Online metronome
Set the tempo, press Start and keep time with clicks recorded from real wood, metal and drums.
Press Start or Space, or tap a beat
How to use the metronome
Everything can be changed while the metronome runs, and each change lands on the next click.
- Set the tempo with the slider or the − and + buttons, or tap the Tap pad in time with the music.
- Choose how many beats a bar has and how each beat is divided: quarters, eighths, triplets or sixteenths.
- Tap a beat’s bar to make it loud, normal or soft. Tap its lowest step again to mute that beat.
- Press Start or Space. Pick another sound at any time, even while it plays.
- Space
- Start or stop
- ↑ ↓
- Tempo up or down by 1
- ← →
- Tempo up or down by 5
- A–Z
- Tap the tempo with any letter key
Six recorded click sounds
Each sound is a real percussion instrument, with a stronger stroke for the accent and a lighter one for soft beats and subdivisions. Pick one here or above.
Wood block
A hollow wooden block struck with a stick: the dry, classic click. A smaller, higher block plays the accent.
Claves
Two hardwood sticks struck together, bright and short. A higher-pitched pair marks the first beat.
Cowbell
A metal cowbell, open on the beats and muted for the soft clicks. It carries over drums and loud guitars.
Hi-hat
A drummer’s closed hi-hat struck with a stick, with the foot pedal’s chick for soft beats and subdivisions.
Agogô bells
A pair of Brazilian agogô bells: the high bell marks the first beat and the low bell keeps the rest.
Log drum
A wooden slit drum with a low, round tone, gentle on the ear during long practice.
A free metronome for practice and rehearsal
This online metronome keeps a steady beat from 20 to 300 BPM right in your browser. There is nothing to install and no account: open the page, set the tempo and press Start.
Use it to learn a piece slowly and raise the tempo step by step, to lock in a groove on the drums, to keep a band or choir together in rehearsal, or to find the tempo of a song by tapping along.
The clicks are timed on the audio clock of your device rather than on a screen timer, so the beat stays even when the page is busy. Accents, subdivisions and muted beats let you count odd meters or practise keeping time through a gap.
Questions
Is this online metronome free?
Yes. It is free to use, with no sign-up and no download. It runs in any modern browser on a phone, tablet or computer.
How do I find the tempo of a song?
Tap the Tap pad, or any letter key, in time with the music. After two taps the tempo follows your taps, averaged over the last few. Press ↑ or ↓ to adjust it by 1 BPM and ← or → by 5.
How do accents and subdivisions work?
Each beat of the bar has its own bar that you can set to accent, normal, soft or muted, so you can count 3/4, 6/8 or 7/8 the way the music feels. Subdivision adds softer clicks between the beats: eighths, triplets or sixteenths.
Can I use it on a phone or tablet?
Yes. Everything works by touch. On an iPhone, turn off silent mode if you hear nothing, and keep the screen on, because some phones stop sound in the browser when the screen locks.
Can I change the sound while it plays?
Yes. Pick another sound at any time. The metronome keeps going, and the new sound takes over on the next click once it has loaded.
What do Largo, Andante and Allegro mean?
They are Italian tempo terms printed on the scale of pendulum metronomes. Roughly, Largo is 40 to 60 BPM, Andante 76 to 108, Moderato 108 to 120, Allegro 120 to 168 and Presto 168 to 200. The term for the current tempo is shown under the number.