Annoying though they can be, if you play any kind of instrument, you will definitely benefit from using a metronome. While many of them thock or otherwise tock, the VRRVRR metronome from [Turi ...

A robust app with custom widgets for tuning, metronomes, and audio recording.

So start with a handful of licks and play them along with a metronome, slowly. Make sure that you are aware of the notes in each lick that fall on a beat (or subdivision if it’s a more complex ...