Practice player

Slow your routine music down to learn the steps, without the singer sounding low. Loop the part you are working on. Your file stays on your device: nothing is uploaded.

How to learn a routine with it

1. Start at 75%. Mark the first 2 or 4 eight-counts until the steps feel automatic.
2. Loop just that part, and go to 90% when you stop thinking about the counts.
3. Add the next section, then run both together.
4. Finish every practice at 100%, so your body learns the real timing.

Teaching a class? Go to 50% to break down a tricky combination, and count out loud over it. Not sure where the counts fall? Get the song written out on an 8-count sheet with the lyrics on each count, or read how to count music for dance.

Which speed to practise at

• 50%: breaking a hard combination into single counts, or teaching beginners. Every count lasts twice as long.
• 75%: learning new choreography. Fast enough to feel the music, slow enough to think.
• 90%: once you know the steps, to clean arms, timing and spacing.
• 100%: always end here, so your timing matches the real song.
• 110%: stamina runs, so the real tempo feels easy on the day.

Slowing the song does not change the counts: count 1 is still count 1, and an 8-count is still 8 beats. It just takes longer. At 75%, a 4-second 8-count lasts about 5.3 seconds.

Good to know

• The pitch stays the same at every speed in current Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox. Very slow speeds can sound a little grainy.
• It plays files you have on your device. It cannot play songs from streaming apps.
• Need the tempo? Use the BPM finder or tap tempo.