Practice app · Jason Zac
Finish the Phrase
I play two bars. You play the next two. Three phrases to answer. Pick one, pick a key, press play, and answer in the gap. Then come back to the start and go round again.
Phrase
Key
What plays
Press play. The count-in is one bar of clicks, then it loops until you stop it.
My two bars, then yours
Two bars of piano, then two bars of space for your answer. It loops: answer, come back to the start, answer again.
Count it
Read it
See it · tap the keys to play them
Phrase 1 · key of G · 74 bpm
right hand left hand your two bars chord names
Record your two bars
Press record. You hear the count-in and my two bars, then the gap is yours: play on a MIDI keyboard or tap the keys above. It stops by itself after your two bars.
No MIDI keyboard? Tap the keys above while you record.
The four rules
Stuck? Four ways in · answers to phrase 1
Each one is a full answer you can play along with. Tap it to hear it, then make your own version.
What makes the two bars tick
Melody
D G F♯ G: a few notes, close together.
Rhythm
Hits on 1, 2e, 3, 4. One off-beat makes it move.
Harmony
G/B → B♭. Only the bass moves, B → B♭, a half step down. The top stays.
Form
Two bars that ask a question and wait. Your two bars answer it.
Can’t think of anything? Play one note on beat 1 of bar 3 and hold it. That is an answer.
A wrong note played twice is a choice.
If you can still play it tomorrow morning without looking at anything, it’s yours.
Metronome
On its own, no piano. Uses the tempo above.