Online Metronome

Start at a tempo where you can play the passage cleanly every time. A common starting point is 60–70% of the target tempo. Once it feels easy, raise it by 2 to 5 BPM, or let the speed trainer do it for you.

It depends on how the clicks are timed. This one schedules every click on your device's audio clock, which also plays the sound, so a busy page can't move a click. In our tests each click lands within 1 sample (about 0.02 ms) of the exact beat. Bluetooth headphones delay all sound by about 100–300 ms. The clicks stay evenly spaced, but the flashing beat can look early: raise Visual offset in Settings until they match.

Six eighth notes in each bar, felt as two beats of three eighths. The metronome clicks the two main beats (dotted quarter notes) and plays the eighths quietly between them. The BPM counts the main beats, so 60 BPM in 6/8 is 180 eighth notes a minute. 9/8 and 12/8 work the same way, with three and four main beats.

Each click is an eighth note, and the BPM counts eighths. 5/8 is grouped 3+2 and 7/8 is grouped 2+2+3, with an accent at the start of each group. Tap a beat to move the accents to match your music.

Open Settings and turn on Speed trainer. Set how many BPM to add, how many bars between steps, and the tempo to stop at. Start at a tempo you can play cleanly. The tempo goes up on beat 1 of a bar, and it returns to your starting tempo when you stop.

On a computer it keeps playing in another tab. Phones usually pause web audio when you lock the screen or switch apps, so the metronome keeps the screen on while it plays. When you come back it carries on, or shows Tap to Resume.

No. It only plays sound, so it never asks for the microphone. Your tempo and settings are saved on your device.