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Music Lessons Inquiry Form (Studio / Private Teacher)

A 7-year-old starting piano and an adult learning guitar are completely different lessons — different teacher, different curriculum, different pricing. The form sorts both before the trial lesson is booked.

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01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
02  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
03  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New music lesson inquiry">
04 
05  <label for="name">Student name *</label>
06  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Sasha Vorona" required>
07  <label for="email">Email *</label>
08  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="parent@example.com" required>
09  <label for="phone">Phone</label>
10  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142">
11  <label for="age">Student age</label>
12  <select id="age" name="age">
13    <option value="">Choose…</option>
14    <option>Under 8</option>
15    <option>8–12</option>
16    <option>13–17</option>
17    <option>Adult</option>
18  </select>
19  <label for="instrument">Instrument *</label>
20  <select id="instrument" name="instrument" required>
21    <option value="">Choose…</option>
22    <option>Piano</option>
23    <option>Guitar</option>
24    <option>Voice / singing</option>
25    <option>Drums</option>
26    <option>Violin</option>
27    <option>Cello</option>
28    <option>Saxophone</option>
29    <option>Other</option>
30  </select>
31  <label for="level">Experience *</label>
32  <select id="level" name="level" required>
33    <option value="">Choose…</option>
34    <option>Brand new</option>
35    <option>Beginner (&lt;1 yr)</option>
36    <option>Intermediate</option>
37    <option>Advanced</option>
38  </select>
39  <label for="format">Lesson format</label>
40  <select id="format" name="format">
41    <option value="">Choose…</option>
42    <option>In-person at studio</option>
43    <option>In-home</option>
44    <option>Online</option>
45  </select>
46  <label for="goals">Goals</label>
47  <textarea id="goals" name="goals" placeholder="Just for fun, exam prep, audition, performance…"></textarea>
48 
49  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
50  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
51 
52  <button type="submit">Send</button>
53</form>
54 
55<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
56  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
57</p>

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§ 01Why it mattersthe qualifying-fields argument

Music studios juggle 6-8 instruments and 3-5 teachers — the inquiry form has to route by instrument and student age before anyone calls back. Children's lessons are 30-min weekly slots at $30-50; adult lessons are 45-60 min at $50-90. Trial lessons are the conversion event — most studios charge half-price for the first session and offer a refund if not a fit. The form captures instrument, age, prior experience, goals (recital prep / fun / college audition), and weekly schedule preference. Online lessons (Zoom / face-to-face) opened a wider geographic market post-2020 — capture format preference upfront.

Webhooks into My Music Staff / Fons · trial-lesson conversion 60-75%.

✦ at a glance

→Music lesson inquiry · 8 fields
→HTML, JS, React, PHP, cURL outputs
→One POST endpoint, no SDK
→Honeypot + classifier, no CAPTCHA

§ 02Live previewinteractive · sandboxed · no key required

See exactly what your visitors see — and you’ll receive.

Left: the rendered form, fully interactive in a sandboxed iframe. Right: the email and dashboard view that lands the moment a visitor submits.

preview · music-lessons-contact-formlocalhost:3000

✦ what you’ll see in your inbox

Every submission becomes an email plus a dashboard row. The fields below are the exact payload your form will send. Reply-to is wired to the visitor’s email so hitting reply goes back to them.

dashboard · new submission14ms · 200 OK

SUBJECT · New music lesson inquiry

Student name: Maya Iyer
Email: maya@studio71.co
Phone: +1 415 555 0142
Student age: Under 8
Instrument: Piano
Experience: Brand new
Lesson format: In-person at studio
Goals: —

Iframe is sandboxed — submit doesn’t actually fire. Get your access key to wire it up live.

§ 03Three steps3 steps · ~60 seconds

Generate, embed, receive.

Three actions stand between you and your first lead. None of them require a backend, a database, or a CAPTCHA library.

STEP 01GENERATE

Capture instrument and student age

Required: instrument, student age, prior experience (none / less than 1 yr / 1-3 yrs / advanced), goals. Studios with multiple teachers need this to assign the right one.

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STEP 02EMBED

Capture schedule and format

Days/times available, in-person vs online preference. Some teachers only take Tuesday/Thursday after-school; routing by availability prevents the 'we have no slots' email.

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<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  …
</form>

STEP 03RECEIVE

Book the trial lesson

Auto-respond with a Calendly link for a 30-min trial at half-price (or free, depending on studio policy). Trial lesson conversion to ongoing student typically runs 60-75%.

