Praxis is a purpose-built music practice application designed for real players in real sessions. Whether you are a full-time gigging musician managing large set lists, a weekly worship player preparing for Sunday, or a brand-new player learning your first songs, Praxis gives you a single, focused workspace for practice, rehearsal, and performance prep.
The core idea is simple: keep your songs, playlists, lyrics/tabs, transport controls, and MIDI workflow in one system so you can spend less time managing tools and more time actually practicing.
This help system is intentionally detailed. Use the table of contents to jump straight to the section you need, then come back here any time you want a full-picture overview.
Who Praxis Is For
- Gigging musicians: keep large libraries organized, build reliable set lists, and move through songs quickly under pressure.
- Worship and weekly players: prepare service playlists, attach notes and charts, and keep transitions smooth.
- Teachers and students: control tempo and pitch for learning, annotate lyrics/tabs, and repeat difficult sections.
- Casual players: build a personal songbook and practice at your own pace with clean, distraction-free controls.
Core Workflow
Praxis is built around a fast, repeatable cycle:
- Organize songs in the Library with playlists, folders, tags, and notes.
- Select what you want to practice.
- Enter the Player and focus on playback, timing, lyrics/tabs, and repetition.
- Adjust tempo, gain, and loop/repeat behavior as needed.
- Use MIDI (optional) for hands-free control and cue automation.
Core Concepts
- Library: your master catalog of songs and metadata.
- Playlists: curated song collections; one song can live in multiple playlists.
- Folders: hierarchy for organizing playlists by band, event, project, or season.
- Queue: the active song order the player will run through.
- Lyrics Tabs: multiple text/tab views per song for charts, notes, or alternate arrangements.
- MIDI: external control mapping and per-song playback cue support.
What Makes Praxis Different
- Practice-first design: transport, timing, and readability are prioritized over media-library bloat.
- Predictable queue behavior: your current library view directly determines the player queue.
- Integrated lyrics/tab workflow: keep arrangements, section markers, and notes attached to each song.
- Remote control support: use Praxis Remote for hands-off control when practicing or rehearsing away from your computer.
- Import/export built in: move data in and out cleanly with Praxis packages and supported configuration imports.
What You See Is What You Queue
A key Praxis rule is: what you are viewing is what you will play.
- If you are viewing All Songs, the queue is your full library.
- If you select a playlist, the queue is that playlist.
- If you select a folder, the queue is the combined songs from playlists in that folder.
- If you apply a filter, the queue reflects only visible songs.
This behavior keeps playback intentional and eliminates guesswork when moving between library management and player mode.
Built To Grow With You
You can start simple with just songs and playlists, then add deeper workflows over time: multiple lyric/tab layouts, reusable templates, MIDI control mappings, remote control, and theme customization. Praxis scales from day-one practice sessions to high-volume, production-ready libraries without changing the underlying model.
Next Steps
If you are new, begin with Getting Started, then read Song Library and Playback. If you already have a collection in another app, go to Importing and Exporting to migrate your data and start practicing immediately.