Once again, Benny Greb surprises the drum community with a new and different approach to time keeping. The Gap Click metronome can actually leave gaps in the sequence to train your sense of tempo in a more efficient and highly creative way. But it can do a lot more.
Although Benny calls it a 'time keeping app for amateur musicians,' it can do enough to keep you studying for years. The app is a great extension to his method 'The Art and Science of Groove,' which is focused heavily on keeping time.
What is the Gap Click In the app, you can configure a gap where the metronome will be silent. Hence, the trick is to keep playing without losing tempo.
With that, you can Move the Click to play off-beat patterns. So, not only steady on the 1 all the way to 3, 4, 5 or 7 (the app has these four quarter-note time signatures), but the app can also play the subdivisions of the beat. Of course, other metronomes like the Tama Rhythm Watch do that as well, but it is a cool feature that makes it possible to play a multitude of syncopated patterns and study time in many different ways.
Gap Click is only $2.99 and is free to use forever, including updates without any additional fees.
Below the video are more specs of the app. Watch this neat rundown of the Gap Click.
Gap Click features
Syncopated Patterns Ability to choose from a variety of different syncopated patterns and # of measures for both the standard click as well as the gap
Nostalgic Click Wheel Use the nostalgic click wheel to find the right tempo or tap to set your desired tempo
Time Signatures Standard quarter-note time signatures: 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 7/4
Variety of Click Samples Find your favorite sound from a variety of click samples hand-picked by Benny
Accent beat 1 Accent beat 1 of each measure or turn accents off
Visual Feedback See visual feedback for each note that is played, including rests
For now, the Gap Click is only available for Apple users. It looks like a version for Android is in the making.