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FROM contact@yoursite.com

New music lesson inquiry

Maya Iyer maya@studio71.co

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§ 04Copy & ship5 languages · same endpoint

Five outputs. One backend.

HTML by default. Click open the language you ship in — every variant POSTs to the same /api/submit endpoint.

01HTMLform.html57 lines

<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New music lesson inquiry">

  <label for="name">Student name *</label>
  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Sasha Vorona" required>
  <label for="email">Email *</label>
  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="parent@example.com" required>
  <label for="phone">Phone</label>
  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142">
  <label for="age">Student age</label>
  <select id="age" name="age">
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Under 8</option>
    <option>8–12</option>
    <option>13–17</option>
    <option>Adult</option>
  </select>
  <label for="instrument">Instrument *</label>
  <select id="instrument" name="instrument" required>
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Piano</option>
    <option>Guitar</option>
    <option>Voice / singing</option>
    <option>Drums</option>
    <option>Violin</option>
    <option>Cello</option>
    <option>Saxophone</option>
    <option>Other</option>
  </select>
  <label for="level">Experience *</label>
  <select id="level" name="level" required>
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Brand new</option>
    <option>Beginner (&lt;1 yr)</option>
    <option>Intermediate</option>
    <option>Advanced</option>
  </select>
  <label for="format">Lesson format</label>
  <select id="format" name="format">
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>In-person at studio</option>
    <option>In-home</option>
    <option>Online</option>
  </select>
  <label for="goals">Goals</label>
  <textarea id="goals" name="goals" placeholder="Just for fun, exam prep, audition, performance…"></textarea>

  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">

  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
</p>

02JavaScriptform.js73 lines

<form id="lf-form">
  <label for="name">Student name *</label>
  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Sasha Vorona" required>
  <label for="email">Email *</label>
  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="parent@example.com" required>
  <label for="phone">Phone</label>
  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142">
  <label for="age">Student age</label>
  <select id="age" name="age">
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Under 8</option>
    <option>8–12</option>
    <option>13–17</option>
    <option>Adult</option>
  </select>
  <label for="instrument">Instrument *</label>
  <select id="instrument" name="instrument" required>
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Piano</option>
    <option>Guitar</option>
    <option>Voice / singing</option>
    <option>Drums</option>
    <option>Violin</option>
    <option>Cello</option>
    <option>Saxophone</option>
    <option>Other</option>
  </select>
  <label for="level">Experience *</label>
  <select id="level" name="level" required>
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Brand new</option>
    <option>Beginner (&lt;1 yr)</option>
    <option>Intermediate</option>
    <option>Advanced</option>
  </select>
  <label for="format">Lesson format</label>
  <select id="format" name="format">
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>In-person at studio</option>
    <option>In-home</option>
    <option>Online</option>
  </select>
  <label for="goals">Goals</label>
  <textarea id="goals" name="goals" placeholder="Just for fun, exam prep, audition, performance…"></textarea>
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
</p>

<script>
  document.getElementById('lf-form').addEventListener('submit', async (e) => {
    e.preventDefault();
    const data = new FormData(e.target);
    data.set('access_key', 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY');
    data.set('subject', 'New music lesson inquiry');

    const res = await fetch('https://splitforms.com/api/submit', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: data,
      headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
    });

    const json = await res.json();
    if (json.success) {
      e.target.reset();
      alert('Sent!');
    } else {
      alert('Error: ' + (json.message || 'Try again'));
    }
  });
</script>

03React / Next.jsForm.tsx88 lines

'use client';

import { useState, type FormEvent } from 'react';

export default function MusicLessonsForm() {
  const [status, setStatus] = useState<'idle' | 'sending' | 'sent' | 'error'>('idle');

  async function onSubmit(e: FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) {
    e.preventDefault();
    setStatus('sending');

    const data = new FormData(e.currentTarget);
    data.set('access_key', 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY');
    data.set('subject', 'New music lesson inquiry');

    const res = await fetch('https://splitforms.com/api/submit', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: data,
      headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
    });

    const json = await res.json();
    setStatus(json.success ? 'sent' : 'error');
    if (json.success) e.currentTarget.reset();
  }

  if (status === 'sent') return <p>Thanks — we&rsquo;ll be in touch.</p>;

