Metronome/phrase click unification: run-driven beats, gated widget

- Phrase Mode (sync to metronome): the run's scheduler is the single click
  source (with count-in); the metronome widget is muted and its pendulum
  mirrors the run's beats via the new phraseBeatBus (audio-timestamp
  scheduled). No more double clicks; clicks only while the run is active
  (phraseRunBus gates the widget's own ticking).
- Schedule entries now carry continuous beat index + accent flag (downbeats
  accented, count-in beat 1 accented).
- 'At your pace': optional click via the metronome toggle (kept explicit).
- Metronome widget: gate prop; in gated mode it listens to the beat bus
  instead of running its own scheduler.

src/components/Controls.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { Guitar, Music, Gauge } from 'lucide-react';
 import { TUNINGS, INSTRUMENT_TUNINGS } from '../music/Tunings';
 import { INSTRUMENT_DEFINITIONS } from '../music/InstrumentConfigs';
@@ -5,7 +6,7 @@ import { INSTRUMENT_DEFINITIONS } from '../music/InstrumentConfigs';
 import { TuningMeter } from './TuningMeter';
 import { TargetNoteControls } from './TargetNoteControls';
 import { MetronomeWidget } from './MetronomeWidget';
-
+import { phraseRunBus } from '../hooks/phraseRunBus';
 import { useSettings } from '../context/useSettings';
 import { type Difficulty, type RhythmSettings } from '../types/SettingsTypes';
 
@@ -19,6 +20,10 @@ export const Controls: React.FC<ControlsProps> = ({ currentPitch }) => {
     const { settings, updateSettings } = useSettings();
     // Alias to minimize refactor, or just use updateSettings. 
     const onUpdateSettings = updateSettings;
+    // Phrase run gate: the metronome only ticks while the phrase trainer is
+    // counting in / playing (armed by the user toggle, fired by the run).
+    const [phraseRunActive, setPhraseRunActive] = useState(false);
+    useEffect(() => phraseRunBus.subscribe(setPhraseRunActive), []);
     const handleTuningChange = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLSelectElement>) => {
         onUpdateSettings({ ...settings, tuningId: e.target.value });
     };
@@ -176,6 +181,7 @@ export const Controls: React.FC<ControlsProps> = ({ currentPitch }) => {
                         rhythm={settings.rhythm}
                         onUpdate={updateRhythm}
                         showAutoAdvance={!inPhraseMode}
+                        gate={inPhraseMode ? phraseRunActive : null}
                     />
                 </div>
 

src/components/MetronomeWidget.tsx

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { useMetronome } from '../hooks/useMetronome';
 import { getTempoMarking } from '../music/TempoMarkings';
+import { phraseBeatBus } from '../hooks/phraseBeatBus';
+import { audioEngine } from '../audio/AudioEngine';
 import type { RhythmSettings } from '../types/SettingsTypes';
 
 interface MetronomeWidgetProps {
@@ -20,6 +22,9 @@ interface MetronomeWidgetProps {
     onBeat?: () => void;
     /** Compact layout (phrase transport row). */
     compact?: boolean;
+    /** External gate (Phrase Mode): the metronome only ticks while the
+     *  phrase run is active — user toggle arms it, the gate fires it. */
+    gate?: boolean | null;
 }
 
 export const MetronomeWidget: React.FC<MetronomeWidgetProps> = ({
@@ -28,9 +33,12 @@ export const MetronomeWidget: React.FC<MetronomeWidgetProps> = ({
     showAutoAdvance = false,
     onBeat,
     compact = false,
+    gate = null,
 }) => {
-    // Single metronome instance: drives both the audible click and the
+    // Gated mode (Phrase Mode): the widget does NOT run its own scheduler —
-    // pendulum parity flip (perfectly in sync).
+    // the phrase run drives both the audible click and this pendulum via
+    // phraseBeatBus, so visual and click are always the same clock.
+    // Non-gated: widget ticks itself (single metronome instance below).
     const [beatParity, setBeatParity] = useState(0);
     const lastTickRef = useRef(0);
     const onBeatRef = useRef(onBeat);
@@ -45,10 +53,19 @@ export const MetronomeWidget: React.FC<MetronomeWidgetProps> = ({
         onBeatRef.current?.();
     }, []);
 
