How it works
Metronome 168 is the slowest Presto. Wikipedia's list of tempo markings gives Presto, very fast, 168 to 200, and calls its numbers very rough approximations.
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Start
Tap the pad, or press Space, to set 168 going. All its clicks sound alike, so the count of the bar is left to you. Tap again and it is quiet.
Change the tempo
Tap the number under the pad and type a tempo, or use minus and plus.
Questions and answers
Is 168 BPM presto or vivace?
Either word fits. Wikipedia's list of tempo markings has Vivace, lively and fast, at 156 to 176 and starts Presto at 168, so they share nine tempos, 168 to 176 by our count. A score picks one by character, which a number cannot show.
How many bars a minute is a jive at 168 BPM?
Forty-two, by our sum: 168 divided by the four beats that Wikipedia's Ballroom dance article gives a bar of jive. That is the floor of the range in the World DanceSport Federation's 2026 rules, Rule E.3.2, which lets a competition jive rise to 44 bars.
Is quarter note = 168 the same as half note = 84?
The speed is identical; only the note counted differs. Wikipedia's article on Beethoven's Fifth Symphony prints the finale, in 4/4, at half note = 84, two counts to the bar. A metronome at 168 clicks that movement's quarter notes instead, four to the bar.
Which metronome numbers sit beside 168?
On a typical wind-up model, 160 underneath and 176 on top. Wikipedia's Metronome article describes the most common scale as moving by eight from 144 to its last notch, 208, and 168 comes five notches before that end. Other scales exist.
Why can't I hear the metronome?
Look for a muted phone before anything else: its ring switch, a volume turned right down, or a Bluetooth headset that has the sound. The tempo stays visible meanwhile, as two dots that swap with each click of the 168.