Most pianists spend too much time repeating what they already know and too little time working on what actually needs attention.
The challenge isn't spending more time at the piano. It's maintaining attention, noticing mistakes as they happen, and consistently returning to the passages that need work most. It's maintaining attention during solitary practice, resisting the temptation to play through mistakes, and consistently returning to the passages that actually need work.
The Deliberate Pianist continuously guides attention toward the bars that need work most. Stable passages fade into the background. Fragile passages return until they become reliable. Practice becomes more focused, more deliberate, and ultimately more musical.
Practice, feedback, review, and musical progress in a single workflow.
The video below shows the core workflow of the system.
Work directly from the score on your tablet while connected to a MIDI piano.
Weak passages are identified automatically and revisited until they become reliable.
See weak spots, heatmaps, retention trends and long-term progress after every session.
Advanced amateurs, conservatory students, piano teachers, and returning pianists working on substantial repertoire.
Like many pianists, I found myself repeatedly playing through pieces and hoping difficult passages would eventually improve. Sometimes they did. Often they didn't. The Deliberate Pianist grew out of a simple question: What if practice could continuously guide attention toward the places that need it most?
Are you interested in helping a serious piano practice app to come into life? Great! I would love for you to join the closed beta as I am interested in your feedback. Your advantage: you'll receive free access throughout the beta and direct contact with me during development. To do that, you simply sign up, try the software and share your honest feedback. Sounds good? Welcome on board!