For music and dance
Learn the tricky bar, then bring it up to tempo
Loop a riff, a passage or an eight-count, slow it down without losing your place, and let the speed trainer bring it back to full speed.
- Free, no sign-up to try
- Nothing downloaded
- Plays in YouTube’s own player
How it works
How to practise a song or dance section from a YouTube video
- 1
Clip the passage
Paste the lesson, cover or performance link and set the start and end on the passage. Use the lead-in to start a beat early.
- 2
Set your practice speed
Slow it to where you can play or dance it cleanly, or turn on the speed trainer to add a few percent each loop.
- 3
Build a practice set
Clip every section of the piece. Sign in to keep them in a folder, or put them in order as a lesson for your students.
Practise the way teachers tell you to
Slow, accurate repetition, then small increases in tempo. That’s what the speed trainer does: it starts at the percentage you pick and adds your step on each loop, so you don’t stop to change settings between repeats.
A pause between loops gives you time to play the phrase back, and a repeat count stops after, say, ten times so you can move on.
For teachers of music and dance
- Send students a link to the exact section, already slowed and looping.
- Add notes with fingerings, counts or cues; timestamps in notes jump to that moment.
- Compare two clips side by side, such as the original and a student’s video, with a shared speed.
- Turn on private feedback comments pinned to moments in a clip.
Questions
Does slowing down change the pitch?
In most browsers YouTube’s player keeps the pitch when you change speed. Very slow speeds can sound less smooth.
Can I split a song into sections quickly?
Yes. Signed in, paste a list of timestamps with names (like 0:32 Verse, 1:05 Chorus) or use the video’s chapters to make all the clips at once.
Does it work for dance videos with mirrored moves?
Clips play the video as it was uploaded; there’s no mirror option.
Related
- Slow down part of a YouTube video, then build back upLoop the hard part at a speed you can manage, and let the speed trainer raise it a little on every repeat until you’re at full speed.
- Loop any part of a YouTube videoPick a start and end, and that section replays until you stop it. Slow it down, pause between repeats, or share the loop as a link.
- Coach technique from the exact momentClip the swing, the set play or the lift, add your cues, compare two clips side by side, and give feedback pinned to the moment that matters.
Try it with your own video
Paste a YouTube link at the top of this page. It takes less than a minute.
Paste a link to start