How it works
A 96 BPM metronome clicks at the speed Beethoven set in 1817 for the third movement of his Fifth Symphony: German Wikipedia's table of his metronome marks gives Allegro, 3/4, dotted half note = 96. One click, one bar.
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Start
Tap the pad, or press Space. Four clicks make a bar at 96 and the first is higher; tap again and it stops.
Change the tempo
Tap the number under the pad to type another tempo, or press minus or plus: one press, one beat a minute.
Questions and answers
Is 96 BPM andante or allegro?
By number, Andante: 56 to 108 in Wikipedia's list of tempo markings, which starts Andantino and Andante moderato at 80. The Fifth's third movement is headed Allegro all the same: its 96 counts whole bars, 288 quarter notes a minute by our sum.
What other music is marked 96?
Two more 3/4 passages at dotted half note = 96. German Wikipedia's table has the Fifth's finale return to it as Tempo I. Wikipedia's table for Beethoven's Ninth opens the finale Presto at 96, which its cited study says is often called a transmission error.
Is the 96 here counted in 4/4?
Yes. The pad counts in fours: a higher click and a larger dot open each bar. Set against a score marked dotted half note = 96, the four dots mark off the music four bars at a time.
Is 96 a standard metronome setting?
On the most common scale, yes. Wikipedia's Metronome article lists that scale moving in fours between 72 and 120, which makes 92, 96 and 100 neighbouring notches. A typed tempo needs no notch: 95 and 97 play here as well.
Why can't I hear the metronome?
First the ring switch on a phone, then the volume, then Bluetooth: headphones or a speaker may be playing the click somewhere else. The dots do not need sound. They take the beat one by one, the largest on the first of each bar.