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The {{Nihongo|'''Practice'''|練習|Renshū}}, informally known as the '''tutorial'''<ref>"You can play through the tutorial as a warm-up before attempting the full rhythm game. Plus, if you’re struggling with a particular song, you can always revisit the tutorial for extra practice." ~ [https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/tips-tricks/rhythm-heaven-megamix-tips-tricks/ News & Tips], ''[https://play.nintendo.com/ Play Nintendo]''</ref>, is a section that plays before starting a [[Rhythm Game]] or [[Endless Game]].

 

Typically, the practice explains to the player all the actions they are going to do in the game itself. For most of the games in the [[Rhythm Heaven Series]], practice appears before each Rhythm Game that introduces new mechanics, with a few exceptions in ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]''. Practice never appears before remixes, and rarely appears before arrange versions (with some exceptions, such as ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s version of [[Micro-Row 2 (Wii)|Micro-Row 2]] and [[Packing Pests 2]]).

[[Spaceball|Air Batter]] has a different form of practice, in which the game loops the start indefinitely until the player hits enough balls successfully. Certain games without practice, such as [[Polyrhythm]], additionally have instructions present on the screen for the duration of the game.

In ''[[Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade)|the arcade version]]'', every practice returns unaltered in the 1 Player mode. It can be skipped by pressing the Start button instead, which in turn can no longer pause the game. Every game from the first five Stages which originally did not have a practice (and some that did) now have an animated tutorial explaining the game, without allowing the player to try it out for themselves. In the [[Two-Player Menu|2 Player mode]], every game has the animated tutorial, including the arrange versions. The games from the Extra Stage do not have practices in either mode, however.

[[File:Ringside Practice.png|thumb|200px|Practice for [[Ringside]].]]In ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]'', every [[Rhythm Game]] has it's own practice theme, mainly a chiptune version of the game's song. The player needs to complete a varying amount of sets to advance the practice, which are shown with a counter. The games also include a {{Nihongo|'''Demonstration'''|お手本中・・・|Otehon-chū...}} if the player spends too long on a set, in which case they can press the ① button to have the game automatically play the section to demonstrate the timing. The Demonstration is not available for the [[Endless Games]] or [[Extra Games]], which also return to requiring only one successful set without a counter, and using a new arrangement of the old music (called "[[Music Corner|Practice Theme]]"). It can be skipped by pressing the ⊝ button. Games without a practice are distinguished with the line "(No Practice.)" (or "(And no practice for you!)" in ''Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise'') in the game's description. In the [[Two-Player Menu|Two Player]] games, the practice is played the same as with the One Player version, with one practice for each player.