Free online metronome
Set a tempo, pick a time signature and press Start. Tap the beat lights to change accents.
Keys: Space start / stop T tap tempo ↑ ↓ ±1 BPM Shift + ↑ ↓ ±10 BPM
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Choose a tempo with the slider, the plus and minus buttons, the number box or Tap tempo: tap along with a song four or more times and the metronome takes the average. The Italian word under the number, such as Andante or Allegro, is the traditional name for that speed range; treat it as a loose guide, since sources draw the lines a little differently.
The beats per bar and beat note make the time signature. Each circle under the drum is one beat. Activate a circle to cycle it through strong accent (^), accent (>), normal (•) and silent (×). Silencing beats is a good test: if you can keep time through a silent beat, the time is in you and not only in the click.
Subdivision adds quieter clicks inside each beat: eighths, triplets, sixteenths or swing eighths, where the second note of each pair lands on the last third of the beat. The speed trainer adds a few BPM every few bars until it reaches the tempo you set, which is a simple way to build up a fast passage without jumping straight to full speed.
Tap along to any song to find its BPM, with an average, a steadiness score and half or double time.
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Try the cloud browserHere the BPM always counts the bottom number of the time signature. In 6/8 at 120, each eighth note is one click and the bar has six of them, with an accent on 1 and a lighter one on 4. If you would rather feel 6/8 in two big beats, set 2/4 with triplets at a third of the tempo: 40 BPM instead of 120.
Each click is placed on the Web Audio clock, which counts samples, a little ahead of time. That keeps the tempo exact to well under a millisecond, with no drift over long practice sessions. Bluetooth headphones delay every click by the same amount, so the tempo stays right even if the sound arrives late.
Yes. The timer that feeds the scheduler runs in a web worker, which browsers do not slow down the way they slow hidden pages. On a phone, locking the screen can still pause audio, so keep the screen on while you practise.