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Online Metronome
A free metronome with accents, subdivisions, tap BPM and a speed trainer, in four click sounds. Practising to a record? Load a song and the click follows its real beat, drift and all.
Tap three times or more in time with the music to set the tempo.
Allegro
Tap a beat’s number to make it an accent, a plain beat or silent.
Start slow and let it build up to speed while you play.
Keys: Space starts and stops, the arrows change the tempo (with Shift by 5), T taps it.
Practising to a song? Load it and the click follows the song’s own beat, through every push and pull, with a count-in, loops and the speed without changing the pitch.Opens in the free Key & BPM Finder. Analysed on your device, never uploaded.
How to practise with a metronome
Start slow. Find the tempo where you can play the passage cleanly and relaxed, often 60 to 70% of the target, and raise it a few BPM at a time. Turn on the speed trainer and it raises the tempo for you every few bars, up to the tempo you set.
Subdivide. Eighths, triplets or sixteenths fill in the clicks between the beats, so you hear at once whether the notes in between are even.
Put the click on 2 and 4. In 4/4, make beats 1 and 3 silent and beats 2 and 4 accents. The click becomes the backbeat, the way many jazz and pop players practise.
Leave gaps. Make one or two beats of the bar silent and keep time through them yourself. When you come back in on the click, you know how steady you held it.
Practise with the record. A metronome holds one tempo; most songs played by a band do not. Load the song and the Key & BPM Finder plays a click on its real beats, with a count-in, a loop of the bars you are learning and the speed down to 50% without changing the pitch. To hear your own part on its own, split the song into stems.
Tempo markings in BPM
The Italian words at the top of a score name a speed. These are the usual ranges, and the ones the tempo readout above uses; composers and editions differ, so treat them as a starting point.
| Marking | Meaning | About |
|---|---|---|
| Largo | Broad, very slow | 40 to 60 BPM |
| Larghetto | Rather broad | 60 to 66 BPM |
| Adagio | Slow, at ease | 66 to 76 BPM |
| Andante | At a walking pace | 76 to 108 BPM |
| Moderato | Moderate | 108 to 120 BPM |
| Allegro | Fast, bright | 120 to 156 BPM |
| Vivace | Lively | 156 to 176 BPM |
| Presto | Very fast | 176 to 200 BPM |
| Prestissimo | As fast as possible | Over 200 BPM |
Frequently asked questions
How do I use this online metronome?
Press play, then set the tempo with the slider, the plus and minus buttons or by typing it. Tap BPM sets it from your own taps. Choose the time signature, a click sound and subdivisions, and tap a beat’s number under Accents to make it an accent, a plain beat or silent.
What BPM should I practise at?
Start where you can play the passage cleanly and relaxed, often 60 to 70% of the target tempo, then raise it a few BPM at a time. The speed trainer does that for you: it adds a set number of BPM every few bars until it reaches the tempo you choose.
What are subdivisions?
Quieter clicks between the beats: eighths split each beat in two, triplets in three and sixteenths in four. Playing with them shows whether the notes between your beats are even, which the beat alone cannot.
How does 6/8 work here?
In 6/8 and 12/8 the beat you tap your foot to is the dotted quarter, three eighth notes long. So 6/8 counts two beats a bar and 12/8 four, each split into three, and the tempo counts dotted quarters, as most songs in 6/8 are counted.
Can the metronome follow a song?
Yes. Load a song and it opens in the free Key & BPM Finder, which finds every beat in the song and plays a click that follows them, so it stays with a band that speeds up or drifts. Add a count-in, loop a few bars or slow the song down without changing its pitch. The song is analysed on your device and never uploaded.
What is tap BPM?
A way to find a tempo by ear: tap the button, or press T, in time with the beat you hear, and it reads the tempo from the gaps between your taps. Three taps give a reading and more taps steady it; a pause of two seconds starts a new count.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, in the mobile browser with nothing to install, and on an iPhone it plays with the ring switch on silent. Keep the screen awake while you practise: a phone can stop a web page’s sound when it locks.
Is it free?
Yes, with no sign-up and no limit. It is part of StemConsole, which splits songs into stems so you can practise your part with the real band.
Related guides and tools
Key & BPM Finder
Find a song’s key and tempo, and practise with a click that follows it.
Slow down a song without changing pitch
Learn fast passages at a comfortable speed in the original key.
Loop a section of a song
Repeat a phrase until it sits under your fingers. Basic looping is free.
Learn a song by ear
Solo the part, loop the phrase and work out the notes.
Practise guitar with a backing track
Mute the guitar and play over the real band.
Isolate the drums
Hear the drum part on its own, or mute it and play along yourself.
Written by Dan Murtagh, mixing engineer and audio educator. Updated 3 October 2026.