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Playing with a click
One more look at what you missed.
Musicians practise with a metronome's click.
The click never speeds up or slows down. So when you drift, you hear it right away.
A click at 80 BPM.
Tap along on the table and listen to your tap and the click together.
No sound? Check your volume, and that your phone is not on silent.
When you are right on it, the click seems to vanish.
Your tap and the click land together and sound like one. Drummers call this burying the click.
Your finger lands, then you hear the click. Early or late?
If you lose the click, stop and come back on one.
Do not chase it. Listen for a few clicks, count to four, and join in again.
Press Begin challenge. Try to make each tap and each click sound like one.
Front view of a mechanical metronome with its pendulum and tempo scale.
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The result tells you which way you leaned.
Ahead of the beat is rushing, behind it is dragging. Both are fixed by listening harder to the click.
Each mark on the line is one click. Make your tap and the click one sound.
You can play with a click.
What you learned
- A metronome's click never drifts, so it shows when you do.
- Tap before the click is early; tap after it is late.
- Lost the click? Stop, count to four, and come back on one.
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