Metronomes

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Each page here is a metronome that opens already set: to a tempo in beats a minute, to a time signature such as 3/4 or 6/8, or to a tempo word such as allegro.

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2/2 MetronomeOpens in 2/2 at 100 half notes a minute: cut time, two clicks a bar with beat one higher.
3/2 MetronomeOpens in 3/2 at 60: three half-note beats a bar, each followed by a quieter tick on the quarter note.
3/4 MetronomeOpens in 3/4 at 120: three clicks a bar with beat one higher. The bar of the waltz.
3/8 MetronomeOpens in 3/8 at 72 eighth notes a minute: three clicks a bar, the first higher.
4/2 Time SignatureOpens in 4/2 at 60: four half-note beats a bar, with a quieter quarter-note tick after each one.
5/4 MetronomeOpens in 5/4 at 120: five quarter-note clicks a bar, grouped three then two.
5/8 MetronomeOpens in 5/8 at 120: five eighth-note clicks a bar, grouped two then three.
6/8 MetronomeOpens in 6/8 at 60: two dotted-quarter beats a bar, with every eighth note clicked.
7/4 MetronomeOpens in 7/4 at 120: seven quarter-note clicks a bar, grouped four then three.
7/8 MetronomeOpens in 7/8 at 120: seven eighth-note clicks a bar, grouped two, two and three.
8/4 Time Signature MetronomeOpens in 8/4 at 150: eight quarter-note clicks a bar, with beats one and five marked.
8/8 MetronomeEight eighth-note clicks a bar at 120, stressed on the first, fourth and seventh.
9/4 Time Signature MetronomeNine quarter notes to the bar at 120, heard as three threes: the compound triple reading of 9/4, with clicks one, four and seven raised.
9/8 MetronomeOpens in 9/8 at 55: three dotted-quarter beats a bar, nine eighth notes clicked.
10/8 Time Signature MetronomeOpens in 10/8 at 120: ten eighth-note clicks a bar with beat one higher and no grouping imposed.
11/8 MetronomeEleven eighth-note clicks a bar at 120, in three groups of three and a closing pair.
12/8 MetronomeOpens in 12/8 at 60: four dotted-quarter beats a bar, twelve eighth notes clicked in threes.
13/4 MetronomeOpens in 13/4 at 120: thirteen quarter-note clicks a bar with beat one higher and no grouping set.
13/8 MetronomeOpens in 13/8 at 120: thirteen eighth-note clicks a bar, grouped 3+3+3+2+2.
15/8 Time Signature MetronomeOpens in 15/8 at 50: five dotted-quarter beats a bar, each followed by two quieter eighth-note ticks.
15/16 Time Signature MetronomeOpens in 15/16 at 240 sixteenth notes a minute: fifteen clicks a bar, grouped 4+4+4+3.
16th Note Triplet MetronomeOpens at 60 with six clicks to a beat: sixteenth-note triplets, which some writers call a sextuplet and others a double triplet.
16th Notes MetronomeOpens at 60 with four clicks to a beat: the quarter note and the three quieter sixteenth notes that follow it.
32nd Note MetronomeA metronome that subdivides into 32nd notes: it opens at 40 with eight clicks to a beat, the finest division it plays.
40 BPM MetronomeOpens at 40 in 4/4: the first number on the usual wind-up scale, where Grave ends and Largo begins.
42 BPM MetronomeA level click at 42: Largo in the usual list, Grave on one pictured dial, and the figure where an old French dial begins its tempo words.
45 BPM MetronomeOpens at 45 with a plain click: Largo in the usual list and on all three pictured dials, one beat before Adagietto begins.
46 BPM MetronomeA level click at 46: the slowest tempo that five words of the usual list share, with Adagietto the newcomer and Largo on every pictured dial.
48 BPM MetronomeOpens at 48 with a plain click: four beats in exactly five seconds, and the top of Largo on one pictured dial, where Lento begins.
50 BPM MetronomeOpens at 50 in four: a beat every 1.2 seconds, inside Largo, Lento and Adagio.
54 BPM MetronomeOpens at 54 with a plain click: where Lento meets Adagio on one pictured dial, two beats short of Andante in the usual list.
