Pendulum, tap tempo and accents
Metronome
BPM
Andanteat a walking pace
Tap a beat: accent, normal, soft, mute.
Time signature
Subdivision
Sound
Tempo trainer
Add
BPM
every
bars
up to
BPM
Start slow and let it walk you up to speed.
Space starts and stops · ← → change the tempo by 1, ↑ ↓ by 5 · T taps
How to practice with a metronome
- Start slower than you think you need. Play it clean at a tempo you own, then climb a few beats at a time.
- Put the click on beats 2 and 4 only (mute 1 and 3, the way a drummer's backbeat falls) and the metronome starts to feel like a band.
- Mute a whole bar now and then. If you land back on the click when it returns, your inner clock is doing the work.
- For swing, set Eighths and push the slider toward 67%: that is the triplet shuffle most jazz and blues sits on.
- The tempo trainer adds a few beats every few bars. Each run starts from your tempo, so you can repeat the climb.