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Notes on practice

How to work on the passage that is not improving, why a metronome in a browser tab can rush, and what a practice log is for. Written by the person who builds MakesPerfect.

  • What a practice log is actually for (it is not surveillance)

    A practice log is evidence you keep for yourself, not a report you file. What ours records, who can see it, and the consent rule the whole application is built on.

    practiceteaching
    6 min read

  • Slow practice is not slow

    Under tempo is not a smaller version of at tempo. It is the only speed at which you can hear what your hands are doing, and it is the fastest route to a passage that holds.

    practiceinteractive scores
    5 min read

  • Why your online metronome drifts, and how ours doesn't

    A browser tab is a bad place to keep time, unless you keep it on the audio clock. What goes wrong in a metronome built on setInterval, and what we do instead.

    metronomeengineering
    5 min read

  • Practicing the passage you cannot play

    The four bars that never improve are usually two beats you have never isolated. How to find the difficulty, work it under tempo, and put it back without it collapsing.

    practicetechnique
    5 min read

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