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One click per bar

Open the interactive module

Pulse and subdivision

One click per bar · ● · · · → 4/4

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 · ● · · · / 4/4

Counting cue / check

● · · · 4/4

Try it

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

Subdividing the beat

References

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

Subject-expert review pending.