The Ear Training Lab

Rushing or Dragging? Beginner

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Score Card

Beginner — 100ms → 50ms

Highest Level —

Smallest Gap —

Correct 0

Incorrect 0

Streak 0

Best Streak 0

Rushing or Dragging?

Beginner Mode — How to Play

You will hear a drum track and a piano track played together, but with one starting slightly before the other. Decide whether the piano is rushing (ahead of the drums) or dragging (behind the drums).

Use 🎵 Hear Together at any time to hear both tracks in perfect sync as a reference.

There are 10 levels. Start at Level 1 (30ms gap) and reach Level 10 (5ms gap). Correct answers advance you — wrong answers push you back. At Level 10 the game continues indefinitely at 5ms.

You must answer at least 5 questions for your score to be saved.

More Information 🧐

Rushing — the piano starts slightly early relative to the drums. The piano is ahead of the beat.

Dragging — the piano starts slightly late relative to the drums. The piano is behind the beat.

Use 🎵 Hear Together to hear both tracks at exactly the same time. Compare this reference with the round playback to orient your ear to the difference.

The gap between tracks decreases each level: Level 1 is 30ms, Level 10 is 5ms. At Level 10 the game keeps running — all answers count as Mastery.

Tier thresholds: Levels 1–3 Needs Practice, 4–6 Developing, 7–9 Proficient, 10+ Mastery.

Keyboard shortcuts: Left Arrow = Rushing, Right Arrow = Dragging, R = Replay, Space/Enter = Next.

Round Complete!

Beginner — 100ms → 50ms

Highest Level —

Smallest Gap —

Correct 0

Incorrect 0

Best Streak 0

Level 10 Defeated! 🎉

That's a gap of 5ms!

In the context of a multi-part piece of music, recognising this gap correctly is excellent. You can continue the game to see how consistently you can identify this gap — however the gap will now remain at 5ms for all subsequent levels.

Leave Game?

Returning home will end your current game.

Would you like to save your score (requires 5+ answers), or discard your progress?