhone with iOS 26 (newest)
Tap the ••• button at the bottom right of the screen, then tap Share.
iPhone with iOS 15 to 18
The Share button is in the middle of the bar at the bottom of the screen. If you can't see the bar, scroll up a little.
If you moved Safari's address bar to the top, the Share button is still at the bottom.
iPad
The Share button is at the top right, next to the address bar.
Not sure which iOS you have?
Open Settings → General → About and look at iOS Version. Or simply look for the Share symbol at the bottom; if it isn't there, tap •••.
- Scroll down the list that opens and tap Add to Home Screen ➕. (On some phones, tap View More first.)
- If you see Open as Web App, make sure it's switched on.
- Tap Add at the top right. The Viji's Classroom icon now appears on your home screen.
Easiest way: open the Classroom in Chrome. On the login or home page you'll see a card saying Install. Tap it, then tap Install again. Done!
No Install card? Follow the steps for your browser:
Google Chrome (most phones: Samsung, Vivo, Oppo, Realme, Motorola, OnePlus, Pixel, Nokia)
- Tap the three dots ⋮. It's usually at the top right. If you moved Chrome's address bar to the bottom, it's at the bottom right.
- Tap Add to Home screen or Install app (the name varies by phone).
- Tap Install or Add. If asked, tap Add once more or drag the icon onto your home screen.
Samsung Internet (Samsung phones' own browser)
- Tap the menu ☰ (three lines) at the bottom right.
- Tap Add page to, then Home screen. (On some versions you'll see a ⬇ Install icon in the address bar; tap that instead.)
- Tap Add.
Xiaomi, Redmi, POCO (Mi Browser)
The Mi Browser often can't add web apps properly. Please open Chrome (it's on almost every phone, or get it free from the Play Store) and follow the Chrome steps.
Firefox
- Tap the three dots ⋮ (top or bottom right, depending on where your toolbar is).
- Tap Add to Home screen or Install, then Add.
On a laptop or desktop you don't need to install anything; just bookmark the page.
- Open studio7strings.in/music in Chrome, Edge or Safari.
- Press Ctrl + D (Windows) or ⌘ + D (Mac) to bookmark it.
- In Chrome or Edge you can also click the small install icon at the right end of the address bar to open it as its own window.
? Help and common questions
- It says my account is waiting for approval.
- Your teacher hasn't approved it yet. Give it a little time, or send us a WhatsApp message.
- It says my email and password don't match.
- Check for spelling mistakes and that Caps Lock is off. After 5 wrong tries the login pauses for 15 minutes. If you've forgotten the password, ask us for a new one.
- The microphone or camera won't start.
- iPhone: Settings → Safari → Microphone (and Camera) → Ask or Allow. Android: in Chrome tap the 🔒 lock or settings icon next to the address → Permissions → allow Microphone and Camera. Then reload the page.
- Also make sure no other app (a call, WhatsApp, a music app) is using the microphone.
- My recording sounds very quiet.
- Move the phone a little closer and check the phone isn't on silent mode while you play it back. Turn up the volume while it's playing.
- Can my child and I use the same phone?
- Yes. Each person needs their own account. Log out (top menu) before the other person logs in, and untick "Keep me logged in".
- Who can see my recordings?
- Only you and your teacher. Other students can't see or hear them.
Still stuck? We're happy to help:
📞 Call or WhatsApp +91 73581 20283
✉️ vijismusicclass@studio7strings.in