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Genius Clicks - Polyrhythmic metronome 1.0
Genius Clicks is more than just your standard metronome. It istheperfect tool to help you improve your time feel and build upyourconfidence in polyrhythms. Genius Clicks offers fourmetronomesounds you can control and set up separately. One of themworks asyour time keeper clicking on the beat and accenting thefirst beaton every bar, and the other three can be set upindividually tokeep time in different subdivisions or groupings tohelp youinternalize the composite rhythms that occur and work onyourpolyrhythmic phrasing.
Polyrhythms, long part of thejazzvocabulary, were consolidated and brought to a whole new levelinthe early 60s by the masters of that era and are a core elementofcontemporary jazz improvisation and composition. GeniusClicksfocuses on the polyrhythms that are most common in the bebopera,from the 40s to the peak of the polyrhythmic game in jazz intheearly 60s. Genius Clicks generates polyrhythms that resultfromcombinations of 2, 3 and 4 adapted to different timesignaturesfrom 3/4 to 17/4.
App Features:
-4 distinct metronomesounds, oneacting as the core time keeper and three programmableones.
-Editeach metronome in a cycle by clicking on it. Forinstance, you canhave Μetronome A play quarter note tripletswhile Μetronome Bplays in double time and Μetronome C 4 over 3.
-Alibrary of freedownloadable metronome tracks in a variety of timesignatures from3/4 to 17/4.
-A display to help you follow throughthepolyrhythmic cycle, showing which bar you are in and wherethecycle resets.
-Randomize your selections either for one cycleoryour whole practice session and work on your sense of timeandreflexes.
-Save your practice session to your library foreasyaccess.
-Turn the core metronome on/off, from the quickaccessbutton, when in need of a checkpoint.
-Adjustable volumecontrolfor all four click sounds.
-Adjustable tempo to fit yourpracticeneeds.
-You can add as many cycles of differentcombinations ofpolyrhythms as you wish, to practice making thetransition from onerhythmic situation to another. -And the bestpart, all app contentis for free. Download and enjoy!
