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Rhythm & timing · Advanced · 6 min

Gear Shift: Triplets to Sixteenths

One bar of eighth-note triplets, one bar of sixteenths, back and forth.

How to play it
  1. Bar 1: three even notes per beat. Bar 2: four even notes per beat.
  2. Keep the beat itself dead still. Only the number of notes inside it changes.
  3. Use one muted string and alternate picking so the timing is the only variable.

What the coach checks: Timing of each attack.

Goal72 BPM · 80%
Your bestNo result yet
Rating–

Rhythm player

Hear the rhythm

1234

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 72 BPM or faster and the required accuracy. Slower Play attempts still produce practice scores.

Exercise map · 56 targets
  1. 1. 1Bar 1 · beat 1
  2. 2. tripBar 1 · beat 1.333
  3. 3. letBar 1 · beat 1.667
  4. 4. 2Bar 1 · beat 2
  5. 5. tripBar 1 · beat 2.333
  6. 6. letBar 1 · beat 2.667
  7. 7. 3Bar 1 · beat 3
  8. 8. tripBar 1 · beat 3.333
  9. 9. letBar 1 · beat 3.667
  10. 10. 4Bar 1 · beat 4
  11. 11. tripBar 1 · beat 4.333
  12. 12. letBar 1 · beat 4.667
  13. 13. 1Bar 2 · beat 1
  14. 14. eBar 2 · beat 1.25
  15. 15. &Bar 2 · beat 1.5
  16. 16. aBar 2 · beat 1.75
  17. 17. 2Bar 2 · beat 2
  18. 18. eBar 2 · beat 2.25
  19. 19. &Bar 2 · beat 2.5
  20. 20. aBar 2 · beat 2.75
  21. 21. 3Bar 2 · beat 3
  22. 22. eBar 2 · beat 3.25
  23. 23. &Bar 2 · beat 3.5
  24. 24. aBar 2 · beat 3.75
  25. 25. 4Bar 2 · beat 4
  26. 26. eBar 2 · beat 4.25
  27. 27. &Bar 2 · beat 4.5
  28. 28. aBar 2 · beat 4.75
  29. 29. 1Bar 3 · beat 1
  30. 30. tripBar 3 · beat 1.3330000000000002
  31. 31. letBar 3 · beat 1.6669999999999998
  32. 32. 2Bar 3 · beat 2
  33. 33. tripBar 3 · beat 2.333
  34. 34. letBar 3 · beat 2.667
  35. 35. 3Bar 3 · beat 3
  36. 36. tripBar 3 · beat 3.333
  37. 37. letBar 3 · beat 3.667
  38. 38. 4Bar 3 · beat 4
  39. 39. tripBar 3 · beat 4.333
  40. 40. letBar 3 · beat 4.667
  41. 41. 1Bar 4 · beat 1
  42. 42. eBar 4 · beat 1.25
  43. 43. &Bar 4 · beat 1.5
  44. 44. aBar 4 · beat 1.75
  45. 45. 2Bar 4 · beat 2
  46. 46. eBar 4 · beat 2.25
  47. 47. &Bar 4 · beat 2.5
  48. 48. aBar 4 · beat 2.75
  49. 49. 3Bar 4 · beat 3
  50. 50. eBar 4 · beat 3.25
  51. 51. &Bar 4 · beat 3.5
  52. 52. aBar 4 · beat 3.75
  53. 53. 4Bar 4 · beat 4
  54. 54. eBar 4 · beat 4.25
  55. 55. &Bar 4 · beat 4.5
  56. 56. aBar 4 · beat 4.75

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

1Target 1 of 56 · 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 5 · beat 1 of 4

1234

Tune first. Audio stays on this device.

Why this drill

Switching subdivisions without the tempo moving is what separates solid time from a good feel on a good day. The shift into sixteenths is where most players speed up.