D D D D. Press Play to hear it, slow it down, then strum along.
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 PlansFour downstrokes a bar, one on each beat. It's the first pattern to learn because it lets you focus on clean chord changes and steady time, and it's also the sound of driving punk and rock rhythm parts.
Written out it's D D D D: down on every beat. Count 1 2 3 4 out loud and play along with the trainer above. Press Play to hear it on a real chord with a click.
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Strum Trainer · Metronome · Backing tracks
Down on every beat: count "1 2 3 4" and strum where the pattern says. Keep your hand moving down and up even where you don't strum.
Start around 60 to 70 BPM, slow enough that every accent and mute lands in place, then speed up 5 BPM at a time.