GAP CLICK - getting started - by Benny Greb

[@DrBackBeat]

Benny hints at it at the 6:19 mark, but one of the best things to practice, in my opinion, is to play groove during the click and play a fill during the rest bar(s). 7 bars of groove+click and then 1 bar of fill+silence, or even 4+4 or something, is a great way of checking whether you rush fills (or perhaps even drag). And remember Benny's advice, keep breathing when you're playing a fill!

[@Fearfullyandwonderfullymade888]

It works. I was slopper than most. Been using it for about 4 days and I'm noticing an improvement. I thought I'd never be a drummer. Tried for over 10 years. I was very bitter. I was focusing on the noise rather than the space. I'm not grooving yet but i reckon very shortly. Thanks Benny!

[@yuriselukoff]

Here’s an idea for the next-level torture: one bar of quarter notes, one bar of randomly chosen pattern

[@alainassenberg]

Grap Greb's GAP app ....!!!! Awesome! Thanks, Benny and developers.

[@idratherbeoutside8488]

Quest for groove sent me! I'm a bassist that has been using this for about two weeks and I've noticed a huge improvement in my fills and timing! Rock on 🤘🏾

[@carlkolthoff5402]

Went to google play store and bought the app immidiatly after watching this video. Only tried for three minutes hand drumming on my knees in a hotel room but love it already. Great stuff Benny!

[@alexntemperley]

Pre-ordered the app for Android when it was still iOS only. It's a fantastic tool

[@arielsuave]

I remember Benny talking about this type of silent metronome practice on his instructional dvds. Great to see he made an app for just that!

[@viames]

Thanks for keeping this video ad-free, Benny, It's all advertising for you! P.S. I bought the app at minute 2:36 😄

[@franks.8189]

..klingt interessant ! Danke für deinen Tipp , mien Jung ; - )

[@tatami-ya-music]

😻This is an awesome app. Thank you for making this.

[@asdf-y2c]

you are my saviour benny. Ive been looking for exactly this gap function in a metronome app for ages. Thank you!!

[@dylantheokay]

just got the app myself, 11/10. Used it for the last three hours and I can already feel myself adjusting to the metronome gaps/many combinations of off/on-beats and improving groove

[@Casey-J-Williams]

Massive kudos for adding your own slip ups in there. Seriously, that's of massive value :)

[@InYourDreams-Andia]

Got it! Ace metronome app. Timing check, groove check, fill check... Check!

[@Denis-xi1gx]

Great drummer = great app I consider Gap Click the n°1, exceptional! Great job, thank you Benny for everything you have given to drums and drummers

[@bennygrebofficial]

Thank you so much for the kind words. All the best to you

[@carmeloromeo2007]

The best drummer 🥁

[@gitarmats]

Will definitely give this a try!

[@dandel1985]

I got it as soon as I read about it in your book; it is excellent and elegant in its simplicity. You the man, Benny!

[@yannismiccoli4474]

Danke für diese geile App, die mir sehr weiterhelfen wird..

[@bfmbassist]

Congratulations on a very cool idea 💡

[@BOMBPHONICS]

Gonna be the best 3 bucks I’ve spent in years. Thanks Benny for being a never ending source of inspiration!

[@KitCatStudio]

An immediate purchase. Tnx Benny!

[@Sleepfreed]

Benny is right. Just do it!

[@Max-dd4ow]

Perfect timing because I just downloaded it

[@drummermomcjs]

Just got the Gap Clivck today because of a Drumeo lesson that I am doing. Great idea, I look forward to using it starting tomorrow. Starting tomorrow, I will be embarking on a 30 day challenge to improve my timing. This took will be very useful in that process and I look forward to the next 30 days. Perhaps I will comment here again after the 30 days to update anyone interested in the progress. Thanks Benny for this most useful tool!

[@krystofmandlik8875]

Great! I was looking just for that. More than happy to support you.

[@alombardo8194]

Wow very cool!!! Just got it today.. Let’s check it out

[@jolyoncox]

Thanks Benny. Excellent. Purchased.

[@DeadDad1]

Such an awesome app that I picked up on Friday! Thank you Benny!

[@JGerman68]

You're awesome Benny. Just purchased it!

[@iannelli2448]

Fantastic video Benny! I'm going to start including this in my daily practice. That said, just want to note how grateful I am that you exist. This is one of the most concise yet detailed product demos I have ever seen. You continue to amaze me with your almost magical ability to teach & connect with us on the other side of the screen.

[@schlagzeugvideocoach]

Servus Benny! No matter where or on what this man puts his hands on - always well thought, state of the art and just great! Hoffe, es geht dir gut und bis ganz bald! LG, Jochen 😉🥁

[@80mitchell]

Benny this metronome app is awesome, supper easy to use, I love it

[@MeowfaceMusic]

_Man!_ I _THOUGHT_ I was a decent timekeeper until this fucking Gap Click started kicking my ass! Yeesh!! Practicing with it every day with obvious improvement. Thank you Benny for birthing what I've been praying for for _years!!_ Fiiiiinally, _it exists!!!_ 👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@boynamedlen]

Looks like a very useful tool. My V-drums have a metronome with silent bars but it doesn't allow for different beat placement within a bar, and I like the idea of having the app anywhere to internalize a pattern.

[@bradfordlaneromans2994]

I just got this. Thank god I found this tutorial. I’m learning Jazz guitar. Been playing blues & rock for 60+ years. Different rhythms give me such juice when I’m improvising. What I really want are more and longer examples of you playing drums WITH the Gap Click. Any thoughts on that ? Good to meet you Benny. This is Doc from Dallas. ✌️&❤️🤠

[@parsnips800]

Love Gap click. Use it all the time.

