The Beat

by tuneUPGRADE

News, updates, and tips to help your music practice time upgrade.

7 Tips To Get the Most Out Of Music Lessons (and how to tell if you need them)

Want to undestand when you might need lessons and how to get the most of them? Read on.

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Getting Started on tuneUPGRADE

desc Tunes: Set yourself up for faster learning

Routines: Making the most of your time

Practicing: Take a tour of the practice screen

A Solo Jazz Piano Learning Path

Here's how I'm rekindling my focus on jazz piano practice after learning from my failures with a new learning path.

Scales: Why They Matter and How to Practice Them

If I could go back in time to teach myself one thing when starting to learn an instrument, it would be to have a lesson on scales - why they matter, and how to practice them.

Interview: How Shane uses tuneUPGRADE

"I discovered tuneUPGRADE in February 2020, about a year after I started to take my path as a guitarist more seriously. It honestly changed everything."

5 Things You Should Do Before and After You Practice Your Instrument

Here's how you can become a better musician before and after you pick up and play.

Interview: How delusionalknitter uses tuneUPGRADE

"If you don't have time to practice ... you have FIVE MINUTES - just do something for 5 minutes - over time it will add up and make a difference!"

Structuring a Practice Routine: A Beginner's Guide

Learn how to look at your goals and build up the right practice routine to match.

Interview: How polfkuste uses tuneUPGRADE

"Look for the little improvements. Being able to do one thing 5 BPM faster each day is a huge improvement per week. Keep track how things felt and see how it changes. This motivates to keep going."

How Tracking My Practice Made Me a Better Musician

My inconsistent, unfocused practice was making it hard for me to improve as a musician. Once I started tracking my practice, my musical world opened up.

Interview: How pssoft7 uses tuneUPGRADE

An inside look at out how pssoft7 from Singapore uses tuneUPGRADE to upgrade piano practice!

9 Strategies for Improving Faster By Using Practice Notes

Practice notes can be a powerful way to improve your playing much faster. Let's talk about some basic strategies on when and how you can use them to make faster progress today.