October 2026
Ladder in A
Three notes per string up A minor, one chromatic step, land back on A.
The lick
Two bars, sixteenth notes, standard tuning. Play it clean before you play it fast.
Ladder in A | A minor | 16th notes | standard tuning (E A D G B e) Three notes per string up, one chromatic step (D# on the A string), down and land on A. Each column is one sixteenth. 16 per bar. Bar 1 e|------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------6--8-10| G|--------------------------------5--7--9---------| D|-----------------------5--7--9------------------| A|-----------5--6--7--8---------------------------| E|--5--7--8---------------------------------------| Bar 2 e|--7--8-10-12-13-12-10--8------------------------| B|-------------------------10--8--6---------------| G|-----------------------------------9--7--5------| D|--------------------------------------------9--7| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| Let the last A ring.
Practice ladder
- 100
- 110
- 120
- 130
- 140
- 150
- 160
Clear each rung clean twice before you move up.
How to enter
- 01
Learn the lick
The tab is below. Copy it, or open it in Crank. as a fragment with the target BPM set.
- 02
Record a take
One take, played to a click. The click can be audible or visible on camera.
- 03
Submit the link
Post the video with #crankchallenge and paste the link below. A person checks it before it goes up.
Leaderboard
A person checks every take against the click and the tab.
Approved takes, fastest first. Ties go to whoever posted first.
Entries appear after a quick check.
0 on the board.
No approved takes yet. The board opens with the first one.
Rules
- 01One take, no edits, no punch-ins. Metronome audible or visible.
- 02Clean means every note sounds. A miss is a miss.
- 03Post the video on YouTube, Instagram or TikTok with #crankchallenge.
- 04Submit the link below with the BPM you played it clean.
Submit your take
Practice it in Crank.
The app tracks your climb to the target BPM. Entries come in through this form either way.
Practice it
Track your climb to the target in Crank.
Add the lick as a fragment, log the fastest clean BPM after each rep, and watch the chart move toward the target.