Bounce Metronome Pro
The metronome with Gravity Bounce - as precise as drum stick or conductor's baton

Bounce Metronome Basic

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How the graphics work:

You can click on the diamonds to skip any beat e.g. for syncopated rhythms. Click and drag on the beats to adjust the beat timings.

Use the triangles to the right to change number of parts or number of beats in the bar for each part. The triangles, squares and ovals to the left can be used to hide the bouncing ball for the part, silence the part, or change the instrument it plays.

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Bounce Metronome Pro

The window now has lilt and swing check boxes, Adjust Beats & Lilt, and the Dance etc and Combine Rhythms buttons, also Adjust Changing Tempo & lilt for Bars. There are also more windows and options available throughout the program - for details try out the program or see Details and Features

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Drum stick or Conductor's baton in 3D

The shadows help to anticipate the exact moment of the beat precisely and the splash helps make the moment of the beat clear.

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Here we have two drum sticks, one for the 6 beats to the bar and one for the two beats to the bar.

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Bounces in conducting sequence - 4/4

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Here numbers are shown for the beats to help with counting. This snapshot shows the Eastman counting system so that you count 6 8 as 1 la li 2 la li. Other options are available.

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Bouncing Ball Lyrics - "Song Car Tunes"

The ball bounces on the lyrics. The shadow helps you to anticipate the next beat exactly. The red highlight shows the word you are singing now, and the next word to sing is highlighted in blue.

The metronome plays the beats of the rhythm as the ball bounces. Note that the metronome doesn't play the actual tune itself, just the rhythm of the tune. This is on my "to do" list for the future - especially if there is enough interest in this feature, I may add an option to play the tune ini some way - perhaps using abc notation, or maybe by synchronisation with a pre-recorded midi file.

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Adjust Beats and Lilt

Here you can click on the diamond at the top of any beat to skip it. Click on the beats themselves to adjust the volumes, right click to adjust times.

You can use the buttons to add swing or a lilt to the rhythm or adjust the percentage fields for fine tuning of the swing or lilt. The other buttons and check boxes let you adjust the lilt and swing in subtle ways.

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