How it works
A 3/2 metronome counts the half note, three to a bar. Here it starts at 60 and adds a quieter tick on the quarter note after every beat: six clicks a bar in three pairs, the first click highest.
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Start
Tap the pad, or press Space, and count one, two, three on the louder clicks, from the highest. Tap again to stop.
Change the tempo
Tap the number under the pad to type a half-note tempo, or move it with minus and plus.
Questions and answers
Is this a metronome with subdivisions for 3/2?
Yes. Each half-note beat is followed by a quieter tick on the quarter note, the division Open Music Theory counts as "and": one and two and three and. Its table of metres lists 3/2 as simple triple, three beats that each divide in two.
What do I type for 3/2 at 168 or at 200?
It depends on the note the mark counts. Half notes: type the figure itself, 168 or 200. Quarter notes: halve it, since the number here is the half note, so 168 becomes 84 and 200 becomes 100.
Why not count 3/2 as 6/4?
Their six quarter notes group differently. Open Music Theory's table puts 6/4 with the compound duple metres, two beats of three. The finale of Beethoven's Ninth has both, by Wikipedia's table of its movements: 3/2 at half note = 72 and 60, then 6/4.
Why are three beats written as 3/2 and not 3/4?
The count does not change. Wikipedia's Time signature article calls 3/8, 3/4 and 3/2 all three beats to a bar, written in shorter or longer notes. By a convention it dates to the Baroque era, though, a smaller lower figure implies a slower tempo.
Why can't I hear the metronome?
Work through a phone's ring switch, its volume, and any Bluetooth headphones the click may be playing through instead. The dots carry on in silence: six to a bar, a large one for each half note and a small one for the quarter note after.