56 BPM MetronomeA slow, level click at 56: where Andante begins, with five slower tempo words still in reach.
60 BPM MetronomeOpens at 60 in 4/4: one click a second, the slow march pace.
62 BPM MetronomeOpens at 62 with a plain click: Larghetto on two pictured dials, and a tempo the usual wind-up scale steps over.
63 BPM MetronomeOpens at 63, every click alike: the mark over a symphony's Andante moderato, and the first wind-up notch above 60.
65 BPM MetronomeOpens at 65 in 4/4: slow time, the ceremonial marching pace of British drill.
67 BPM MetronomeOpens at 67 with a plain click: the first whole tempo past Adagio and Largo in the usual list, though two pictured dials still print those words.
69 BPM MetronomeA level 69: the mark over a symphony's long introduction, three beats past Adagio, and a notch on the usual wind-up scale.
70 BPM MetronomeOpens at 70 in four. Seventy paces a minute is slow time in Australian Army drill.
75 BPM MetronomeOpens at 75 in 4/4: the pace a Royal Navy drill book gives funeral gun carriages, and Andante in the usual list of markings.
78 BPM MetronomeA plain click at 78: Andante in the usual list, Andantino already on one pictured dial, halfway between the wind-up notches 76 and 80.
80 BPM MetronomeOpens at 80 in 4/4: a bar every 3 seconds, where Andantino begins.
81 BPM MetronomeAn even click at 81: one beat past Adagietto in the usual list, Andantino on a pictured dial, and 27 whole bars of 3/4 a minute.
82 BPM MetronomeOpens at 82 with a plain click: the exact middle of Andante in the usual list, halfway from the 80 notch to the 84 on a wind-up scale.
85 BPM MetronomeOpens at 85 in 4/4: Andante in the usual list, Maestoso on one pictured dial, and a beat above the slowest competition waltz.
87 BPM MetronomeOpens at 87 with a plain click: exactly 29 bars of waltz a minute, the middle of the competition range, and Andante in the usual list.
88 BPM MetronomeOpens at 88 in 4/4: Andante on the usual list, and the step of a slow parade march.
90 BPM MetronomeOpens at 90 in four. A competition waltz at 30 bars a minute moves at this pace.
92 BPM MetronomeOpens at 92 in 4/4: an andante by the usual list of markings, and one of the notches on the common wind-up scale.
96 BPM MetronomeOpens at 96 in 4/4: inside Andante, and a notch on the usual wind-up scale.
98 Beats per Minute MetronomeOpens at 98 with an even click: Andante in the usual list, Moderato on one pictured dial, midway between two wind-up notches.
100 BPM MetronomeOpens at 100 in 4/4: the slow end of a competition samba, inside Andante.
104 MetronomeOpens at 104 with a plain click: competition samba at its quickest, 52 bars a minute.
105 BPM MetronomeOpens at 105 in 4/4: inside a competition rumba's range, Andante in the usual list and Allegretto on one pictured dial.
110 BPM MetronomeOpens at 110 in four. Canada's Scottish and Highland regiments may march at this pace.
116 MetronomeOpens at 116 with a plain click: quick time in British and Australian drill, and the first tempo of Allegro moderato.
118 MetronomeOpens at 118 with a plain click: the middle of Allegro moderato in the usual list, and inside a competition slow foxtrot's range.
120 BPM MetronomeOpens at 120 in 4/4: two clicks a second, march time, where Allegro begins.
121 BPM MetronomeSet to 121, every click alike: one beat a minute past 120, where Moderato has ended, and a step the usual wind-up scale leaves out.
122 BPM MetronomeOpens at 122 with a plain click: 61 bars of paso doble a minute, the middle of its competition range, and Allegro alone in the usual list.
124 BPM MetronomeSet to 124 with no accent: the fastest competition paso doble, the slowest tango and the first number of Allegro vivace.
125 BPM MetronomeOpens at 125 in 4/4: the low figure of the 125 to 150 Wikipedia says trance generally uses, Allegro in the usual list, one short of a wind-up notch.
126 BPM MetronomeOpens at 126 with an even click: Allegro by number, and the first step past 120 on the usual wind-up scale.
128 BPM MetronomeOpens at 128 in 4/4: 32 bars a minute, the fastest a competition cha-cha-cha is allowed.
130 BPM MetronomeOpens at 130 in 4/4: Allegro in the usual list of markings, and the tempo UK garage usually sits around.
