Nail every transition.
For pit musicians and section leaders whose book changes tempo and meter. A normal metronome holds one tempo, so when the music changes, you stop and reset it. Rimshot changes with the music. Build the piece once, then loop the bars around any tempo or time signature change until it's automatic.
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Build a piece from groups of measures, each with its own tempo and time signature. Loop the bars around a change and Rimshot counts off between passes, so you can run it twenty times without touching your phone.
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Hear an accelerando
1 bar at 96, 3 bars speeding up, then 2 bars at 160.
96BPM
Measure 1
More on practicing tempo changes, and how it works for musical theater and marching band.
A plain metronome for when you need one tempo. 10–400 BPM, tap tempo, up to six subdivisions, and it keeps time with your phone locked.
If your music stays at one tempo, any metronome will do. Rimshot is for the pieces that don't.
Play a note and see how many cents you're off. A4 = 440 Hz by default, and adjustable. The microphone is never recorded.
The full show builder, looping, ramps and tuner cost $0. Other practice apps charge for theirs, as a $6.99 download, a Pro upgrade or a monthly subscription. Practice tools locked behind subscriptions are a tax on students, so Rimshot has none.
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Yes. Rimshot is free to download and has no ads, in-app purchases or subscriptions.
Yes, as a closed beta on Google Play. It takes three quick steps to join. See how to get it.
Yes. Rimshot is on the App Store and in closed beta on Android, and both can send and open shows. A shared link also plays in any phone's browser, so whoever hasn't installed Rimshot yet can still hear it.
No. The name comes from drumming, but Rimshot is a metronome for anyone whose music changes tempo or time signature: pit players, singers, band sections and soloists.
Build the piece as a show, then set the loop to start a couple of bars before the change and end a couple of bars after it. Rimshot plays those bars, counts off two measures, and goes again until you stop it.
A show is a sequence of measure groups. Each group sets how many measures to play, the tempo and the time signature. Press play and Rimshot runs the whole thing in order, so you can rehearse a piece from start to finish without touching your phone.
Yes. Turn a group into a tempo ramp and Rimshot moves from one tempo to the next beat by beat, for an accelerando or a ritardando. A ramp can start from wherever the group before it left off.
Yes. Pick where to start and stop, from the beginning, any measure or any section letter, and Rimshot repeats it with a two-measure count-off between passes. You can also add a two-measure count-in before the show starts.
Yes. Share a show as a link or QR code. Anyone who opens it can hear it play in their browser, then open it in Rimshot to practice.
Yes. Turn on Background Playback in Settings and Rimshot keeps time while you switch apps or lock your phone.
Never. The tuner listens through the microphone and works out the pitch in real time, on your phone. Audio is never recorded, saved or sent anywhere.
Yes. Change the reference pitch in Settings, and note names and cents follow it.
Nope! The metronome, shows and tuner all run on your device.
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