How it works
Metronome 156 falls where two tempo words meet. In Wikipedia's list of tempo markings Allegro, fast and bright, runs from 120 to 156, and Vivace, lively and fast, starts on that number. The list calls its figures very rough approximations.
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Start
Tap the pad, or press Space, for a level click at 156 with no first beat picked out. Tap the pad once more to stop.
Change the tempo
Tap the number under the pad to type a tempo, or use plus and minus. Four presses of minus reach 152 and four of plus reach 160, the wind-up notches on either side.
Questions and answers
Is allegro vivace faster than 156 BPM?
Not in Wikipedia's list. It describes Molto allegro or Allegro vivace as a little quicker and livelier than Allegro at the least, yet still inside Allegro's range and never beyond Vivace, and gives it 124 to 156. So 156 is its ceiling.
Why does my wind-up metronome have no 156?
Its scale probably follows the arrangement Wikipedia's Metronome article calls the most common, which climbs in eights at the fast end, from 144 through 152 and 160 to 168. That leaves 156 midway between two notches. Other arrangements exist; this pad opens on the number.
Is this a 156 BPM click track?
It is the click without the track. Wikipedia's Click track article describes one as, in essence, a metronome sent to musicians' headphones while they record or perform, and traces it to timing marks on early sound film. This page records nothing and saves no file.
Why can't I hear the metronome?
A silent phone is the usual cause: look at the ring switch, then the volume, then whether headphones are joined over Bluetooth. The pad shows the beat regardless, its two dots taking turns.