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Click Drop Internal-Time Trainer

Lose the click. Keep the time. Begin with a clear rhythmic check, then remove subdivisions or entire measures — and find out whether the pulse stays internal when the reference disappears.

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Click Drop mid-run during a silent measure: the phase display reads Silent with the note 'No clicks. Keep counting inside!', and the four beat dots are drawn as empty dashed circles instead of lighting up. — The silent measure — the click is gone, and so are the beat-by-beat visuals.

Count-In 1 measure
Full Check 3 measures
Quarter Pulse 1 measure
Beat One 1 measure
Silent 1 measure
Click Returns 1 measure

One cycle of Drop the Check. The reference thins from a full subdivided check down to beat one, disappears for a measure, and then the click comes back — and where it lands against you is the whole answer.

What it is

A metronome that takes itself away

Click Drop is a web-based internal-time trainer built by a percussion educator. It plays a clear rhythmic check, progressively removes that information, goes silent for one or more measures, then brings the click back — so you can hear whether you kept the tempo.

The app never listens to you and never scores you. The returning click is the feedback; the completion screen in Challenge Mode is explicitly self-assessment. It works on any phone, tablet, Chromebook, or computer with a browser.

See it in action

Watch the reference disappear

The Sequence panel showing the Drop the Check stages in notation: Count-In, Full Check, Quarter Pulse, Beat One, Silent, and Click Returns, each labelled with its length in measures. — **The sequence, before you start**Drop the Check in real notation — full check, quarters, beat one, silence, and the click coming back.

Click Drop playing the full check: the phase display names the current stage, one of the four beat dots is lit, and the meta row shows tempo, measure, next up, and cycle. — **Playing the check**The phase display names the current stage and what's next, with the beat lighting up as it sounds.

Click Drop during a silent measure: the phase reads Silent, the beat dots are empty dashed outlines, and Next up reads Full Check. — **The silent measure**Beat-by-beat visuals hide themselves, so your eyes can't replace the timing your ears just lost.

Key features

Built for the band hall

Six rhythmic checks

Quarters, eighths, triplets, 16ths, 5-lets, and 6-lets — the check that sounds before the app starts taking it away.

Five ready sequences

Three On / One Off — three measures of check, one silent
Two On / Two Off
One On / One Off
Drop the Check — full check, eighths, quarters, beat one, silence, then the click returns
Hold the Pocket — two full, two quarter-pulse, one silent, one return

Custom mix

Pick your own: one to eight measures of check against one to eight of silence, so students can't predict the pattern.

The sequence preview

Every stage is drawn in real notation before you press Start — one beat's pattern ×4, a whole rest for silence — so the class can see what's coming.

Silence that stays silent

During silent measures the beat-by-beat visuals hide too. Turn on Show pulse during silence when a student needs the support back.

Count-in you control

Off, first cycle only, or every cycle — one to four bars long.

Challenge Mode

Runs Hold the Pocket for two, four, six, or eight cycles, then shows tempo, check, sequence, cycles, elapsed time, and an optional self-rating. The app isn't grading you.

Projector-ready panels

The Setup and Sequence panels each have a header switch, so a teacher can hide the controls once the settings are dialed in.

Tempo, three ways

40–240 BPM by slider, by −5/−1/+1/+5 steppers, or by tapping it in. 4/4 in this release.

Keyboard shortcuts

Space start/pause S stop R reset ↑↓ tempo

Help that works on school devices

Report a problem and Request a feature open a visible, editable message. Users can open it in a configured email app or copy all details into webmail when a managed device has no email app set up.

Nothing to sign into

No account, no install, no personal data. Your practice-run count stays in your browser.

Who it's for

Students, classrooms, and studios

Students

Stop leaning on the click. Start with three measures on and one off, then take away more — subdivisions, then the pulse, then whole measures — and let the returning click tell you the truth.

Teachers

Project it, set the check and the sequence, then hide the controls. The sequence preview shows the whole class what's about to disappear, and Custom mix makes the silence unpredictable.

Private teachers

Assign a tempo, a check, and a sequence for the week. Students open the same browser-based tool on any device — no app to install, no account, no version issues.

Why it's different

A metronome tells you where the beat is. Click Drop asks you.

It removes information on purpose
Gradual, staged removal — subdivision, then pulse, then whole measures — instead of an on/off mute.
The feedback is the click
No microphone, no scoring, no grade. The click comes back and you hear where you are.
Silence means silence
Visuals hide themselves during silent measures, so students train their ears rather than watching a light.
Unpredictable when you want it
Custom mix means students can't count the pattern instead of feeling the time.
Free
No paywall, no account, no download. Open the URL and practice.

Ready to lose the click?

Launch Click Drop — free, no signup. Need a walkthrough? The operating guide covers every control and sequence.

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