DownbeatFree tool, no account
Online metronome
Set the BPM or tap them in and start it. Half and double time are one tap away. It runs in the browser, on your phone too.
Allegro
♩ 120
Guide
Tempo markings in BPM
The ranges are indicative: every edition and every conductor reads them a little differently.
| Marking | BPM | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 40–60 | Very slow and broad | |
| 60–66 | A little less slow than largo | |
| 66–76 | Slow and relaxed | |
| 76–108 | At a walking pace | |
| 108–120 | Neither slow nor fast | |
| 120–156 | Fast and bright | |
| 156–176 | Lively and quick | |
| 168–200 | Very fast |
How to use it
Practising with a metronome, as a band
A click keeps the band together where songs tend to rush: the intro, the fills, the last chorus.
- 01
Find the song's tempo
Play the recording and tap along at least four times. Tap tempo gives you the BPM to start from.
- 02
Start slower, then build up
Learn a hard part ten BPM below the real tempo. When it is clean, hold + and add a few at a time.
- 03
Use half and double time
On a slow ballad, double time gives a click on every eighth. On a fast song, half time clicks every other beat and is easier to follow.
- 04
Pick a sound you can hear
With drums and amps up, a soft click disappears. Woodblock and cowbell cut through a loud rehearsal room.
On stage with Downbeat
On stage, the metronome already knows the tempo
In Downbeat the metronome lives in the stage view, next to your set list. No more typing the BPM between songs.
- Every song has its BPMYou save the tempo once in the repertoire. The whole band sees the same number.
- It follows the set listMove to the next song and the metronome is already at its tempo, stopped until you start it.
- Nudge it for tonight only− and + change the tempo on stage without touching the repertoire: tomorrow the song is back to its BPM.
- Phone locked, hands on the stringsIt keeps clicking with the screen locked, and starts or stops from headphones or the lock screen.
3
Superstition
Stevie Wonder
E♭m · 100 · 4:26
4
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
D♭ · 148 · 3:43
Metronome questions
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. Open the page in the browser and press Start. If you hear nothing, check that the phone is not on silent.
How does tap tempo work?
Tap the button in time with the song, at least twice. The metronome sets the BPM from your last taps.
What do half time and double time do?
They play the same tempo at half or twice the clicks, without changing the BPM you set: handy for slow ballads and fast songs.
The BPM of every song, ready.
In your band's repertoire every song has its key, BPM and length. You see them in the set list and on stage too.
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