The clock is always on a goal
Press play, say what you're working on, and the time lands on that piece or technique. Switch mid-sitting and nothing gets lost.
Chopinly
piano practice assistant
Choose something. Practice it.
See what you actually did.
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Notes where they belong
A running thread on each goal. The last note greets you the next time you press play, so you pick up where your hands left off.
History that reconstructs the day
Today shows only what you practiced, with minutes per goal. The calendar keeps your streak and colors each day by how much you played, without a single form to fill in.
See how you really spend your time
Any range. Time by composer, work and type; when in the day you practice, which weekdays carry the load, how long a session tends to run. Tap Bach and every chart recomputes for Bach.
In the case
- Metronome — a pendulum that keeps honest time on the Web Audio clock, with subdivisions and tempo markings, and keeps clicking behind a locked screen. Stamp a tempo onto the goal you're practicing.
- Piano — a keyboard under your thumbs: chords, glides, a sustain pedal, one to four octaves, as big as the screen allows.
- Recorder — record a take of what you're practicing, right from the clock. It stays on your device; listen back, star the keeper, compare this week against last.
- Pitch pipe — any note, any octave, in tune.
- Tuner — hear where you are.
- Sight singing — graded melodies, sung back and judged; finished runs land in the logbook by themselves.
- Ear training — hear a reference, hear a note or a chord, play it back on the keyboard or on your real piano through the mic; judged as you go.
- Logbook — goals, the clock, notes, today, history.
- Analytics — any range; by composer, work and type; time of day, weekdays, session length. Focus on one thing and every chart follows.
From the blog
Real writing about practicing the piano: how to structure a session, what a metronome is actually for, how long to practice, and how to hear what you play.
- How to practice piano effectively: a session that actually moves the needle
Most piano practice is playing through pieces and hoping. Here is what a session looks like when it is designed to change something: a goal, a small unit, slow and correct, then a test you can't fake.
- How to practice piano with a metronome (without playing like a machine)
A metronome is not there to make you play mechanically. It is there to tell you the truth about your rhythm. How to set the tempo, when to use subdivisions, why the off-beat click works, and when to switch it off.
- How long should you practice piano each day? Less than you think, more often than you do
Twenty focused minutes beats a distracted hour, and six short days beat one long one. What the research on practice actually says, how to set a daily amount you will keep, and how to know whether it is enough.
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