How this rhythm trainer works
One bar of rhythm appears in real notation. You get a count-in — four clicks at 80 BPM — then you tap the rhythm on the pad while the beat keeps going. Every tap is graded against the grid to the millisecond: perfect, good, okay, or miss. Five bars per round, four levels from plain quarter notes to dotted figures.
Why tapping beats counting
You can name note values all day and still stumble when the page meets the pulse. Rhythm is a motor skill: the figure has to leave the eye and arrive in the hand on time. That's why this drill scores when you tap, not what you say — the same timing windows our sight-reading app uses, because "close enough" at the bench has an actual number.
From one bar to whole pieces
When dotted figures feel automatic, put rhythm back inside real music: sight reading practice explains the method, the note reading trainer covers the pitch half of reading, and the harmony drill trains your ear on real Bach.