Maintain a steady pulse when the guide drops out.
Tap every main beat from the start. Keep tapping when the guide becomes silent, then compare your pulse with the returning guide. In 6/8, one main beat lasts three eighth notes.
Tap at quarter-note positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
Start with the reference click, then continue the same quarter-note pulse as the click drops out. Your taps continue during the silent span.
Keep 12 evenly spaced taps across 3 bars. The guide is silent from quarter-note beat 5 to 9; the target pulse continues every 1 quarter-note beat.
Tap at quarter-note positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
The comparison changes the click’s silent span. Silence in the accompaniment does not mean silence in your tapping task.
Keep 16 evenly spaced taps across 4 bars. The guide is silent from quarter-note beat 5 to 13; the target pulse continues every 1 quarter-note beat.
Blocks show durations in quarter-note units. R marks a rest; > marks an accented attack. Numbers below each bar are quarter-note positions, which differ from the main beat in 6/8.
Check the idea: Reference-click silence and a target rest are different instructions.
Count evenly through the dropout. When the click returns, compare its alignment with the taps you maintained.
Maintain the pulse throughout each question, including the unaccompanied beats. Avoid waiting for the returning click before resuming.
Continue through a newly generated dropout from its own count-in. Check the return without correcting the earlier first response.
Each session starts with two guided questions, then your chosen practice set, followed by two new questions at a different tempo. First answers, same-question retries, and the final check have separate results.
Begin this lesson80 quarter-note BPM · 4/4 · With guidance
One bar without a guide click
Practice this level100 quarter-note BPM · 4/4 · Fewer hints
One bar without a guide click, Two bars without a guide click
Practice this level120 quarter-note BPM · 6/8 · Fewer hints
Two bars without a guide click, Three bars without a guide click
Practice this levelThe teacher pack includes 10 fixed questions, replay controls, a student sheet, and a separate answer key. The printed key and downloaded JSON use the same questions.
Original synthesized audio · A4 = 440 Hz · mono, 48 kHz WAV.
These references explain the underlying definitions. The examples and practice sequences here are generated for Earstep.