How it works
An 82 BPM metronome clicks at the halfway point of Andante. Wikipedia's list of tempo markings gives that word 56 to 108, which leaves 26 beats either side of 82. The list calls its figures very rough approximations for 4/4.
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Start
Tap the pad, or press Space. Every click at 82 sounds the same and two equal dots take turns, so the count is yours. Tap once more to stop.
Change the tempo
Tap the number under the pad and type a tempo, or use minus and plus. A clockwork scale usually skips 82: the arrangement Wikipedia's Metronome article lists as the most common goes 80, 84 here. For 6/8, type 82 into the 6/8 metronome, whose number counts the dotted quarter: 246 eighth notes a minute, by our sum.
Questions and answers
Which tempo word matches a metronome marking of 82?
Andante, with two relatives. In Wikipedia's list of tempo markings Andantino and Andante moderato both begin at 80 and all three end at 108. Adagietto and Marcia moderato stop at 80; Moderato waits until 108. No word fixes a number, the list warns.
Is 82 BPM ever larghetto?
On one old dial. German Wikipedia's Tempo article pictures a 19th-century French metronome with Larghetto over 70 to 98; the English list ends that word at 66. The article's Japanese dial reads Andantino at 82 and its German one Andante. Approximate hints, it says.
How long is a dotted eighth note at 82 BPM?
548.8 ms, three quarters of the beat, by our sum. A plain eighth note is 365.9 ms, a sixteenth 182.9 ms and one triplet eighth 243.9 ms. Four beats take 2.93 s, though this page marks no bar.
Why can't I hear the metronome?
A phone on silent, a volume slider at zero or Bluetooth headphones left in a bag can each swallow the click. The beat is still on screen: two equal dots take turns, 82 times a minute.