Practicing in stages with a four-beat count-in

Focus on tempo, evenness, pedal or one hand at a time. Give a drill a series of tempos, record your practice and mark stages cleared when you feel ready.

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Set up stages for a drill

Open Records → Drills and choose a drill.
Under Practice one focus at a time, press Set up practice stages.
Choose Tempo, Evenness, Pedal or One hand under Practice focus. Each drill has one focus.
Enter Stage tempos separated by commas, such as 60, 80, 100, then press Save.

Use 1–20 increasing whole-number tempos between 20 and 300 BPM. Change the starting 60→80→100 sequence to tempos that suit you.

Record a stage

Open Today → Today's drills and choose the drill you set up.
Check the first uncleared stage and BPM, then select Record this stage. This also sets the metronome tempo for that stage.
Press Record this drill. The focus, stage and BPM appear while recording.

To keep the metronome playing, open Metronome and press Start. With microphone recording, speaker clicks are recorded too; earphones are recommended.

Wait four beats before recording

Before recording, open Today → Metronome and turn on Four-beat count-in. Four beats play at the selected tempo, then recording begins. Your performance is not being recorded during the count-in.

Pressing Cancel during the count-in, or switching to another app, prevents recording from starting. Start again when you are ready. You can also use the count-in without setting up stages.

Mark a stage cleared

After saving a recording, or from the drill's detail screen, press Clear this stage (self-reported). The date is kept and the next uncleared stage becomes available. Recording alone does not clear a stage.

This is your own assessment. Listen back and mark it when you feel ready to move on. Clearing every stage is separate from marking the whole drill with Got it.

If you see "Stage recording saved on this device. Clear the stage after it syncs.", wait for the recording to sync when connected. If saving fails, use Reload practice stages to check again.

Change your stages

Use Adjust stages on the drill's detail screen. Changes start a new plan. Earlier recordings and completion records are kept.