Free tool · No sign-up
Set any tempo from 40 to 300 BPM, choose a time signature, and press play. The downbeat is accented so you always know where the bar begins. Nothing to download, no sign-up, and you can change the tempo while it plays.
Beats per minute
120
Press Space to start/stop · use ↑ ↓ to nudge the tempo · or
Presets
Each one opens this metronome already set and ready to play, with a note on where that tempo turns up.
Choose a tempo that suits your song or exercise. These presets are starting points; music within a genre can vary widely in tempo.
Anything else? Drag the slider above: it covers 40 to 300 BPM, one BPM at a time. You can also link straight to a tempo, as in /metronome?bpm=128.
How it works
The metronome uses your browser’s audio clock to keep a steady beat. Change the tempo or time signature as you practice, without stopping playback.
From 2/4 to 12/8, with the first beat of every bar accented so the downbeat is unmistakable.
Don’t know the tempo? Tap it in and the metronome takes the BPM straight from your taps.
Phone, tablet or laptop, no install and no account. The click is generated in the browser itself, so there is nothing to wait for and nothing to sign up to.
MagicBPM for Mac, iPhone, Android and Apple Watch
The app does everything this page does, and a good deal more. It pairs the metronome with a real-time BPM detector that hears the music around you, so you can lift a tempo off a track and practice to it straight away.
Good to know
Yes, completely free, no sign-up, and it runs entirely in your browser on phone, tablet, or computer.
The metronome uses your browser’s audio clock to keep a steady beat. Change the tempo or time signature as you practice, without stopping playback.
Yes. Pick from eight signatures between 2/4 and 12/8. The first beat of each bar is accented so you can hear and see the downbeat.
No. Nothing to download, nothing to install, no account to make. Open the page, press Play, and the click is generated in the browser itself. If you want one on your phone that keeps going with the screen off, that is what the app is for.
It keeps playing while the browser allows audio playback. Some devices may pause browser audio when you switch apps or lock the screen. Use the MagicBPM app if you need to practice with the screen off.
From 40 BPM up to 300 BPM, one BPM at a time. That covers Largo at the bottom, the 208 BPM where a traditional mechanical dial stops, and 220 or higher above it.
Yes. Put the tempo in the address, as in magicbpm.com/metronome?bpm=128, and it opens set to it. The common tempos have their own pages too, which you can share with a student or bandmate.
Browsers only allow audio after you interact with the page, so press Play (or the spacebar) once to start. Make sure your device isn’t muted and the volume slider isn’t at zero.
Trying to match a track? Use the tap tempo tool to find its BPM first.
