Press Play for a click at 80 BPM (Andante). Change the accents, add subdivisions, or switch to the drum machine.
Add BPM every bars, up to BPM.
Play bars, then go quiet for . Keep playing through the gap and see if you land back in time.
Stop after minutes.
Your hand keeps moving down and up the whole time. The boxes only show when it touches the strings.
Your log is saved in this browser, on this device.
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The tuner listens through your microphone, works out which string you're playing and goes green when you're within 3 cents. Nothing is recorded or sent anywhere. The tuner is also in the menu at the top of every page.
Send Joe a clip and get personal feedback on your playing, plus a plan for what to work on next.
See Mentorship Plans80 BPM means 80 beats a minute, one click every 0.75 seconds. In classical terms it's around Andante. Laid-back territory: hip-hop, R&B, reggae and mid-tempo ballads. It's also where most people learn a new riff before taking it up to speed.
At 80 BPM, 8th notes come 2.7 times a second and 16th notes 5.3 times a second. In half time it feels like 40 BPM, and in double time like 160.
A good starting point for the speed trainer: add 5 BPM every 4 bars and see how far you can go while it still feels relaxed.
Handy for setting delay times and checking how long notes should last.
| Note | Length |
|---|---|
| Whole note | 3000 ms |
| Half note | 1500 ms |
| Quarter note (one click) | 750 ms |
| Dotted 8th | 562 ms |
| 8th note | 375 ms |
| 8th-note triplet | 250 ms |
| 16th note | 188 ms |
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80 BPM is 80 beats a minute, one beat every 750 milliseconds. It's around Andante in classical tempo terms.
An 8th note at 80 BPM lasts 375 ms, a 16th note 188 ms and a dotted 8th 562 ms.