Online Metronome
Free metronome with tap tempo, accents and subdivisions. No sign-up
Set the tempo with the slider, the plus and minus buttons or by typing the BPM, or tap along to a song with Tap tempo.
Choose the beats per bar: 4 for 4/4, 3 for 3/4.
Pick a subdivision if you want quieter clicks between the beats, and a sound, beep or click.
Turn the accent on the first beat on or off, and set the volume.
Press Start. Keep this page in the foreground for steady timing.
How do you find the tempo of a song, and how do you set a metronome to it?
Tempo is measured in BPM, beats per minute. To find it, tap along with the beat at least four to six times: the average gap between taps gives the tempo, and a gap of 500 ms means 120 BPM, because 60,000 ÷ 500 = 120. Then set the metronome to that BPM, choose the beats per bar (4 for 4/4, 3 for 3/4) and, if you want, a subdivision. The length of one beat in milliseconds is 60,000 ÷ BPM, which is also the number you need to set a delay in time with the song. This free metronome has tap tempo, an accent on the first beat, 1 to 12 beats per bar, and eighth, triplet or sixteenth subdivisions.
What is a metronome and how do you use it?
A metronome clicks at a steady speed, so you can practise, record or play with others in time. The speed is measured in BPM: 60 BPM is one click every second, and 120 BPM is two clicks per second. Beats per bar groups the clicks into bars, with a stronger click on the first one: 4 is the usual count of rock and pop, 3 is the count of a waltz. Subdivisions add quieter clicks between the beats (two, three or four per beat), which helps you feel faster notes and rhythms like triplets. When you learn a piece, start slow and raise the tempo a little at a time.
Made by Luca Martone, sound designer and live sound engineer based in Turin.
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