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Stop losing count. Hear the phrase.

A metronome that counts the way DJs actually think — not just beats, but bars, 8-bar phrases, and 32-bar sections. Turn it on, count along out loud until it's automatic. This is the exact skill from the Phrasing lesson, made practiseable.

1-2-3-4
Bar 1 of 8  ·  Phrase 1 of 4  ·  Press start
This phrase — 8 barsBar 1 / 8
This section — 4 phrases (32 bars)Phrase 1 / 4
How to use it: pick the BPM of a track you're learning (or one of the chips above), press start, and count along out loud — ONE-2-3-4, TWO-2-3-4 … up to eight, then start the next phrase at ONE again. The louder click on bar 1 of every phrase is your anchor. Once you can count a full 32-bar section without checking the screen, you can count a real track the same way — which is the entire trick behind knowing exactly when to bring the next one in.
King’s Lynn · Norfolk · In person

Reading it is the easy half.

The bit that actually moves you on is someone stood next to you saying “that’s why it slid.” I teach one to one in King’s Lynn on the real thing — Pioneer CDJ-3000X, a DJM-V10-LF and Technics 1210s — not a controller you’ll never see in a booth.

£40 an hour£140 for fourBeginners & juniors welcome
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Counting phrases is what separates a mix that lands from one that lurches. Keep going with the free lessons — they build straight on this.

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