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Rhythm Calculator app review: advanced rhythm trainer 2021
Introduction
Rhythm Calculator - Advanced rhythm trainer and metronome is a truly fantastic iPhone and iPad music app from the Music category of the App Store that you’ll definitely want to check out if you’re interested in learning complex time signatures or just generally improving your overall sense of rhythm.
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As a lifelong musician with a great affinity for progressive rock and metal I can definitely vouch for the importance of having your timing down pat if you want to become a competent performer of more intricate pieces of music.
For this musicians app, Rhythm Calculator does an absolutely awesome job, enabling you to drill right down into the basics of note values and timings before gradually working your way up to some of the more challenging or ‘out there’ time signatures. Check out our review on this app for musicians for more details.
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What we’ve got here is a powerful iOS utility that is suited to any musician who wants to improve his or her sense of timing and rhythm, enabling you to learn all about tied notes, note articulation, dotted rhythms, and loads more.
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This app includes examples of note and rest values up to semihemidemisemiquaver or 1/128 (try saying that five times fast)! You’ll also find that complex and nested forms of ‘tuplets’ like sixes are fully covered.

Realised Instrument Sounds
Rhythm Calculator - Advanced rhythm trainer and metronome provides 25 melodic and 16 percussive realistic instrument sounds which I’ve found to be very useful in learning simple and compound time signatures.
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What’s more, you can save and load rhythms for easy revisiting of previous lessons or sessions, so the developer has clearly put a lot of thought into what you guys might need from a music app like this.

Pros & Cons
Pros
- Learn all kinds of time signatures with this awesome rhythm trainer
- Includes examples of note and rest values up to semihemidemisemiquaver (1/128)
- Learn all about tied notes, note articulation, dotted rhythms, and more
- Learn how to master simple and compound time signatures
- Complex and nested ‘tuplets’ like sixes are fully covered
- Includes 25 melodic and 16 percussive realistic instrument sounds
- Save and load rhythms for easy revisiting of previous lessons or sessions
Cons
- There is nothing negative to say about this app

Final Words
Rhythm Calculator - Advanced rhythm trainer and metronome for iPhone and iPad is one of the best musical apps that I’ve come across in recent months, and it definitely receives a very strong recommendation from me.
MarkBangs
Mark is an opinionated writer who loves to review apps. In 2012, he started reviewing Apple apps on a regular basis and wonders how he survived up to that point without these apps.