Set a tempo from 30 to 300 BPM, tap it in from a song you like, and practise to a steady click. Fretnook's metronome sits on the Recorder tab, so the same tempo drives your count-in, your drum machine and your backing band.
The metronome strip sits just under the record, play and stop buttons.
Type a number from 30 to 300, or use Tap: tap the button along with a song a few times and it works out the tempo.
Choose 2, 3, 4 or 6 beats per bar. The lights show the beat and mark the first beat of each bar.
The click plays while the app is listening. Turn on Count-In if you want one bar of clicks before a recording starts.
Slow enough for careful practice of a hard passage, fast enough for up-tempo playing.
Tap along to a track and the BPM sets itself, which beats guessing the speed of a song.
Cover common time, waltz time and compound feels such as 6/8.
Get a bar of clicks before recording starts, so you come in on the beat.
Glance at the lights instead of listening for the accent.
The drum machine, the recorder and the AI backing band all follow the same BPM.
Start slower than you think you need to. Pick a tempo where you can play a passage cleanly three times in a row, then raise it by a few BPM. If you make a mistake, drop back a little and build up again. This gives you a reliable speed instead of a passage you can only play once.
Try putting the click on beats 2 and 4 in your head, or practise with a drum pattern instead of a bare click. Once you can play comfortably in time, a drum groove or the backing band makes the practice feel more like playing music and less like an exercise.
A count-in plus a steady click means every track you record lines up with the others. When you overdub a second guitar or a bass line, they all share the same grid, so editing and mixing are much simpler. Use headphones for the click so it does not leak into the microphone.
Fretnook is free and runs in your browser. Your microphone audio and recordings stay on your device.