132 BPM MetronomeA plain click at 132: Allegro by number, and where dubstep's usual range starts.
135 BPM MetronomeOpens at 135 in 4/4: Allegro in the usual list, the top of the range given for recent trance styles, midway between two wind-up notches.
138 MetronomeAn unaccented click at 138: the composer's mark on a late piano sonata, the midpoint of Allegro and a wind-up notch.
144 BPM MetronomeOpens at 144 in 4/4: Allegro, the last of the sixes on the usual wind-up scale, and the mark over a piano etude.
152 BPM MetronomeA level click at 152: near the top of Allegro, the mark over a symphony finale and the first of the wide steps on a wind-up scale.
170 BPM MetronomeOpens at 170 in 4/4: the low end of the range Wikipedia gives drum and bass since about 1996, Vivace or Presto by the list, inside a competition jive's range.
172 MetronomeA plain 172: the first number of Vivacissimo and Allegrissimo, between two wind-up notches, inside the usual range of drum and bass.
174 BPM Metronome174 with every beat alike: a competition Viennese waltz at its slowest, the centre of Vivacissimo, two short of a wind-up notch.
176 BPM Metronome176 with no accent: the mark over a piano etude, the top of Vivace and the fast end of a competition jive.
180 BPM MetronomeOpens at 180 in 4/4: a Viennese waltz at its quickest, and double time on the drill square.
185 BPM MetronomeSet to 185 with no bar marked: the top figure of Wikipedia's typical range for drum and bass, and Presto in the usual list and on three pictured dials.
200 BPM MetronomeOpens at 200 in 4/4: the top of Presto, the start of Prestissimo and a quickstep's slow end.
204 BPM MetronomeSet to 204 with no bar marked: 51 bars a minute of competition quickstep, at a speed where three pictured metronome dials disagree on the tempo word.
220 BPM MetronomeOpens at 220 with a plain click: the highest tempo in Wikipedia's Frenchcore article, twelve beats above the top of a wind-up scale.
240 BPM MetronomeOpens at 240: four clicks a second, twice 120, past the top of a wind-up scale.
600 BPM MetronomeOpens at 600, a click every tenth of a second: the figure where Wikipedia's Speedcore article ends one range of tempos and starts the next.

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Adagietto TempoOpens at 66 under the mark Adagietto is 46 to 80: a word only one of three pictured dials prints, over six beats.
Adagio MetronomeOpens at 57 under the mark Adagio is 44 to 66, with two adagio marks from one symphony that both read 60.
Allegro MetronomeOpens at 137 under the mark Allegro is 120 to 156, with the wind-up notches that fall inside the range.
Allegro Moderato MetronomeOpens at 117 under the mark Allegro moderato is 116 to 120: five tempos, two of them notches on the usual wind-up scale.
Allegro Vivace MetronomeOpens at 139 under the mark Allegro vivace is 124 to 156, with a printed allegro vivace that runs over the range.
Andantino MetronomeOpens at 99 under the mark Andantino is 80 to 108, with the word's two opposite readings and its eight wind-up settings.
Clap MetronomeOpens at 100 with a hand clap on every beat: a tenth of a second of filtered noise, made in the browser.

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Drum MetronomeOpens at 100 in 4/4 on a drum kit: kick on one and three, snare on two and four, hi-hat on the eighth notes.
Fast MetronomeOpens at 300, five clicks a second, and takes any whole tempo up to 1000: far past the 208 where a wind-up scale usually ends.
Grave MetronomeOpens at 32 under the mark Grave is 24 to 40: below where a wind-up metronome begins, with how the word became a tempo mark.
Jazz Metronome on 2 and 4Opens in four at 100 with only beats two and four sounding, the backbeat. One and three are silent rings.
Larghetto MetronomeOpens at 60 under the mark Larghetto is 44 to 66: a word three pictured dials print in three places, below Adagio on two and above it on one.
Largo MetronomeOpens at 53 under the mark Largo is 40 to 66, with larghetto and larghissimo beside it and a well-known Largo that is marked larghetto.
Lento Metronome SpeedOpens at 49 under the mark Lento is 40 to 60, with the markings slower than lento and a printed Lento that reads 66.

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Maestoso Metronome MarkingOpens at 88 under the word Maestoso with no range drawn: a word of manner that one pictured dial places and the usual list of markings leaves without a figure.