+    // Gated: mirror phrase-run beats onto the pendulum at their audio times.
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (gate === null || !gate) return;
+        return phraseBeatBus.subscribe((_beat, at) => {
+            const delay = Math.max(0, (at - audioEngine.now()) * 1000);
+            window.setTimeout(() => setBeatParity(p => (p + 1) % 2), delay);
+        });
+    }, [gate]);
+
     const { restart } = useMetronome({
         bpm: rhythm.bpm,
-        volume: rhythm.sound ? rhythm.volume : 0,
+        volume: rhythm.sound && gate === null ? rhythm.volume : 0,
-        playing: rhythm.active,
+        playing: rhythm.active && (gate === null || gate),
         onTick: handleTick,
     });
     void restart;

src/components/PhraseTrainer.tsx

@@ -80,10 +80,13 @@ export const PhraseTrainer = forwardRef<PhraseHandle, PhraseTrainerProps>(
         // (single source of truth across modes; the phrase-local BPM control
         // was replaced by the common metronome widget in Controls).
         phrase.bpm = settings.rhythm.bpm;
-        // "Sync to metronome": phrase tempo pace reuses the common metronome
+        // "Sync to metronome": the phrase run IS the click source while it
-        // click — never both (the phrase clickSound is disabled in that case).
+        // plays (scheduler-driven, with count-in) — the metronome widget only
+        // mirrors the beats visually and is muted in Phrase Mode, so clicks
+        // can never double. The separate-click checkbox stays as an explicit
+        // opt-in for a click even in "at your pace" mode.
         const metronomeActive = settings.rhythm.active;
-        phrase.clickSound = phrase.pace === 'tempo' && phrase.clickSound && !metronomeActive;
+        phrase.clickSound = phrase.pace === 'tempo' ? true : phrase.clickSound && metronomeActive;
         const setPhrase = useCallback((updates: Partial<PhraseSettings>) => {
             updateSettings(s => {
                 const next = { ...s, phrase: { ...getPhraseSettings(s), ...updates } };
@@ -690,13 +693,18 @@ export const PhraseTrainer = forwardRef<PhraseHandle, PhraseTrainerProps>(
                                 Virtual input only
                             </label>
                             {phrase.pace === 'tempo' && (
+                                <span style={{ fontSize: '11px', opacity: 0.7, alignSelf: 'center' }}>
+                                    Clicks come from the run (with count-in); the metronome widget mirrors the beats.
+                                </span>
+                            )}
+                            {phrase.pace === 'step' && (
                                 <label className="phrase-check">
                                     <input
                                         type="checkbox"
                                         checked={phrase.clickSound}
                                         onChange={e => setPhrase({ clickSound: e.target.checked })}
                                     />
-                                    Separate phrase click (off = use the metronome click)
+                                    Metronome click while practicing (requires metronome on)
                                 </label>
                             )}
                             <label className="phrase-check">
@@ -708,8 +716,8 @@ export const PhraseTrainer = forwardRef<PhraseHandle, PhraseTrainerProps>(
                                 Auto-continue
                             </label>
                         </div>
-                        {phrase.pace === 'tempo' && phrase.clickSound && (
+                        {phrase.pace === 'tempo' && (
-                            <p className="phrase-note">Phrase click active — switch the metronome off to avoid double clicks, or untick this to reuse the metronome click.</p>
+                            <p className="phrase-note">The run clicks a full count-in bar, then one click per beat. The metronome pendulum mirrors these beats — set the tempo on the metronome tool.</p>
                         )}
                         <p className="phrase-note">
                             Matching checks pitch, not fingering — several fretboard positions produce the same pitch.

src/game/PhraseTransport.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export interface ScheduleEntry {
     readonly at: number;
     /** Beat number within the count-in (count-in-beat only). */
     readonly beat?: number;
+    readonly accent?: boolean;
     /** Event index (note-end only). */
     readonly index?: number;
 }
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ export function buildSchedule(score: Score, bpm: number, startAt: number, countI
     const entries: ScheduleEntry[] = [];
 
     for (let i = 0; i < countInBeats; i++) {
-        entries.push({ kind: 'count-in-beat', at: startAt + i * spb, beat: i });
+        entries.push({ kind: 'count-in-beat', at: startAt + i * spb, beat: i, accent: i === 0 });
     }
 
