Below are four tempo tests for you to try.

You don’t need to be at a drum kit for these just find a surface to tap on.

Each one starts with semiquavers (16th notes) or quaver-triplets (8th note triplets) which you must try to maintain for the whole exercise as the click drops out. Listen for the click and notice when you drift off the beat. (They are not easy)

Test 1 – Semiquavers at 70bpm

Test 2 – Quaver triplets at 70bpm

Test 3 – Semiquavers at 60bpm

Test 4 – Quaver-triplets at 60bpm