Metronome 2/4Opens in 2/4 at 120: a higher click and a lower one, one bar every second.
Metronome 4/4Opens in 4/4 at 120: four clicks a bar, beat one higher. The bar also called common time.
Metronome 6/4Opens in 6/4 at 120: six quarter-note clicks a bar, grouped three and three.
Metronome 8th NotesOpens at 80 with two clicks to a beat: the quarter note, then a quieter eighth note halfway to the next.
Metronome 11/16Opens in 11/16 at 240 sixteenth notes a minute: eleven clicks a bar, grouped 2+2+3+2+2.
Metronome 55A slow, plain click at 55: the exact middle of Adagio and Larghetto in the usual list, and the last whole tempo before Andante.
Metronome 58 BPMOpens at 58 with a plain click: the last Adagio number and the first Larghetto on one pictured dial, and a notch of the usual wind-up scale.
Metronome 66Opens at 66 in 4/4: the number where Largo, Larghetto and Adagio end in the usual list of tempo markings.
Metronome 72Opens at 72 in 4/4: Andante, and the notch where the usual wind-up scale stops climbing in threes.
Metronome 76Opens at 76 in 4/4: Andante by number, and the step where the usual wind-up scale begins to climb in fours.
Metronome 84Opens at 84, a plain click with no bar. The slowest competition waltz, 28 bars a minute, moves at 84.
Metronome 94A level click at 94: the midpoint of Andantino and Andante moderato in the usual list, halfway from the 92 notch to the 96.
Metronome 108Opens at 108 in 4/4: where Andante ends and Moderato begins, and the speed a widely used set of piano exercises builds up to.
Metronome 109A plain click at 109: the first whole tempo past Andante, Moderato in the usual list and Allegretto on one pictured dial.
Metronome 112Opens at 112 in 4/4. Allegretto begins at this number, and so does the slow foxtrot's range.
Metronome 115Opens at 115 in 4/4: where house music's typical range begins, one beat short of Allegro moderato.
Metronome 140Opens at 140 in 4/4: the quick march of rifle regiments, and the number dubstep is nicknamed after.
Metronome 142A plain click at 142: the last figure of dubstep's usual range, Allegro in the usual list and Assai on one pictured dial.
Metronome 150Opens at 150 in 4/4: a beat of exactly 400 milliseconds, near the top of Allegro, about the pace of modern hardstyle.
Metronome 155Set to 155, every click alike: the last whole tempo before Vivace in the usual list, and the low figure of drum and bass around 1993.
Metronome 156Set to 156, an even click: the number where Allegro ends and Vivace begins, and one the usual wind-up scale skips.
Metronome 160Opens at 160 in four. Vivace in the usual list of markings, and a notch on a wind-up scale.
Metronome 165A plain click at 165: where Wikipedia's typical range for drum and bass begins and its 1993 range ends, and Vivace alone in the usual list.
Metronome 168An unmarked click at 168: the lowest number of Presto, a wind-up notch and the slowest competition jive.
Metronome AllegrettoOpens at 119 under the mark Allegretto is 112 to 120, with the word's older, slower sense explained.
Metronome AndanteOpens at 79 under the mark Andante is 56 to 108: the widest two-ended range in the usual list of tempo words.
Metronome SoundOpens at 100 on a plain click, with a wood block, a cowbell, a shaker and five more sounds to pick from.
Moderato MetronomeOpens at 113 under the mark Moderato is 108 to 120, and shows what the word does after andante, allegro or marcia.
Presto MetronomeOpens at 184 under the mark Presto is 168 to 200, with prestissimo above it and two printed presto marks that count longer notes.
Slow MetronomeOpens at 30, a click every two seconds, and goes down to 1: below the 40 where a wind-up scale usually begins.
Tempo Di MarciaOpens at 120 under the mark Tempo di marcia: what the term says in English, other march speeds, and the slower march word of the same list.
Triplet MetronomeOpens at 80 with three even clicks to a beat: eighth-note triplets, the first of each three louder.
Vivace MetronomeOpens at 166 under the mark Vivace is 156 to 176, with two printed vivace marks that read 104 and 116, and why.
Whole Note MetronomeOpens at 100 in four with only beat one sounding: a single click for every whole note, three rings between.

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