Timing lab
12 timing lessons for MIDI pads and your keyboard, 66–88 BPM, starting at beginner level. 2 free to play, with feedback on every hit.
- 1Quarter-note pulseLock to the beat: every hit lands on a quarter note.70 BPM · 4 min · Beginner
- 2Eighth notesSteady 8ths on the hat, then the same 8ths on the ride.72 BPM · 5 min · Beginner
- 3Backbeat with eighthsProA real two-bar soul groove: 8th hats, backbeat, open hat into the loop.78 BPM · 5 min · Beginner
- 4Fill on fourProYour first fill: snare, high tom, low tom on beat 4, then crash on time.76 BPM · 6 min · Beginner
- 5Sixteenths with two handsPro16ths split between hands: right on the 8ths, left on the 16ths between.66 BPM · 6 min · Intermediate
- 6Push the third beatProA real two-bar pop groove: bar 2 moves the kick to the "and" of 3.84 BPM · 6 min · Intermediate
- 7Off-beat kickProKick on 1 and the "a" of 1, 3 and the "a" of 3: a Brazilian baião groove.84 BPM · 7 min · Intermediate
- 8Two-beat fillProFour bars of groove with a two-beat fill, hands taking turns.84 BPM · 8 min · Intermediate
- 9Behind and aheadProThe same backbeat played laid back in bar 1 and pushed in bar 2.80 BPM · 7 min · Advanced
- 10Clave over the pulseProSon clave 3-2 on the rim over two bars, with a steady kick and pedal hat.88 BPM · 7 min · Advanced
- 11Straight to tripletsProSwitch the hats from 8ths to triplets to a shuffle, over a steady backbeat.76 BPM · 9 min · Advanced
- 12Long-phrase enduranceProEight bars: hats, a one-beat fill, a ride section and a two-beat fill.86 BPM · 10 min · Advanced