Opens in a new tab. Review the settings, then press Start when ready.
Choose a comfortable passage and a tempo at which it is already accurate.
Listen for four bars and notice where each beat sits in your movement.
Continue through one silent bar without speeding up or holding back.
When the click returns, observe whether you are early, late or aligned.
Repeat four rounds before changing anything.
Listen
Listen for the returning downbeat. Do not correct at the last moment.
Check
Listen to the three returning clicks in this four-round run. Repeat the setup until your next downbeat meets each return without a sudden correction. Then lengthen the silent section while your playing stays relaxed.
Adjust
Shorten the silence or return to continuous clicks if the downbeat repeatedly arrives early or late.
Question for the next practice
Were you early, late or aligned when the click returned?
Opens in a new tab. Review the settings, then press Start when ready.
Play the passage accurately three times without the trainer and choose that tempo as the start.
Set a target 20–30 BPM higher, not your absolute maximum.
Use a 5 BPM change every four bars.
During each block, keep the same movement and subdivision.
Stop if errors repeat, the pulse becomes uneven or tension rises.
Listen
Listen for uneven spacing as a new bar block begins.
Check
The ramp is ready to progress when the notes stay accurate, the rhythm stays steady and your movement stays relaxed through the final block. If reaching the target makes any of those worse, lower the target and try again.
Adjust
Stop and lower the target if errors repeat, movement tightens or the pulse becomes uneven.
Question for the next practice
Which tempo step first changed accuracy, spacing or ease?
Opens in a new tab. Review the settings, then press Start when ready.
Set 6/8 at 60 BPM and choose 8ths under Subdivisions so all six eighth-note positions sound.
Count “ONE two three FOUR five six” for four bars.
Clap only ONE and FOUR while continuing to say all six counts.
Play your passage while feeling two large beats, each divided into three.
Switch Subdivisions to Main beats and keep the smaller subdivisions internally.
Listen
ONE and FOUR begin the two large beats; the next ONE begins a new bar.
Check
Progress when the passage stays steady with Subdivisions set to Main beats. The six eighth-note positions should remain even, and the next downbeat should stay clear without counting aloud.
Adjust
Return to audible eighths and count ONE two three FOUR five six before removing smaller clicks.
Question for the next practice
Did the six eighth notes stay evenly spaced when only two clicks sounded?
Opens in a new tab. Review the settings, then press Start when ready.
Start the 4/4 task at 80 quarter-note BPM. Count one, two, three, four for four bars.
Stop and use the meter table below to compare 6/8. Its BPM counts dotted-quarter beats; each contains three eighth notes.
For 7/8, the BPM counts eighth notes while the main clicks mark unequal groups. Say the full grouping before comparing tempos.
Listen
Compare the named unit, not the BPM number alone. Four quarter-note beats, two dotted-quarter beats and unequal eighth-note groups are different bar structures.
Check
Explain which note the BPM counts in 4/4, 6/8 and 7/8, and count one bar of each without adding a beat.
Adjust
Work with 4/4 and 6/8 first. Say the unit name before reading the number.
Question for the next practice
Which note does the BPM count, and where does the bar begin again?
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