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    Quick metronome

    • 7/8 grouped 2+2+3

      7/8 at 120 BPM (eighth-note beats); 2+2+3 grouping; Main beats.

      Clap the start of each group, then play seven even eighth notes without adding a pause.

    • 11/8 grouped 3+3+3+2

      11/8 at 120 BPM (eighth-note beats); 3+3+3+2 grouping; Main beats.

      Hold the eighth-note spacing steady while the last two-note group returns you to one.

    • Compound duplets

      6/8 at 120 BPM (dotted-quarter beats); 2 beats; Duplets.

      Feel two broad dotted-quarter beats in 6/8 while the duplet click marks each halfway point.

    • Backbeat on 2 and 4

      4/4 at 120 BPM (quarter-note beats); 4 beats; Main beats; beat pattern: mute, normal, mute, normal.

      Count every quarter-note beat aloud and let the click confirm only two and four.

    • Between beats

      4/4 at 120 BPM (quarter-note beats); 4 beats; Between beats.

      Keep the numbered quarter-note beats in your body while the clicks sound on the intervening positions.

    Practice

    • Four on, one off

      120 BPM; 4 click bars, 1 silent bar, 4 rounds; 1 count-in bar.

      Play through the silent bar and compare your next downbeat with the returning click.

    • Expanding silence: one bar

      120 BPM; 4 click bars, 1 silent bar, 4 rounds; 1 count-in bar.

      Begin a three-setup progression with one silent bar. Each step is a separate fixed run.

    • Expanding silence: two bars

      120 BPM; 4 click bars, 2 silent bars, 4 rounds; 1 count-in bar.

      After the one-bar step is steady, try two silent bars in a separate run.

    • Expanding silence: four bars

      120 BPM; 4 click bars, 4 silent bars, 4 rounds; 1 count-in bar.

      Move to four silent bars only after you can meet the returning click reliably.

    • 70 to 120 by five

      70 to 120 BPM by 5 every 4 complete bars; 1 count-in bar.

      Raise tempo only after four complete bars. Stop if the passage becomes tense.

    • Controlled descent

      120 to 70 BPM by 5 every 4 complete bars; 1 count-in bar.

      Lower tempo by five after each four-bar block while keeping the sound and movement even.

    • Ten-minute focus

      120 BPM; 10 minutes; 1 count-in bar.

      Choose one passage and use the fixed duration to practise without changing the task midway.

    • Sixteen exact bars

      120 BPM; 16 bars; 1 count-in bar.

      Repeat a phrase across sixteen practice bars and observe where the downbeat starts to drift.

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