In Concert provides real-time interactive accompaniment for students of all playing levels. The band or orchestra will follow the student's tempo and dynamics. With a tempo display and the ability to record each practice, both the teacher and student can critique the performance on playback. Since Cakewalk can record actual instruments, and not just MIDI, some teachers will take the sax part of a jazz piece, for instance, mute the MIDI sax, and replace it with an actual live performance by one of their students. If the school has four tenor sax players, perhaps all four can try to play or improvise their parts on different audio tracks over the original.
Some teachers also create rhythm parts or exercises with the percussion line notation.
A teacher can print out the percussion line notation and have a student tap out the rhythm. Teachers can use the notation features to create assignments such as providing students with the root of a chord, and having the students fill in the rest of the notes needed to complete the requested chord. Cakewalk can be used to easily create assignments to learn about chord progressions, and the rules of four part harmony. With the price of CD recorders dropping everyday, schools that own CD Recorders can actually compose songs in Cakewalk and then create their own CDs. Students can use Cakewalk to learn about the Internet because you can now place your music on the world wide web using Cakewalk.