Keep the Beat

How to play

1. Wait through the four-beat count-in. When Tap along appears, tap the large pad or press Space once per drum beat.
2. After four audible beats, the drum goes quiet. Keep tapping at the same pace without a sound or flashing beat to follow.
3. Continue when the drum returns. Your taps save automatically when the round ends; only the silent section earns timing points.
4. Review your timing error, missed beats and extra taps. Closer timing earns more points, while missing beats or adding taps reduces the score.

Try an example

This short demonstration uses an 80 BPM pulse. Listen for four beats, then keep the pulse through four silent beats.

Scoring and modes

Only the silent section earns points, up to 100 per round. Closer timing earns more. Missing a beat or adding extra taps reduces the score, so rapid tapping does not help. Consistent warm-up taps can account for a small device or input delay. An On beat result means at least 80 points.

Daily and practice each have ten rounds, worth up to 1,000 points. Silent gaps grow from four beats to ten; tempos vary between rounds. Daily uses the same set for everyone and resets at midnight UTC. Practice starts a fresh set.

Head-to-head gives both players the same tempos, silent gaps and clock. There are no pauses or replays. The higher point total wins; equal scores draw, without a response-speed tiebreaker. Ranked results affect your separate Keep the Beat rating.