How it works
A 104 metronome clicks at the top speed of competition samba. The World DanceSport Federation's rules set it at 50 to 52 bars a minute, Wikipedia's ballroom samba article gives a 2/4 bar, and twice 52 is 104: our sum.
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Start
Tap the pad, or press Space. The click is even, with nothing to mark a bar, so count one, two across it for samba. Another tap stops it.
Change the tempo
To change it, tap the number under the pad: 100 is samba's slow limit by the same sum. Minus and plus move one beat a minute.
Questions and answers
Is 104 BPM a samba tempo?
Yes, the quickest in competition. Rule E.3.2 of the World DanceSport Federation's 2026 rules prints samba's range in bars, 50 to 52 a minute, and says nothing of beats; the two beats to a bar come from the 2/4 in Wikipedia's ballroom samba article.
Which symphony movement is marked 104?
The Vivace of Beethoven's Seventh, for one. Wikipedia's article on the symphony gives it dotted quarter note = 104 in 6/8: a click is half a bar. Type 104 into this site's 6/8 metronome to add the eighth notes, 312 a minute by our sum.
Is 104 BPM andante or moderato?
Andante, near its top. Wikipedia's list of tempo markings ends Andante, Andantino and Andante moderato together at 108, the figure where Moderato begins, so 104 lies four beats under that border. The list warns that such numbers are rough and change from composer to composer.
Is 104 marked on a mechanical metronome?
On most, yes. The arrangement Wikipedia's Metronome article describes as the most common steps by four from 72 up to 120, and 104 is one of those steps, after 100 and before 108. A scale built another way may skip it.
Why can't I hear the metronome?
The ring switch on a phone, the volume, or a Bluetooth speaker that has taken the click: one of the three is the usual reason. Meanwhile the two dots go on changing places at 104, sound or no sound.