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Rhythm & timing · Pro · 5 min

Dotted-Eighth Displacement

Hits every three sixteenths, so the accent walks across the beat for three bars.

How to play it
  1. Count sixteenths: 1-e-and-a. Hit on every third one.
  2. The hits land on 1, the 'a' of 1, the 'and' of 2, the 'e' of 3, then 4, and so on.
  3. After sixteen hits you arrive back on the downbeat. Tap your foot on the beat the whole time.

What the coach checks: Timing of each attack.

Goal90 BPM · 80%
Your bestNo result yet
Rating–

Rhythm player

Hear the rhythm

123

Tap any hit to hear it. Four clicks count you in.

Your practice room

Keep a steady pulse

Audio-attack timing feedback. This check does not identify chords or distinguish every background sound from a strum. Use a quiet room and visual beats.

This checkpoint needs 90 BPM or faster and the required accuracy. Slower Play attempts still produce practice scores.

Exercise map · 16 targets
  1. 1. BeatBar 1 · beat 1
  2. 2. AcrossBar 1 · beat 1.75
  3. 3. AcrossBar 1 · beat 2.5
  4. 4. AcrossBar 1 · beat 3.25
  5. 5. BeatBar 1 · beat 4
  6. 6. AcrossBar 1 · beat 4.75
  7. 7. AcrossBar 2 · beat 1.5
  8. 8. AcrossBar 2 · beat 2.25
  9. 9. BeatBar 2 · beat 3
  10. 10. AcrossBar 2 · beat 3.75
  11. 11. AcrossBar 2 · beat 4.5
  12. 12. AcrossBar 3 · beat 1.25
  13. 13. BeatBar 3 · beat 2
  14. 14. AcrossBar 3 · beat 2.75
  15. 15. AcrossBar 3 · beat 3.5
  16. 16. AcrossBar 3 · beat 4.25

Chord names and stroke directions are visual guidance. Rhythm scoring measures attack timing.

BeatTarget 1 of 16 · attack when the cue lights up

Keep counting through the spaces. Chord names and stroke directions are visual guides; only attack timing is measured.

Bar 1 of 4 · beat 1 of 4

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Tune first. Audio stays on this device.

Why this drill

A figure of three against a pulse of four is the rhythmic engine behind delay-driven guitar parts and a lot of modern riffing. It only works if you keep the four underneath.