How it works
A 16th note triplet metronome sounds six even clicks for every quarter note, so the number on the pad is the tempo of the beat and not of the clicks. Opening at 60, it clicks six times a second.
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Start
Tap the pad, or press Space. Twelve dots light in turn: a large one on each beat, then five small ones for the rest of its six. A second tap stops the click.
Change the tempo
Tap the number under the pad and type the tempo of the quarter note, or nudge it with minus and plus. Whole tempos from 1 to 166 play; from 67 up the dots stay lit together while the clicks go on.
Questions and answers
Are 16th note triplets the same as a sextuplet?
Not to every writer. Sixteenth-note triplets are two triplets to a beat. In Wikipedia's Tuplet article six to a beat is taken that way or as one triplet with each note halved: some authorities call both sextuplets, others call two triplets a double triplet.
Does this metronome mark two triplets or three pairs?
Neither. Only the first click of each six is louder, so the same clicks serve either grouping. To hear two triplets marked, open the triplet page and type twice your tempo: 120 there is these 360 clicks with every third one louder.
What do you say to count 16th note triplets?
Wikipedia's Counting article gives 1 la li + la li: the number on the beat and the plus sign, said "and", halfway through it. For sextuplets the same article says simply to say triplet twice. The louder click here is the number.
Why can't I hear the metronome?
Look at the phone first: its ring switch, its volume, and Bluetooth headphones that may have taken the sound. The twelve dots still keep time, a large one for each beat and five small ones behind it.