How it works
A 70 BPM metronome clicks at the pace of a slow march: the Australian Army's 2017 drill manual sets slow time at 70 paces a minute. Here the 70 is counted in fours, the first beat of every bar marked.
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Start
Tap the pad, or press Space, to hear 70 in bars of four; the first beat of each bar is the higher click. Tap once more and it stops.
Change the tempo
Tap the number under the pad and type a new tempo, or use minus and plus, one beat a minute a press.
Questions and answers
What tempo marking is 70 BPM?
Three ranges in Wikipedia's list of basic tempo markings take in 70: Adagietto (46 to 80), Andante (56 to 108) and, aptly, Marcia moderato, a moderate march (66 to 80). The list offers them as rough figures only, and composers differ widely.
Is 70 BPM a slow march?
In Australian Army drill, yes: the figure is in its drill manual, LWP-G 7-7-5 of 2017. Wikipedia's Military step article gives the usual slow march as 60 paces a minute and the British one as 65, and calls it a ceremonial pace.
Is there a 70 on a wind-up metronome?
Usually not. In the most common scale, as Wikipedia's Metronome article lists it, the settings rise in threes above 60: 63, 66, 69, 72. A wind-up metronome is set to 69 or 72, and this page clicks at 70 itself.
Why can't I hear the metronome?
Check that the phone is not on silent at its ring switch, that the volume is above zero and that no Bluetooth speaker or headphones are connected. With the sound off the pad still counts: each dot lights on its beat.