Play Every Day Cards
Transform Your Music Practice
This virtual card deck is designed to make music practice fun and productive.
Dive right in. Look below for more instruction.
Playing and Practicing With The Cards
How it works
Play Every Day as an Infinite Game
The ultimate goal isn’t to win but to keep the music going. Having fun today means you’ll want to play again tomorrow.
Gameplay Options
⛵️ Journey Mode: Start with these cards. They guide you through engaging routines using other cards. If a prompt doesn’t make sense, click it for more info.
🎴Oracle Mode: Use specific cards when you hit a roadblock or need inspiration. Check “Mindset” cards for emotional ruts and “Power Practice” cards for technique issues.
📚 Choose-Your-Own Adventure: Skim through the deck or use the Index to craft your own practice journey. Take note of what you did so you can refine it another day. This is a form of composition.
Quick Tips
- The cards are a tool, not a distraction. Keep your focus on enjoying your practice.
- Good cards to start with:
- Learning A New Song
- Play Slowly
- Rhythmic Variation
Navigation
To view all the text on the back, you can either hover the cursor near the bottom or use the bar on the right side.
Click on links within a card to jump to other cards. If you can use the “Back” and “Forward” links to navigate your practice journey.
You can filter the cards by clicking on the category button. Click on “Index” to find exactly the card you need. There’s also a “Random” button if you’re feeling adventurous.
Practice Toolkit
You can also find the cards in the “Practice Toolkit” at the bottom of all lesson pages. This can be useful if you’re learning a particular song or skill and need the lesson content for that (along with the cards).
Journal
If a card helps you, then please take note of that.
Use “Your Practice Journal” (found in the Practice Toolkit at the bottom of this and all lesson pages). Or use whatever journal system works best for you (paper journal, google docs, etc.)
This accomplishes two things:
- It will give you clarity on your own process and progress.
- It will help us to discover what’s useful about PED.
Thanks
We’re excited to hear how you make the cards your own. Share any creative uses you discover! And thanks for taking part.
Categories
Journey ⛵️
Start here. “Journey” cards are step-by-step routines that guide you through practice sessions. Feel free to reuse them with different songs or song parts. The more you use them, the easier it’ll be to craft your own journeys.
Every Day 📆
These cards offer strategies and games to encourage a consistent daily practice. Think of them as your core foundations for daily growth.
Power Practice 💪
Use these cards to practice more efficiently, but keep it fun. They’re all about turning challenges into games, so you’re always engaged.
Play 🎮
Unleash your creativity with these cards. They encourage improvisational practice, giving you insights you might miss during structured practice.
Mindset 🧠
These cards help set you up for successful learning. Some offer practical strategies like spaced repetition, while others focus on cultivating a healthy attitude, such as a growth mindset.
Random 🃏
Shuffle the deck using this category. Flip through the cards to find inspiration, insights, or guidance for your practice.
Index 🗂️
Find all the cards listed alphabetically here. Ideal for when you’re looking for something specific.
Structure Explained
Think of each card as an iceberg.
💡 The front of the card is like the tip of the iceberg: a concise practice prompt. If you get it right away, that’s all you need.
🔄 For more details, hover over the card to flip it. The back contains an explanation and links to related cards. Click those if you’re curious.
🐇 Want to go even deeper? Scroll down to the “Deeper Dive” section for links to extended lessons and workshops.
Your Practice Journal
Use this or your own journal to take note of cards you play. Take other notes on how you use the cards and how the experience feels.
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Jason, when the Practice Journal is submitted, does it also go to you so you can read comments?
I am able to see what’s written in the practice journals, but I don’t typically check them. It’s really something for you to track your progress…
Great chord tabs!! I use these a lot 🎶
Yes, handy to have that and other items in the toolkit with us as we navigate different pages. Thanks for mentioning this 👍🏽
Looooove this!! I would also love to see an insanely simple deck. Like… Do 1, 2, 3 done. But I’ll likely get the hang of it!
Love this feedback. We’ll talk more soon.
Have you tried the Journey cards?
I’m doing this every day but still can’t get to my Practice Journal to record it.
I have committed to play every day! The cards keep me focused and organized. This course is a steady flow of new ideas.
As always, great work Jason!!!!
Jason, thanks for the encouragement. I’m learning ‘Whiskey Before Breakfast’.
The idea of learning chunks is good. I’m learning to slow down, taking one chunk at a time, repeating and repeating
(looping). Makes a big difference. I tend to want to move on. But you are right, looping a difficult part teaches me quicker.
I’m going to try to be consistent with ‘Play Every Day’.
Really enjoy your course.
Robert
I think I would use these to scan for ideas when writing down what to practice the next day. I often forget about improvisation. I think the best way to advance is to become your own teacher like you say. The resources listed in this area would be very helpful. Don’t know where it would fit in but I also try to figure the key and chords when practicing a tune.
I’m excited to see how these cards develop, and I’m already enjoying using them.
How are you using the cards? I’m curious about the process….
Like Grace, playing every day is not a problem for me as I would miss my fiddle fix otherwise! I actually missed a day this last week as we were travelling back to the UK from our winter retreat in Southern Spain & after 10 hours at the wheel, my arms needed some rest. I made a silly mistake of leaving my fiddle in a cold vehicle overnight & the strings slackened causing the bridge to move, fortunately the sound peg stayed put! Took me 30 minutes or so to get it back in tune whilst playing in our cabin on the ferry! I’m now catching up on all the group lessons I’ve missed. I learn by ear & my ongoing challenge is to read music, which I can only slowly work out at the moment.
Playing every day has never been a problem for me. It’s almost an obsession. I watch VERY LITTLE TV, and truly enjoy playing the violin. I’m currently trying to analyze my study and learning patterns to help me memorize music more easily. I’m a well educated person and have hit a real stumbling block with being able to learn by ear.. I have no intention to give up so I’m pondering how I studied years ago and am trying to figure out how to swing from how I learned facts to how to grasp tone and tunes without the notes written in front of me. Back to the call and response——-
Grace, I always enjoy your comments!
Like you, I’m working on how to reassess my learning skills so that I can learn a little faster. I’m not looking to be a speed demon, but the tedium of constant repetition is sometimes discouraging. I do a lot of reading in brain resilience and learning music (mostly to understand learning), and I have concluded that at our age, we may need to look for different kinds of learning strategies. I’m hoping this new project of Jason’s will help me along this journey. It’s exciting to be searching for novel ways to learn!