Readbeat

Readbeat

Learn to read rhythm from the page

Clap, tap or play along with the music, and see right away whether each note was early or late.

Coming soon to the App Store

Practice screen: a bar of rhythm with the first note marked 38 ms early

How a session goes

  1. Read the bar

    Each exercise shows a short rhythm on the staff, with the counts above the notes if you want them. Famous pieces start with a piano demo of the melody.

    Ode to Joy on the staff, with Hear it first and Start
  2. Tap along

    After the count-in, clap, tap the desk or play your instrument into the mic. In a quiet place, tap the screen instead.

    Practice screen listening while you clap
  3. See every note

    Each note shows how many milliseconds early or late it was. Listen to your take next to the correct one, or loop the bar until it sits.

    Result screen: 88%, with the timing of each note

What's inside

Note-by-note timing

  • Millisecond timing for every note
  • Claps, desk taps or any instrument
  • Early and late at a glance
  • Delay correction for speakers and headphones
  • Analysed on your device, never recorded

Famous pieces

  • 25 well-known pieces in 7 styles
  • Piano demo of the melody
  • The melody plays as you tap

Full course

  • 12 units, 120 lessons, from quarter notes to 5/4
  • Each new rhythm explained
  • Listen and play back
  • An etude for every unit
  • Target tempo challenges

Your own rhythms

  • Rhythm editor
  • MusicXML import
  • Loop a single bar

More practice

  • Review of your weak spots
  • Rhythm dictation
  • Endless mix
  • Metronome
  • Several ways to count
  • iPhone, iPad and Dark Mode

Free to start

Free

  • Unit 1
  • The first lesson of every unit
  • 3 famous pieces
  • 1 rhythm of your own
  • Metronome

One-time unlock

One purchase, not a subscription

  • All 120 lessons, 25 pieces and the unit etudes
  • Review, dictation and endless mix
  • Unlimited rhythms of your own

Start with Unit 1

Readbeat is free to download, with Unit 1 and the first lesson of every unit included.

Coming soon to the App Store