Speed Trainer
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Current BPM
Start BPM
Target BPM
Bars to ramp
Beats per bar
How to use
- Set your start BPM to a tempo where you can play the passage cleanly.
- Set the target BPM a bit faster than your current top — say 20–40 BPM up.
- Pick how many bars you want the ramp to take. 32 bars at 4 beats per bar is a typical session.
- Hit Start and play your passage every bar. The tempo creeps up by ~1 BPM per bar (or more, depending on the gap and bar count).
Why ramped practice works
Most musicians plateau because they jump straight to their target tempo and reinforce sloppy execution. The speed trainer makes the BPM rise so gradually that your technique gets a chance to recalibrate at every step. After a 32-bar ramp, you've played the passage cleanly at every tempo between your start and target — which is exactly the muscle-memory pathway you want.
Use it for: scale runs, chord changes, picking patterns, sight-reading drills, vocal warm-ups, anything where speed is the limiting factor. Combine with the main metronome for non-ramped practice and the drum machine for groove-based drills.