All8.com
To find out the bpm of a song or music you can tap along with this tool: all8.com/tools/bpm.htm
Click where it says “Touch here” then start tapping to the beat and the BPM will be displayed. The longer you can tap for at an unchanging tempo, the more accurate the reading will be.
To then set a metronome, try “Nearest Whole” number, test the metronome and when you’re happy, time to get playing!
Radiooooo
It’s easy to live inside a bubble – a musical bubble. This App allows you to pick a country on the map of the world, pick a decade from the 1900s to today and just let yourself get carried away by the most beautiful musical collection on the planet.
Radiooooo.com is a collaborative site born in 2013 and an essential treasure chest for those who wish to discover great music.
We have been using Zoom in our studio for around three years after using Skype for years. We highly recommend Zoom for both its functionality and design and stability (of course – you will need a good internet connection).
We use iMovie to deliver our online lessons and edit movies. You will be surprised at it’s many features – nothing like a quick google to see if you can get your desired affect when editing something for students.
“If you are looking for a great resource to develop and maintain your beat vocabulary and rudimental proficiency, this is a great place to start” ~ Modern Drummer
Focus Keeper helps you keep your productivity high avoiding burnout by using the timer that gives you regular breaks. It’s like the modern version of a sand-timer. I use it all the time!
The Metronome by Soundbrenner is designed to be a professional tool to help you to play with rock-solid precision! It works great for daily practice, live performances or in the recording studio.
Highlights:
– Precise metronome packed into an intuitive, beautiful interface.
– Change your time signature, choose a subdivision and set accents.
– Powerful customization. Choose from different click sounds, enable Camera LED/Screen flash.
– World class setlist management. Save your own rhythms and load them in the Metronome.
– Dark and light theme designed to be functional. You have the power of choice.
We think TEMPO SLOW is the bee’s knees! Tempo SlowMo is an ideal practice tool for musicians. Tempo Slow has a simple design and helps you practice playing songs by slowing down or speeding up an audio tracks BPM (beats per minute) without affecting pitch. AMAZING!
Whilst this App is a couple of dollars, we think, for less than a cup of coffee, it’s worth getting due to its sophisticated features for the modern drummer. Unlike most of the free metronome apps available this app:
- Has a mixer that includes triplets
- My favourite thing is the time signatures. It includes whacky time-signatures like 5/4, 7/4, 10/4 and 11/4 etc – all of which we use for our more senior players
- It has a ‘library’ whereby you can set a tempo and refer to your song when opening the app – perfect for practice.
- It has a ‘tap’ feature’ so you can tap in a tempo to see what it is.
- It flashes a different colour on the 1. – This is super important for beginners or those that struggle with timing to ensure they sync back up with the 1.
- It’s Yamaha – and we think Yamaha are a pretty cool brand.
