Maponos is a service that makes practicing orchestral excerpts easier and more effective, especially when working with a real orchestra is not possible.

Yes. To try Maponos for free, dowload our app, available for iOS and Android. Or you can check our catalog, with 30+ free trial excerpts. Feel free to try them as much as you want – they will always be available for free.

Maponos offers monthly and annual subscriptions.

Monthly Plans

The Monthly plan (€9.90/month) gives you access to the catalog for 1 main instrument plus all related instruments. You can add extra instruments at €2/month per instrument, up to a maximum of 4 extra instruments.

The Monthly Plus plan (€20/month) gives you access to the full catalog for all instruments available on Maponos.

Annual Plans

The Annual plan (€99.90/year) gives you access to the catalog for 1 main instrument plus all related instruments for 12 months. You can add extra instruments at €20/year per instrument, up to a maximum of 4 extra instruments.

The Annual Plus plan (€200/year) gives you access to the full catalog for all instruments available on Maponos.

The instruments related to the main instrument are included in subscriptions.

Example: if you select flute as your main instrument, you will also have access to orchestral excerpts for piccolo.

Here is the full list of main and related instruments:

• Flute – piccolo
• Oboe – English horn
• Clarinet – Piccolo clarinet, bass clarinet
• Bassoon – Contrabassoon
• Horn – Wagner tuba
• Trumpet – piccolo trumpet, cornet
• Trombone – Bass trombone, contrabass trombone, bass trumpet
• Tuba – cimbasso
• Percussions – timpani, pair and suspended cymbals, bass drum, snare drum, tenor drum, glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylophone, marimba, triangle, tambourine
• Violins I – violins II
• ⁠⁠Violas
• Cellos
• Double basses

Orchestral excerpts are visibile in our Catalog, where you can use the “instrument” filter.

Here is the list of all available instruments:

• Winds Section

Orchestral excerpts for flute

Orchestral excerpts for piccolo flute

Orchestral excerpts for oboe

Orchestral excerpts for English Horn

Orchestral excerpts for clarinet

Orchestral excerpts for piccolo clarinet

Orchestral excerpts for bassoon

Orchestral excerpts for contrabasson

• Brass Section

Orchestral excerpts for horn

Orchestral excerpts for cornet

Orchestral excerpts for trumpet

Orchestral excerpts for trombone

Orchestral excerpts for bass trombone

Orchestral excerpts for contrabass trombone

Orchestral excerpts for tuba

Orchestral excerpts for cimbasso

The free excerpts are about two per instrument.

The catalog keeps growing. The number of excerpts varies by instrument. It depends on the works we’re currently on, but we’re always happy to add something that’s relevant for you.

If you would like to request an excerpt, contact us.

Maponos was specifically created to support orchestral excerpts practice. With Maponos, you can customize your practice session and adapt it to your needs when you can’t practice with a real orchestra.

One of its main features is immersive audio: a virtual orchestra that realistically reproduces what happens around every single instrument.

This allows you to experience the exact sound perspective you would have from your seat in the orchestra. Thanks to details like acoustic reverberation and the spatial perception of other instruments, the context is clear and rich, making orchestral excerpt practice more effective.

Binaural (or immersive audio) reproduces sound so that it is perceived as coming from multiple directions.

This technique uses two audio channels, one for each ear, mimicking the natural way our ears receive sound from different positions.

With a pair of open-back headphones, binaural audio simulates the direction of each sound according to the position of each instrument in the orchestra, replicating the position you would have during the performance in the orchestra.

When practicing orchestral excerpts, binaural audio significantly enhances your listening and learning experience, providing a more realistic perception of the sounds and instruments around you.

This helps you develop better spatial and interpretative awareness, which is essential for every classical musician.

Maponos recommends using open-back or semi-open-back headphones, as they allow you to fully perceive binaural audio. These types of headphones do not cancel external sounds. While practicing, you can clearly hear both the instrument you are playing and the audio from the Maponos Orchestra, providing an immersive experience and a more effective practice session.

Of course not. We also offer stereo audio.

In this case, the sound perspective is frontal and direct, reflecting what the conductor would hear. It provides a clear sense of the orchestral context, just as it would be perceived from the podium.

Maponos stereo audio is an ideal solution for:

• instrument teachers who want to enhance in-class lessons
• groups of students who want to practice together
• musicians who want to work on excerpts collaboratively

If you’re interested in learning more about stereo audio vs. immersive audio, check out this article.

Yes, we do! Feel free to send an email at [email protected]. We will be happy to work together and find a solution for you and your students.