The Essentials
Set your tempo, find your pitch, and warm up your voice before you dive in.
Playful Practice
Sharpen your ears and improve your timing with interactive rhythm and chord challenges.
Guided Journeys
Rhythm path is a free* guided course to get to ready to join your local strumming circle. You should recognize the dotBeat player from the Patterns page.
*More paths may come later that ask for a small unlock or tip but this one will always stay free.
Drills
Short, focused exercises that build the skills your songs need. Each one works with any chord or progression you are currently practicing.
A clean metronome with a traditional bar accent. Follow the visual pulse to master the strumming pattern before you play.
Pluck one open string and let the note drift toward the center glow. The closer it gets, the more the dot will settle in.
Web tuners can be affected by background noise, so results are best in a quiet room with one clean string pluck at a time.
Warm up your voice
A gentle pitch check so singing along with your uke feels easier. Use a quiet room, allow the mic when asked, and take your time—there is no rush.
The meter shows how close you are to each requested syllable. Turn the mic on first, then start here when you want gentle step-by-step patterns instead of free singing.
dotBeat Rhythm Game
Hit the pad or press the space bar when the glowing dot lands. Clean timing builds momentum and lights up the lane.
Scoring uses the same kind of step timing the animator follows: each dot has a target moment, and your tap is judged by how close you land to it.