Gesture Synth Practice Exercises

Minutes 0–3: Warm Up Recognition without Sound Chasing

Place the camera at chest or face height with even front lighting. Show both open hands, then lower and raise them slowly while keeping fingertips and wrists in frame. Watch the Left and Right indicators rather than listening for musical success during this first block.

Next hold one left-hand degree and keep the right hand at a moderate volume height. Count five stable readings. If the label flickers, widen the space between hands, simplify the background and slow down before changing any musical setting.

• Five stable two-hand detections.
• Five clean right-hand height changes.
• No crossed wrists or cropped fingertips.
• Stop and reset posture if the shoulders become tense.

Set up the camera for reliable hand tracking →

Minutes 3–6: Climb and Descend the Degree Ladder

Keep the right hand on a basic triad with steady volume. Move the left hand through I, II, III, IV and V, pausing until the screen confirms each degree. Then practise VI and VII separately because their special finger combinations differ from a simple finger count.

Descend from VII to I and record where mistakes occur. In C, say the roots B, A, G, F, E, D, C while you move. The spoken note provides a second check and builds the connection between a movable degree and its current key.

See every degree and quality mapping →

Minutes 6–10: Separate Chord Quality from Expression

Hold degree I with the left hand. Use the right-hand quality shapes for the basic triad, first inversion, seventh and dominant or diminished seventh, confirming the displayed chord after every change. If quality flickers, lock the major world so only one right-hand dimension is being tested.

Then return to the basic triad and isolate expression: move right-hand height for volume, tilt the wrist for filter tone and extend the thumb for the low octave. Change only one control for five repetitions before combining two. Keep the output quiet enough for comfortable repeated practice.

Open the focused chord player → · Learn what one hand can and cannot control →

Minutes 10–15: Add Timing and One Guided Song

Choose a built-in public-domain song or chord-only study from the picker. Match the first four targets without the metronome, then enable its stored tempo only when every hand shape is reliable. Aim to arrive early enough to hold a stable pose on the beat instead of moving exactly at the beat.

Finish by writing down one measurable result: the hardest transition, the fastest clean tempo or the number of first-attempt matches. On the next session, repeat that single transition before playing the whole arrangement. Consistent feedback turns the routine into skill development rather than casual waving.

• Begin with four targets, not the whole arrangement.
• Practise the hardest transition five times in isolation.
• Increase tempo only after five clean repetitions.
• End the session if arm, wrist or shoulder movement becomes uncomfortable.

Browse guided Gesture Synth songs → · Learn BPM and count-in controls →