How it works
A 116 metronome is a drill instructor's tool in Australia. The Australian Army's drill manual of 2017 sets the instrument at 116, its quick time, and has a drummer beat along while the soldiers stand and listen.
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Start
Tap the pad, or press Space. Every click sounds alike and two dots trade places, so the count is yours to lay over it. The same tap stops it.
Change the tempo
Tap the number under the pad to type another tempo, or step with minus and plus. For 116 in 6/8, type it into this site's 6/8 metronome, where the number counts the dotted quarter note.
Questions and answers
Is 116 BPM quick march time?
In several drill books. The British Army's Drill Manual (2017) says the quick march is normally 116 paces to the minute, and the Royal Navy's drill book agrees. Canada's manual sets quick time at 120 and keeps 116 for foot guards on their own parades.
What does a metronome marking of 116 mean?
That the note named in the mark comes 116 times a minute. One score with the figure: German Wikipedia's table for Beethoven's Fifth Symphony gives the più moto of the second movement, in 3/8, as eighth note = 116. The movement opens at 92.
Is 116 BPM allegro moderato?
It is where that marking begins. Wikipedia's list of tempo markings gives Allegro moderato 116 to 120, inside Allegretto (112 to 120) and Moderato (108 to 120), so 116 answers to all three. By the list's own account the figures are very rough.
What comes after 116 on a metronome's scale?
120, and then the gaps widen. Wikipedia's Metronome article lists the most common wind-up arrangement in fours from 72 to 120, so 116 lies between 112 and 120; beyond that it moves in sixes as far as 144. Other dials differ.
Why can't I hear the metronome?
A muted ring switch, a volume turned right down or a Bluetooth device in another room will each silence a phone. The beat stays visible: one dot, then the other, 116 times a minute.