Ultimate metronome and training app for percussions Work-in-progress
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The purpose of this app is to help drummers and percussionists during training and rehearsals. The purpose of the app is to help musicians develop their timing, rhythm, and overall groove, it aims to provide a comprehensive set of features that allow users to practice and improve their skills in a structured and effective way.
It is expected to support functions such as:
- Advanced metronome with various kinds of tones and sounds
- Creation and playback of complex percussion tracks
- Support for arbitrary swing playback
- Different visualization modes including music score and rhythm clock
- MIDI input support for training
The time signature is a way to express the rhythm of a piece of music. It consists of two numbers, the top number indicates how many beats are in a measure, and the bottom number indicates what type of note gets one beat. For example, in 4/4 time, there are four beats in a measure, and the quarter note gets one beat.
The tempo is the speed at which a piece of music is played. It is usually measured in beats per minute (BPM). A higher BPM means a faster tempo, while a lower BPM means a slower tempo.
Swing is a rhythmic feel that is commonly used in jazz and other styles of music. It involves playing notes with a slight delay, creating a "swing" feel.
The most common swing feel is the swung eighth notes, where the first eighth note of a pair is played longer than the second, creating a triplet feel. This can be notated as a dotted eighth note followed by a sixteenth note. Here is an example shuffled 8th on piano.
The accents in swing eighth notes can vary, but they typically emphasize the first note of the pair. This creates a "bouncy" feel that is characteristic of swing music. The exact accentuation should follow the melody for pitched instruments.
Swing can be performed as swung sixteenth notes as well. Here is an example shuffled 16th with Superstition from Stevie Wonder.
The distribution of the duration of the notes can be as well reversed, i.e. short-long instead of long-short. Here is a complete explanation with examples.