A deliberate practice app for guitar players who want to level up

Posted by adityaathalye 3/29/2025

A deliberate practice app for guitar players who want to level up(www.captrice.io)

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kristianp 4/1/2025|

Does this kind of thing exist for piano?

euroderf 4/1/2025|

Or for bass guitar ?

naiquevin 4/1/2025||

I haven’t tried using it for bass guitar but I believe it should just work? I assume you want tabs for bass guitar. Alphatab, the tablature editor supports bass guitar and other stringed instruments too. I guess it even supports notation for drums/percussion.

For that matter, I think the app should work for practicing any instrument that can be practiced with a metronome if you ignore tablature (which is only for reference anyway).

For now I want focus on guitar as that’s my primary use case but I’d love to extend it for other instruments in future.

naiquevin 4/1/2025||

I am going through the alphatex docs in more detail and looks like other stringed instruments and even piano are already supported.

Check this for bass guitar - https://alphatab.net/docs/alphatex/metadata#tuning

Check the example here for piano - https://alphatab.net/docs/alphatex/notes/#multiple-voices

henriquez 4/1/2025||

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lewisleclerc 4/1/2025||

Is it just me or the reviews here look like fake reviews on Amazon?

pivic 4/1/2025|

I'd remove 'deliberate' from all copy as it reduces faith in the product; it's worse than 'opinionated'…

ammojamo 4/1/2025||

Just as another data point, I think the word 'deliberate' is entirely appropriate as it differentiates between 'casual' practice (e.g. just playing through a bunch of songs and hoping you get better) vs deliberate practice where you are working on a specific exercise with a specific goal. I can't really relate to what the parent post is saying.

rukuu001 4/1/2025|||

I think it’s good to differentiate between ‘practice that makes a difference’ and ‘noodling about,’ in the words of my old teacher, which is practice that doesn’t concentrate on improving anything specific.

Is there a different word you’d choose? ‘Intentional’ is equally misused.

glial 4/1/2025|||

I hear what you're saying. On the other hand, "deliberate practice" is a term of art.

bravoetch 4/1/2025|||

Deliberate practice is a jargon term in the world of learning a musical instrument.

naiquevin 4/1/2025||

I mean “deliberate” to be the adjective for “practice” and not “app”.

Thanks for the suggestion though. Definitely something to think about. I personally hate “opinionated” too.