[@FredMinville]

I need to get this, great idea

[@FredMinville]

So I got the gap click and it’s a game changer !

[@MIGeoMous]

Thank you Aric Improta for the heads up!

[@rallenrallen]

Sehr gut.

[@sayt.calligraphy]

Thanks a lott benn!!! I already trying the app with mi bandd. Really usefull. And there are like 8 different sound for the click. For any tasteee

[@Drumlosophy]

Super intuitive and useful!!! 💪

[@stephentyler4352]

Great app! Great video, Benny! I love the Ghost Busters nods by the way. I remember when you came to my hometown of Kingston, ON Canada, you mentioned how influential that movie is to you. That subject came up after someone mentioned that Dan Ackroyd is from here. Lol. Cheers, mate. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@bennygrebofficial]

Thanks stephen. Yeah I'm a huge Ghostbusters fan! I remember that clinic and really hoped that Dan would drop by. :-)

[@derekdpbbirkby]

Tuned in to watch Benny play, found out I had no clue how to use the Gap Click features 🤣

[@giorez]

I love this app so much! It has been very useful!

[@HerrPapa]

would love to see Gap Click as a windoews app! I'm a guitarist and practice almost exclusively through amp sim software, so my headphones are already hooked up to the computer.

[@jeffwaters2470]

Been using it for a while - been doing somethings you said but was hard for me to change to the 2nd column and how to use it. That video helped

[@jc3drums916]

One simple thing I like to practice with Gap Click is: set it to one measure of quarter notes, one measure of silence, then play singles or doubles, switching back and forth between two note values (8th notes and triplets, triplets and 16th notes, quarter note triplets and 8th notes, etc.) at the start of the silent measures. This will expose any lack of precision and consistency that would get covered up by a continuous click. Paradiddles would be good too, although quarter note triplet paradiddles require 4 measures before changing to 8th notes, if you want to avoid changing lead hands.

[@Tossarichard]

Thanks you a lot🥁🥁👍👍

[@eduardomoreno8238]

Thank you benny 😊

[@cpizz99]

Just bought the app after watching the video. It's great! Would be even better if more time signatures were added (9, 11, 13, 15, 17, etc.)

[@HeshO-yi3hh]

Lovely as Always :D

[@enriquemartinez6509]

This is my favorite metronome app by far, is it possible to sync it out with a daw to record my progress? That’ll be so awesome

[@davidl.a.4583]

The BEST BENNY😍🤤🙏

[@washingtona.snascimento910]

Perfect

[@scmcarthur]

Great video ! There are a few extra ways to use it now that I never thought about before . Thank you Benny

[@rolfschaude]

Danke.

[@chuckharling]

I have been using the Gap Click for a few months and i love it, it is for sure helping my timing.I have mainly used the gap section, but now I will try the other way to use this.This is a very helpful video, thank you!

[@andersonf8906]

Top de mais 👏👏👏

[@Li__san]

Idea for improvement: give the option to count in a bar at the beginning.

[@timoheinrich8763]

Can you add a feature for swing percentages?

[@jedijesses5496]

Hello @Benny Greb! Is it possible to make the different offbeat divisions available for the main click content instead of only the "gap" content? Often I enjoy playing with an offbeat 8th or second 16th note click for a main click, right now these divisions are only available for the gap. Thank you for the wonderful app and all the years of sharing your wonderful art with us!

[@marciosaxs]

Please make it for Mac as well. I have it on my iPhone and iPad and it is quite useful. The options available on the Mac App Store are terrible.

[@Charlie_Xplorer]

This is grooviest app I've seen in a while. Much appreciated! Sincerely: Charlie the Swedish Drummer.

[@mehmetkarakose5363]

Can we also have info about large stickbag behind you Benny?

[@PaoloZucchetti]

great

[@TancrediLoCigno]

yeah.

[@_PixelNinja]

Missed opportunity to call it the Greb Click!

[@bennygrebofficial]

haha ... yes!

[@Arbigale]

Hi Benny just bought the App. Just a suggestion, it would be great if you can also split the content, meaning Content 1 normal, Content 2 syncopated, Conten 3 , etcc.

[@Journeymanlive]

does it have random gaps ? configurable lengh ?

[@alexanderrink]

Guitarists: Use it! ;)

[@sofiahoranruiz517]

How can I set a diferent time signature that isn't in quarter notes?

[@adrianapapana3441]

Hi @benny for some huawei models Is not possibile to download your app because there Is no google service. Would be possibile to you ti make an app for this kind of devices?

[@bennygrebofficial]

ill look into that, thanks for letting me know

[@DrBackBeat]

@@bennygrebofficial To expand on this, new and future Huawei devices (and other Chinese brands) don't offer Google services, which means no Google Play Store. Making your app available in alternative stores such as F-Droid, 1Mobile, and Aptoide can help with this.

[@DerekLeeRock]

@@DrBackBeat Thanks for this additional info! I will add this to the list. 👍🏻

[@dragydof]

can you make an mac os version?

[@sasquatchpatch]

So you can sort of emulate trading fours with this? That’s p doap

[@andersonf8906]

Só faltou a legenda em português.

[@dirksommerfeld559]

How awesome is Ghostbusters, right?!

[@BayouMaccabee]

This will be helpful, and for only 3 bucks (USD) it can't be beat. [no pun intended....really.]

[@denilsonnogueira6314]

Show

[@AmalieL323]

Android 🥺

[@jasper36]

I predict that in as little as five years, general education will prepare the average graduate to program an app like this for themselves and add/modify features whenever they have the need, and the value of something like this will be extremely reduced.

[@bennygrebofficial]

hmm thanks for the info

[@jasper36]

@@bennygrebofficial No prob, lemme know if you need any more help.