Stave & Page

Practice
Journal

for every instrument, undated

A practice journal for your tablet that you can start any month, of any year. Plan the month, log each session, and see your practice add up.

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Practice Journal

Write it down,
then play.

Practice goes further when you know what you came to the instrument to do. This journal gives each session a page, each week a plan and each month a shape, without asking you to fill in more than you need.

  • Undated, so you can begin in any month and skip the weeks you're away.
  • Every month tab, calendar square and day button is a link.
  • Built by Alyssa Filardo, a working pianist and teacher in Dublin, for real practice, in real time.
Monthly page: a six-week calendar with a quarter note in each square, goals for the month and a repertoire table Daily page: Monday, with ruled lines for practice notes, a reflection section and a five-note session rating

Practice Journal

What's inside

607 pages, A4, all linked together. Tap any page to see it larger.

Monthly page

Twelve months

Write in your dates and colour in a note each day you practice. Goals and repertoire for the month sit underneath.

Weekly page

A plan for each week

A short to-do list pulled from your goals, with buttons to each day.

Daily page

A page every day

Pieces, tempos and methods, a few lines of reflection and a rating for the session.

Method codes page

Method codes

22 shorthand codes like SP for slow practice and HS for hands separate, plus room for your own.

Four colours

The Practice Journal comes in blue, deep green, burgundy or plum. The colour runs through the cover, the tabs and the details on every page.

  • Practice Journal cover in blueBlue
  • Practice Journal cover in deep greenDeep green
  • Practice Journal cover in burgundyBurgundy
  • Practice Journal cover in plumPlum

Free sample

Try a week first

Not sure yet? Download a free week of the Practice Journal: the how-to guide, the method codes, one month page and a full week with a page for each day. Open it in your notes app and try it with whatever you're working on now.

Download the free sample 16 pages, PDF · GoodNotes, Notability and PDF Expert · no sign-up needed
Free sample cover: Practice Journal, free sample, one week to try A weekly page from the free sample, with day buttons and a to-do list

Lesson & Practice Journal

One book for teacher and student

A separate journal made for lessons. Teacher and student share the one book. You write the lesson pages: pieces, tempo goals and notes for the week. Your student fills in the seven practice days that follow and brings it back next time.

52 lessons, undated, so it works for a 32-week academy year or a studio that teaches all year round.

Studio licences coming soon
Lesson page for the teacher: practice day buttons and four sections for pieces, each with a tempo goal Practice day page for the student: date, weekday, practice notes, reflection and session rating

Get the Practice Journal

Pick your colour, open it in your notes app and start with this month.

  • Undated
  • Four colours
  • 607 hyperlinked pages
  • Any instrument
  • Works offline
  • Instant download
Choose your colour

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