How it works
A 46 BPM metronome is the slowest setting that five tempo words share. In Wikipedia's list of tempo markings Largo, Larghetto, Lento and Adagio are already under way when Adagietto starts at 46; the list calls its figures very rough.
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Start
Tap the pad, or press Space, and let a couple of clicks go by: at 46 they are level, unhurried and belong to no bar. The same tap stops them.
Change the tempo
Tap the number under the pad and type a tempo, or press minus and plus. Two presses either way give 44 or 48, the notches beside 46 on the most common wind-up scale in Wikipedia's Metronome article. Double time, 92, has its own page; half time, 23, can be typed here.
Questions and answers
Which tempo words fit 46 BPM?
Five in Wikipedia's list of tempo markings: Largo and Lento, which start at 40, Larghetto and Adagio, which start at 44, and Adagietto, whose 46 to 80 begins here. Grave stopped at 40 and Andante waits until 56. One beat lower there are four.
Does a metronome dial say adagietto at 46?
No. All three dials pictured in German Wikipedia's Tempo article print Largo here; on the present-day Japanese one 46 is the middle of its Largo band, 44 to 48. That dial keeps Adagietto for 63 to 69, seventeen beats later. Approximate bands, the article says.
How long do the notes inside one beat last at 46 BPM?
Halve the beat and the eighth note is 652.2 ms, one whole beat at 92. A third, the triplet eighth, is 434.8 ms; a quarter, the sixteenth, 326.1 ms; the dotted eighth stops just short of a second, at 978.3 ms. Our own divisions.
Why can't I hear the metronome?
Wait before deciding: clicks at 46 come well over a second apart. If the two dots are swapping in silence, the cause on a phone is usually the ring switch, the volume or a Bluetooth speaker that has taken the sound.