TAP

🎯 Goal

Read rhythms in 4/4 and tap with accurate timing as the notation scrolls. Your tap zone is the white stage (where the staff is).

🟩 Where to Tap

• iPhone/iPad: tap inside the white stage. Taps outside the stage are ignored.
• Desktop: press Spacebar (or tap inside the stage).
• The light mint background helps you see the stage region.

🎛 Controls

• Mode: Lives or Timer.
• Length: 30–120s (Timer mode only).
• Challenge: Level 1–7.
• BPM: tempo.
• Start / End: begin or stop a run.
• Calibrate: sync timing for your device.

❤️ Lives Mode

• You start with 3 lives.
• You lose a life when a note onset is missed (missed onsets).
• To keep it fair in dense rhythms: max 1 life lost per beat.
• The run ends when lives reach 0, or you press End.

⏱ Timer Mode

• Select a length (30–120s), then press Start.
• The run ends when time reaches 0 or you press End.

⭐ Scoring

• On-Beat hit = +1 credit
• Perfect hit = +2 credits
• Every 8 credits = +1 point
• Score is shown live in the top pill (Lives mode) and in the Results screen.

Tip: Calibrate first, then start slower. Accuracy improves fastest at lower BPM.

⚙️ Calibration

1. Tap Calibrate.
2. You’ll hear an 8-beat count-in; during the first 4 beats, clicks happen only on 1 and 3 (silent on 2 and 4).
3. Then you’ll hear the next 8 clicks. Tap with each click to measure device timing.
4. Tap the dim background (not the help panel) during calibration.
5. The offset saves automatically. Recalibrate if you change audio output (speaker/headphones/Bluetooth).

🧩 Levels (4/4, no ties, dots, or triplets)

• L1: Beat Builder: Quarter notes + quarter rests
• L2: Eighth Explorer: Eighth notes + eighth rests
• L3: Groove Walker: Quarters + eighths (no rests)
• L4: Rest Ranger: Quarters + eighths + matching rests
• L5: Sixteenth Speedway: Sixteenths + 16th rests
• L6: Sync Sprint: Q/8/16 (only 16th rests inside 16th beats)
• L7: Rhythm Hero: Q/8/16 + matching rests

📌 Quick Tips

• Use headphones for clearer clicks and better timing.
• On touch devices, tap with a firm, consistent motion inside the stage.
• If something looks off after rotating the device, reload the page.