Free tool from Cole Davis · Better Bass Lessons
How Good Is Your Time, Really?
The click runs for four bars, then disappears for four. Keep playing. When it comes back you'll see exactly how many milliseconds you drifted, and which way.
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▶ Side A · Time Feel TestBBL-T01
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Silence lasts
Tap here (or press space) on every beat while the click is silent.
Phase-
Drift-
Verdict-
Reading the result
- Under 20 ms is excellent. Nobody in the room hears that.
- 20 to 50 ms is normal and fixable with subdivision practice.
- Over 50 ms is audible. Slow the tempo down and try again before blaming the drummer.
- Rushing usually means you stopped subdividing. Dragging usually means you're listening back instead of forward.
Your next step
The test tells you whether you drift. The Five-Feel Groove System is everything around the notes: the feels that lock the room in, in any genre.
The Five-Feel Groove System
Paul "Papa Bear" JohnsonYou've been working on your notes. This is everything that happens around them.
- Know what to do in genres you've never played: behind the beat for funk, ahead for rock, on the pulse for a ballad.
- Control note duration like a session player.
- Land your fills instead of cramming them: simple for three bars, fill in the fourth.
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