Play 'n' Practice vs PracticeLover

Play ‘n’ Practice is a music instrument journal to manage your repertoire and track your music instrument practice. While offering all required information about the current practice session, Play ‘n’ Practice has been designed for a non-intrusive user experience during your instrument practice. The management of even complex repertoires is supported by offering several criteria for grouping work by playlists, genre, level and status. Structured workouts aims to raise the effectiveness of even the shortest practice session by automatically selecting pieces you didn’t play for a long time, scales and arpeggios, individual playlists and more. Finally the diary and statistics supports reviewing your progress, tracking your practice and experience and continuously improving your skills. Play ‘n’ Practice features in detail MUSIC INSTRUMENT JOURNAL Automated tracking of music instrument practice time Time tracking based on the individual learning phases of a piece Comprehensive richt text notes about the practice progress Long term progress tracking within the integrated diary Calendar based overview on your daily practice Progress review, rating and notes on individual practice sessions WORKOUTS / PRACTICE *Pro* Workout templates editor to create structured practice sessions Definition of parts and pieces based on their current learning phase or individual playlists Automatic selection of pieces, which weren’t practiced for a long time Automatic time based rotation of pieces in the repertoire Automatic selection of scales and arpeggio exercises based on the workout structure Playlist based workouts to practice for a special event Selection of individual measures on a MusicXML score to focus on difficult passages *Pro* Integrated recording over the microphone or any other audio device available Teaching metronome for gradual improvement of difficult passages Integrated YouTube media player to view referenced videos and tutorials during a workout Quick navigation between pieces in the workout list Capability to add other pieces you want to practice on-the-fly during your workout Inline and full-screen sheet music viewer REPERTOIRE MANAGEMENT Over 3000 pieces registered within the inbuilt database Predefined ABRSM levels (piano grade) on most pieces Access to millions of classic and modern works from the MusicBrainz database Integrated navigator through the registered repertoire based on genre, form, status etc. Playlist management to group pieces according to the users preferences Comprehensive description of genre, form and period for easier selection Reference management for sheet music, videos and web sites also made available during practice Additional user defined rich text notes Direct play to immediately start a piece based practice session and track practice time SHEET MUSIC VIEWER Integrated sheet music viewer, no need to switch to a different app Individual annotations, text, freehand and shapes for PDF sheet music on the fly Selection of individual measures when using MusicXML 3.0 sheet music Selectable Inline-viewer for individual measures Top-bar timer and control complication in full screen view Support for bluetooth foot pedal for page flipping *PDF only, select iOS viewer* STATISTIC Table and charts statistics showing practice time by selectable date spans Individual piece statistics for practice time and learning phases Integrated navigation from a chart item to the daily pieces statistics

---- What Is Practicelover For? ---- Many people like to use plain paper to jot down their guitar practice schedule. They stick it to the wall and check off tasks when done. PracticeLover is here to help digitize this chore and make improvements. Following are the differences between just use your plain paper: • Practice data allows you to analyze your progress. • Effectively use your spare time to do practices without a guitar such as listening to the classic tracks, ear training, or organizing and modifying your practice schedule. • It is a mess to frequently update, modify, and re-order your schedule on the paper. • Integrated seamlessly with the Pomodoro timer. ---- Why Do You Need A Guitar Practice Schedule? ---- It is not easy to get into your guitar practice mood when everyone else is glued to their mobile phones. What we have found is that the motivation is from the sense of progress. You are not using your time effectively to make progress if you just pick up a guitar and play something you already master. This is more like “playing” instead of “practicing." Force yourself to do deliberate practice by using a well-planned schedule. Enjoy "playing" your guitar only after finishing your daily practice. Also, use the checking-off and completion rate calendar functions to stay motivated. “The key to acquiring high-level musical skills is something called deliberate practice. The more deliberate practice you do, the better you get-and this applies to any skillful activity. But deliberate practice is not the same thing as ordinary practice. Ordinary practice often involves simply repeating something you can already do pretty well. Deliberate practice, by contrast, means that you are taking a step forward. You are doing something you find difficult - and once you have mastered it, you will be a step nearer to perfecting your skill. One of the defining characteristics of deliberate practice is that generally, it isn't fun - which is why excellence is rare.” By John Powell "Why You Love Music: From Mozart to Metallica - The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds" “Split your guitar time into two parts: practice and play.” By Justin Guitar ---- How To Organize Your Guitar Practice Schedule? ---- If you just begin, you don’t have to worry too much about your practice. Committing 15 or 30 minutes each day is sufficient to stay on the track. However, if you want to progress along the way, you need to start planning your practice routine more seriously. Check the following practice schedule planning recommendations. (More links are in the App.) Decide What To Practice by Justin Guitar https://youtu.be/IucozqgzJcw Keep A Practice Schedule by Justin Guitar https://youtu.be/FEo106Ysdic ---- Features ---- • Practice in your spare time. Doing practice tasks don’t require a guitar when commuting. Pause your practice if you need to and resume later. • Running in the background. PracticeLover can run in the background and pack everything you need for your guitar practice including backing tracks, ear training, metronome, and all the rhythms. • Pomodoro timer Efficiently nail one task at a time with the Pomodoro timer. • Practice stats Stay motivated and get feedback by reviewing the overview calendar. “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” - Peter Drucker • Weekly view Even if you only have limited practice time each day, you can organize your practice tasks by using the weekly view. • Design Manually switch to dark mode with the groove. Minimal design matching with any styles from folk to metal. • Simple After setting up your practice schedule, the daily practice tasks will be popped up automatically without worries. ---- The Idea Is From ---- Justin Guitar - Effective Practice “Why You Love Music: From Mozart to Metallica-The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds” by John Powell ---- Thank You ---- Feedback and comments are welcome! Thank you!