  return (
    <>
    <form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
      <label htmlFor="name">Student name *</label>
      <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Sasha Vorona" required />
      <label htmlFor="email">Email *</label>
      <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="parent@example.com" required />
      <label htmlFor="phone">Phone</label>
      <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142" />
      <label htmlFor="age">Student age</label>
      <select id="age" name="age">
        <option value="">Choose…</option>
        <option>Under 8</option>
        <option>8–12</option>
        <option>13–17</option>
        <option>Adult</option>
      </select>
      <label htmlFor="instrument">Instrument *</label>
      <select id="instrument" name="instrument" required>
        <option value="">Choose…</option>
        <option>Piano</option>
        <option>Guitar</option>
        <option>Voice / singing</option>
        <option>Drums</option>
        <option>Violin</option>
        <option>Cello</option>
        <option>Saxophone</option>
        <option>Other</option>
      </select>
      <label htmlFor="level">Experience *</label>
      <select id="level" name="level" required>
        <option value="">Choose…</option>
        <option>Brand new</option>
        <option>Beginner (&lt;1 yr)</option>
        <option>Intermediate</option>
        <option>Advanced</option>
      </select>
      <label htmlFor="format">Lesson format</label>
      <select id="format" name="format">
        <option value="">Choose…</option>
        <option>In-person at studio</option>
        <option>In-home</option>
        <option>Online</option>
      </select>
      <label htmlFor="goals">Goals</label>
      <textarea id="goals" name="goals" placeholder="Just for fun, exam prep, audition, performance…" />

      <button type="submit" disabled={status === 'sending'}>
        {status === 'sending' ? 'Sending…' : 'Send'}
      </button>

      {status === 'error' && <p>Something went wrong. Try again.</p>}
    </form>

      <p style={{ marginTop: 12, fontSize: 11, color: '#888', textAlign: 'right' }}>
        Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style={{ color: '#888', textDecoration: 'none' }}>splitforms</a>
      </p>
    </>
  );
}

04PHPsubmit.php28 lines

<?php
// Drop into a PHP page. Receives a form POST and proxies it to splitforms.com.
// Useful when you want to add server-side validation or rate limiting.

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
    $allowed = ['name', 'email', 'phone', 'age', 'instrument', 'level', 'format', 'goals'];
    $payload = ['access_key' => 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY'];
    $payload['subject'] = 'New music lesson inquiry';

    foreach ($allowed as $f) {
        if (isset($_POST[$f])) $payload[$f] = $_POST[$f];
    }

    $ch = curl_init('https://splitforms.com/api/submit');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($payload));
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Accept: application/json']);
    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    $status   = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($ch);

    header('Content-Type: application/json');
    http_response_code($status);
    echo $response;
    exit;
}
?>

05cURLtest.sh12 lines

curl -X POST https://splitforms.com/api/submit \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -d "access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
  -d "subject=New music lesson inquiry" \
  -d "name=Jane Builder" \
  -d "email=jane@example.com" \
  -d "phone=+15555555555" \
  -d "age=Under 8" \
  -d "instrument=Piano" \
  -d "level=Brand new" \
  -d "format=In-person at studio" \
  -d "goals=Hello from cURL"

Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard. That’s the only edit.

§ 04bUse this template with…17 frameworks · same backend

One template. Every framework.

The same field set works on every framework splitforms supports. HTML, React, Next.js, Vue, Astro, Hugo, WordPress — same POST, same backend.

§ 06FAQ4 answered

Things people ask before they ship.

Direct answers, no marketing fluff. Missing one? Email hello@splitforms.com.

01Should I charge for the trial lesson?

Most studios charge half-price for the trial — filters out the 'curious but not committed' inquiries while staying low-friction. Free trial lessons get more inquiries but lower conversion to paid student. Half-price is the middle path most studios converge on.

02Can I integrate with My Music Staff / Fons / Acuity?

Yes — webhook the JSON. My Music Staff and Fons both accept inbound leads via Zapier. Acuity Scheduling has direct webhooks. The lead lands as a prospect ready for the trial booking and intake form.

03How do I handle group classes vs private lessons?

Add a 'private / group / either' radio. Group classes are different sales (cohort-based, fixed start dates) — route to a different auto-responder with the group calendar. Private routes to the trial-lesson Calendly link.

04What about instrument rentals for beginners?

Add a 'do you already have an instrument?' field. If no, auto-respond with rental partner info (most studios partner with a local rental shop for $25-50/mo rentals). Removes a common 'I'd love to start but...' barrier.

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