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Quarter-note click

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Pulse and subdivision

Quarter-note click · ♩ = 60 → 1000 ms

Choose the note value represented by the click. Its interval in seconds is 60/BPM. Keep the pulse internally through silent clicks.

Example

Counting cue / check · ♩ = 60 / 1000 ms

Counting cue / check

♩ = 60 1000 ms

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How would you test the internal pulse?

AnswerCount two bars and match the next downbeat with the click. If it drifts, vocalise the subdivision more slowly first.

Related topics

Tempo, BPM and bars

References

Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom · Further reading

Subject-expert review pending.