Quick Start Guide - ModusPractica | How to Use Music Practice App

1

Create Your Profile

When you first open ModusPractica, you'll need to create a profile. This keeps your practice data organized and allows multiple musicians to use the same device.

Click ➕ Create New Profile
Enter your name (required)
Optionally add your age and experience level
Click Create Profile

                    ⚠️ Important: After creating your profile, you'll see a popup reminder to save it using the 
                    "💾 Save Profile To" button. This creates a backup file on your computer or cloud storage.
                

💡 Pro Tip: Save your profile to a cloud folder (Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox) so you can access it from any device or browser!

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Add Your First Music Piece

After creating your profile, you'll see the Dashboard. Let's add your first piece!

Click + New Piece button at the top
Fill in the details:
- Title: e.g., "Moonlight Sonata"
- Composer: e.g., "Ludwig van Beethoven"
- Year: Optional, e.g., "1801"
- Color: Choose a color to easily identify this piece
Click Save

🎵 Why Add Pieces?

Each piece in ModusPractica represents a complete work you're learning. You'll break it down into smaller sections in the next step, making complex pieces manageable and trackable.

3

Break Your Piece Into Sections

Now let's divide your piece into practice sections. This is where ModusPractica's smart scheduling really shines!

Click on your piece in the Dashboard to open the details page
Click + Add Section
Define your section:
- Description: e.g., "Introduction (Bars 1-8)"
- Bar Range: e.g., "1-8" or "A1-A8"
- Difficulty: Choose from Easy, Average, Difficult, or Mastered
- Target Repetitions: How many times to practice per session (default: 3)
Click Save Section
Repeat for each section of your piece

💡 Section Tips:
• Keep sections small (4-8 bars for complex passages, 8-16 for easier ones)
• Use descriptive names like "Exposition", "Development", "Left hand arpeggios"
• Start with "Average" difficulty - you can adjust it later based on your progress
• Break difficult passages into even smaller chunks

🧠 The Science Behind Sections

ModusPractica uses the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve to schedule each section independently. By breaking your piece into manageable chunks, the app can optimize when you review each part, ensuring you practice exactly when your memory needs reinforcement - not too early (wasting time) or too late (forgetting).

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Start Your First Practice Session

Now the fun begins! ModusPractica will show you which sections are due for practice today.

📊 Check Dashboard
See "Due Today" count

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▶️ Start Session
Click on a scheduled section

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🎹 Practice
Play the section

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✓ Complete
Mark as done

During a practice session:

Timer: Tracks how long you spend on each section
Repetition Counter: Click ✓ Attempt Successful each time you play it correctly
Failure Tracking: Click ✗ Attempt Failed if you make mistakes (helps the algorithm adjust)
Difficulty Adjustment: If a section feels too easy or hard, change its difficulty during the session
Notes: Add notes about what worked or what needs attention

✅ What Happens After a Session?

ModusPractica automatically calculates when you should practice this section next based on:

Your performance (successes vs. failures)
The section's difficulty
How many times you've practiced it before
Your personal learning curve (improves over time!)

The better you perform, the longer the interval before the next review!

5

Track Your Progress

ModusPractica offers powerful tools to visualize and understand your learning progress!

📈 Practice Charts:

Click Charts in the Dashboard sidebar
Select a piece and section to view your Success Ratio Trend Chart
See your progress over the last 7 sessions with color-coded learning zones:
- Too Hard: Below 60% - Consider breaking into smaller sections
- Exploration: 60-80% - Normal learning phase
- Consolidation: 80-90% - Ideal practice zone!
- Mastery: 90-95% - Nearly perfected
- Overlearning: 95-100% - Time to reduce practice frequency
Adjust how many sessions to display (3, 5, 7, 10, or ALL)
Toggle to include or exclude deleted sessions

📊 Understanding Your Success Ratio

The chart shows cumulative rolling average - not just individual sessions, but your overall trend. This gives you a realistic picture of your progress over time. The goal is to stay in the Consolidation zone (80-90%) for optimal learning - challenging enough to grow, but not so hard that you're frustrated.

📊 Statistics Page:

Click Statistics in the Dashboard sidebar
View total practice time and session history
See which pieces and sections get the most attention
Track your consistency over weeks and months

💡 Pro Tip: Check the Practice Charts after every 3-4 sessions to see if you're in the optimal learning zone. If a section is consistently in "Too Hard", consider breaking it into smaller chunks or reducing the target repetitions.

6

Use Free Practice Mode

Want to practice something outside your schedule? Use Free Practice mode!

Click Free Practice in the Dashboard sidebar
Use the timer to track unscheduled practice sessions
Perfect for: sight-reading, improvisation, working on new pieces not yet added to your schedule
Your time is still tracked and added to your statistics!

💡 When to Use Free Practice:
• Exploring new repertoire
• Warming up with scales or exercises
• Sight-reading practice
• Improvisation sessions
• Collaborative playing or ensemble practice

7

Save Your Progress

Don't lose your hard work! ModusPractica stores data locally, but you should regularly create backups.

Save Options (in Profile Selection page):

💾 Save Profile To: Save your current profile to a file of your choice
- Best for: Regular backups to cloud storage
- Creates: Single profile file you can share or move
📂 Load Profile From: Open a previously saved profile file
- Useful for: Switching devices or restoring backups
📦 Export Data: Backup ALL your profiles at once
- Best for: Complete backup before major updates
- Saves to: Downloads folder
📥 Import Data: Restore all profiles from a backup file

                    💾 Auto-Save Feature: ModusPractica automatically saves to your last save location every 5 minutes 
                    and when you close the browser (Chrome/Edge only). However, manual saves are still recommended for safety!
                

☁️ Cloud Sync Strategy:
1. Create a "ModusPractica" folder in your cloud storage (Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.)
2. Use "Save Profile To" and select this folder
3. On another device, use "Load Profile From" to open the same file
4. Both devices now share the same practice data!

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