ABRSM Music CaseStudent User Guide

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Sign upAll users will have to sign up for a new account before they can use the app. You cannot use any current ABRSM account details with

Music Case.

It only takes a couple of minutes and then you will be able to access all the features of the app.

1Select Sign up for an

ABRSM account

2Enter your date of birth

4Create your account

5Verify your account email

address

6Success!

Create a username: This must begin with a letter or number and can contain letters, numbers and following symbols _ -

Create a password: This must be between 8 and 64 characters and have at least 3 of the following:- A lowercase letter- An uppercase letter- A digit- A symbol

Enter your email address then verify

it using the code we will send to you.

If it doesn’t arrive check your spam

folder.

Complete all the remaining fields (all the fields in this page are mandatory) then tap create.

If you are under 13 you will need a parent to set up an account for you.

Android users tap the year to easily find the year you need to enter.

3Select your role

Music Case is designed to be owned and used by the student. If you sign up as a teacher you will not see the practice tracking tools that are available to the student.

To see the full student feature set and experience please visit www.abrsm.org/musiccase

Your account is being created.

If you have any difficulty signing

up or any other questions or

feedback please contact

musiccase@abrsm.ac.uk

Notebooks

Create a Notebook to store all the practice goals that your teacher sets you. You can even share i t with your teacher, parentsor friends.

They’re quick to set up and can be created by simply entering the instrument you are learning.

1Tap ‘Add a notebook’

2Set up the notebook

3Select your instrument

Only the Instrument field is mandatory

4Complete the form

5Your notebook has been

created!

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Practice goals

Create Practice Goals for each task you want to work on when practising.

You can add videos, recordings or images to each goal you set yourself to remind you what you need to do as

you work on them between lessons.

6Your practice goal has

been created!

…like performances on YouTube

5Add links to relevant

websites

4Add related videos, audio clips

or images

Maybe you grab a video of your teacher demonstrating

for you before you leave the lesson!

2Select up to three skills

that this goal willdevelop – this will help

your stats!

3Add further details

Give it a simple description and

add any other useful info.

1From the notebook

screen tap ‘’Set a new practice goal’ and give

it a name

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Notebook sharingYou can share a notebook with a teacher, parent or friend. Once a notebook is shared they wil l be able to see your practicegoals, the total time you have practised and the number of days practised in a row for each goal. Users viewing a sharednotebooks will not be able to see any recordings or other media that the notebook creator has saved to their practice goals.

To share your notebook, the person you want to share with must go to the shared tab. Select the “Scan a new code” button

and scan your QR code.

4Your notebook has

successfully been saved

3Select a role for the user

you are sharing with

2Once scanned, accept

the notif ication to share the notebook

1Select the share icon at

the top right of the notebook screen to generate a QR code.

6See who you’ve shared

your notebook with

5From QR code screen

the share can be removed

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Practice session

Once a practice goal is created, select i t f rom your notebook and the app will start logging your practice time .

On the Practice session screen you can use the toolbar at the bot tom to quickly create recordings of yourself practicing.Recording your practice and listening back to i t is a great way to identify where you can improve. Save to show your teacheror to listen back to and hear how much you have progressed.

5Use the next button to

select a different goal to practice

4Listen back to the

recording to hear where you can improve

3Use the toolbar to

record your practice

2View the media you have

collected for this goal

1Once on this screen,

t ime will be recordedagainst your goal

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4Select a goal to make it

appear at the top of your notebook next t ime

you pract ice

3Select a goal here to make it

appear in the 'To Discuss'tab in your notebook for

next lesson

2Select how you felt about the session

1After selecting end practice you’ll be

prompted to review it

Practice session review

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Reviewing a practice session is a great way to end your practice. By thinking about what you found diff icult and what you should practise next you can make your next practice session a lot more productive.

Stats

View your stats to see how much you have been practising!

Use the skills tab after selecting an instrument to ensure that you are practising evenly across all of the skill groups.

6A nice round graph will

indicate you have a good balanced practice diet.

3Select a t ime range to see

your total t ime or the amount over the last 7

days.

4Get a handy view of how you’re feeling

about your practice...

2Select an instrument to view instrument specific

stats

1Your practice to date stats reflect all of your

time using the app

5…and where you have

been putting all that effort!

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Badges

You should be rewarded for all that hard work! Earn badges by completing set tasks. Once a badge has been earned it

will be collected on the Badges tab.

View the locked badges to see what you need to do to unlock them. There are loads to collect.

3Selecting a locked badge

shows you what you need to do to earn it

2Selecting a badge

shows you what you did to earn i t

1View all of the badges you’ve earned and that

are still locked

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