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Practising

How the steps, plans, focus areas, tempi and the metronome work together.

What should I practise today?

Open Today. It shows what is due across your pieces and links straight into the next step. When nothing is due, pick anything from My music.

How do I know when a step is done?

Swipe on once you can play the step cleanly, twice in a row. That is the whole test. The plan then decides what comes back and when.

What do the study plans mean?

Learning gets to know the notes and plays them evenly, and tempo can wait. Practising builds up to performance tempo, giving the hardest bars extra attention. Refreshing keeps a learned piece in the repertoire by revisiting it regularly.

What is a focus area?

A way to work on particular bars more intensively without losing the rest of the piece. Create one from the piece or from a practice card, and choose the bars and the tempo.

How do I use the metronome?

Open any practice card and start the metronome. It plays a count-in, then loops the beat without drifting. On iPhone it keeps playing with the mute switch on. If it is silent, check the volume and any connected headphones.

A step feels too hard.

Slow the tempo down and stay there longer. If the step still feels large, change the phrase length so each step covers less music. Difficulty is a tempo problem more often than a size problem.

Do I have to practise every day?

No. The plan waits, and Today shows what is due when you return. A day off costs nothing, and the record is built from the practice you do.

What is the full-score view?

It shows the pages with the bars of the current step highlighted, for players who prefer to work from the score one page at a time. It is available for pieces that have it enabled.

Still stuck? Write to help@quaverley.com.

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