     const scoreStart = startAt + countInBeats * spb;
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export function buildSchedule(score: Score, bpm: number, startAt: number, countI
     const barTicks = score.meter.numerator * PPQ;
     for (let i = 0; i < beatCount; i++) {
         const tick = i * PPQ;
-        entries.push({ kind: 'beat', at: scoreStart + (tick / PPQ) * spb, beat: (tick % barTicks === 0) ? i : undefined, index: i });
+        entries.push({ kind: 'beat', at: scoreStart + (tick / PPQ) * spb, beat: i, accent: tick % barTicks === 0, index: i });
     }
 
     scoreEvents(score).forEach((e, i) => {

src/hooks/phraseBeatBus.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * Beat clock shared between the phrase trainer's scheduler and the global
+ * metronome widget. The phrase run emits every beat (count-in + score beats)
+ * here; the metronome widget mirrors them on its pendulum so the visual
+ * stays in sync with the audible phrase click. Beats carry an absolute
+ * AudioContext timestamp so the widget can schedule the visual swing at the
+ * right moment even when callbacks fire ahead of time.
+ */
+type BeatListener = (beat: number, at: number) => void;
+
+const listeners = new Set<BeatListener>();
+
+export const phraseBeatBus = {
+    emit(beat: number, at: number): void {
+        listeners.forEach(l => l(beat, at));
+    },
+    subscribe(l: BeatListener): () => void {
+        listeners.add(l);
+        return () => { listeners.delete(l); };
+    },
+};

src/hooks/phraseRunBus.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * Tiny pub/sub for the phrase trainer's running state.
+ *
+ * Lets the (global) metronome widget gate its pendulum/click on the phrase
+ * run: in Phrase Mode the metronome should only be active while the trainer
+ * is counting in or playing, not while idle.
+ */
+type Listener = (running: boolean) => void;
+
+const listeners = new Set<Listener>();
+let running = false;
+
+export const phraseRunBus = {
+    set(v: boolean): void {
+        if (v === running) return;
+        running = v;
+        listeners.forEach(l => l(v));
+    },
+    get(): boolean {
+        return running;
+    },
+    subscribe(l: Listener): () => void {
+        listeners.add(l);
+        return () => { listeners.delete(l); };
+    },
+};

src/hooks/usePhraseTrainer.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import { buildSchedule, sanitizeBpm, type ScheduleEntry } from '../game/PhraseTr
 import { PPQ } from '../score/model';
 import { audioEngine } from '../audio/AudioEngine';
 import { subscribeRawFrames } from './rawFrameBus';
+import { phraseRunBus } from './phraseRunBus';
+import { phraseBeatBus } from './phraseBeatBus';
 
 export type PhrasePhase = 'ready' | 'countIn' | 'playing' | 'paused' | 'preview' | 'done';
 
@@ -118,6 +120,9 @@ export function usePhraseTrainer(
     const setPhaseBoth = useCallback((p: PhrasePhase) => {
         phaseRef.current = p;
         setPhase(p);
+        // Expose run state so the shared metronome can gate its click/pendulum:
+        // only running during count-in and playing, never idle/preview/paused.
+        phraseRunBus.set(p === 'countIn' || p === 'playing');
     }, []);
 
     useEffect(() => { paceRef.current = config.pace; }, [config.pace]);
@@ -197,7 +202,17 @@ export function usePhraseTrainer(
                 countInBeatsRef.current > 0 &&
                 e.at <= scoreStartRef.current + 0.02;
             if ((e.kind === 'count-in-beat' || e.kind === 'beat') && !isRedundantDownbeat && configRef.current.clickSound) {
-                audioEngine.playClickAt(e.at, CLICK_VOLUME, e.kind === 'count-in-beat' ? e.beat === 0 : e.beat !== undefined);
+                audioEngine.playClickAt(e.at, CLICK_VOLUME, e.kind === 'count-in-beat' ? e.beat === 0 : e.accent === true);
+            }
+            // Publish every beat to the shared bus so the metronome widget's
+            // pendulum stays in sync with the run (click or no click).
+            if (e.kind === 'count-in-beat' || e.kind === 'beat') {
+                phraseBeatBus.emit(e.beat ?? 0, e.at);
+            }
+            // Publish every beat to the shared bus so the metronome widget's
+            // pendulum stays in sync with the run (click or no click).
+            if (e.kind === 'count-in-beat' || e.kind === 'beat') {
+                phraseBeatBus.emit(e.kind === 'count-in-beat' ? (e.beat ?? 0) : ((e.beat ?? 0) + countInBeatsRef.current), e.at);
             }
             clickIdxRef.current++;
         }