Seven short, progressive levels
Start with quarter, half, and whole notes, then add rests, eighth notes, syncopation, dotted rhythms, sixteenth notes, and triplets. One-bar patterns keep your attention on a small number of timing decisions.
Rhythm Training
Listen to a rhythm and choose the matching notation
Identify rhythmic notation by ear
Rhythm training builds the skill of hearing note lengths, rests, ties, syncopation, and subdivisions in time. Fortepian plays a short one-bar rhythm, then asks you to choose the notation that matches what you heard. Practice is free in your browser and requires no signup.
Map what you hear to what you see
Every answer is rendered as staff notation. Listening first and choosing the matching rhythm builds a two-way connection between rhythmic sound and written symbols.
Listen for the subdivision
Find the steady beat first, then notice how each sound divides or stretches across it. Compare dotted rhythms with ties, eighth-note groups with triplets, and on-beat figures with syncopation.
Why rhythm recognition matters
Recognizing familiar rhythm shapes as complete patterns reduces note-by-note decoding. That makes it easier to hold a pulse while sight reading and to understand how a written bar should feel before you play it.