Straight time, odd meters, triplets, swingy subdivisions and accent control for proper guitar practice.
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READY
90 BPM
4/4Time signature
QuarterSubdivision
Bar 1Bar count
Tip: For triplets, count “one-trip-let, two-trip-let”. Keep your pick relaxed. The metronome is the judge, jury and tiny wooden executioner.
Practice Metronome With Drone
Practise rhythm, scales, modes, improvisation, and ear training simultaneously with this interactive Practice Metronome and Drone Generator for guitarists and musicians.
This advanced online practice tool combines a fully featured metronome with a continuous tonal drone, allowing musicians to develop timing and harmonic awareness at the same time.
Instead of practising scales mechanically against a click alone, you can now hear how every note interacts emotionally and harmonically against a sustained root note or chord while staying perfectly in time.
This creates a much more musical and realistic practice experience.
Features
This combined metronome and drone tool includes:
Metronome Features
Adjustable BPM
Multiple time signatures
Quarter notes
Eighth notes
Triplets
Sixteenth notes
Sextuplets
Accented downbeats
Visual beat indicators
Tap tempo
Multiple click sounds
Volume control
Drone Features
Selectable root notes
Multiple chord types
Adjustable octave range
Continuous sustained drones
Multiple tone textures
Independent drone volume
Detune shimmer
Real-time sound updates
Why Combine A Metronome And Drone?
Most musicians practise:
timing,
harmony,
phrasing,
and ear training
as separate skills.
In real music, they happen simultaneously.
This tool allows you to:
lock into rhythm,
hear tonal relationships,
improve intonation,
strengthen phrasing,
and internalise modes
all at the same time.
The metronome trains your timing.
The drone trains your ear.
Together they create a much more musical form of practice.
How To Use The Practice Metronome With Drone
Select your desired BPM.
Choose a time signature and subdivision.
Select a drone root note and chord type.
Adjust drone tone and volume.
Start the metronome and/or drone.
Practise scales, improvisation, rhythm exercises, or compositions over the tonal centre.
You can use:
only the metronome,
only the drone,
or both together.
Great For
Guitarists
Bass players
Vocalists
Jazz musicians
Progressive rock
Metal practice
Modal improvisation
Alternate picking
Sweep picking
Rhythm guitar
Ear training
Intonation training
Fusion practice
Ambient music
Composition
Technical exercises
Practice Ideas
Scale Practice
Play scales against the drone while staying locked to the click.
This helps you:
hear interval relationships,
improve timing,
and avoid robotic scale playing.
Modal Practice
Try:
Dorian,
Mixolydian,
Phrygian,
Harmonic Minor,
Melodic Minor
against sustained drones while practising rhythmic subdivisions.
Bend Accuracy
The drone reveals whether your bends are perfectly in tune while the metronome keeps your phrasing rhythmically controlled.
Rhythm Guitar Tightness
Practise riffs with:
accented downbeats,
triplets,
sextuplets,
odd time signatures,
and sustained tonal centres.
Excellent for progressive rock and metal players.
Understanding Subdivisions
Quarter Notes
The main pulse of the beat.
Eighth Notes
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Triplets
1-trip-let 2-trip-let
Sixteenth Notes
1-e-&-a
Sextuplets
Fast flowing six-note subdivisions often used in lead guitar and fusion phrasing.
Tips
Start slower than you think you need to.
Clean timing plus good phrasing always sounds more impressive than uncontrolled speed.
