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The sample 120 in 4/4 is one beat every 500 milliseconds. 60 is one beat every 1000 milliseconds, one second. Only the first beat of the bar clicks higher.
120
Why this exists
This is a practice metronome for an instrument, not the focus timer on this site. A bar of 4/4 accents the first beat.
120 means 120 beats in a minute. In 4/4 that beat lasts 500 milliseconds.
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01How to use it
Choose the speed with the slider or the number, then press Start.
Pick a bar of 1, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, or 6/8.
Sample returns to 120 and 4/4 and sets the practice clock back to 0.
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02What you get
The line shows beats per minute, the length of one beat, and how long it has been running.
The dots mark the current beat. The first dot is the accent.
Tap sets the speed from the latest gaps.
Entered120 and 500 milliseconds
120 sample speed 500 one beat 60 one second 4/4 accent on beat one -
03Worth knowing
The speed stays between 40 and 240.
If the click is silent, press Start once more so the browser allows sound.
The speed and the clock stay in this browser. Nothing is sent to a server.
Questions
- QWhat is 120?
- AThe sample speed. It is 120 beats in a minute.
- QWhat is 500?
- AThe length of one beat at 120.
- QWhat is 60?
- A60 beats in a minute, so one beat is 1000 milliseconds.
- QWhat is 4/4?
- AFour beats in a bar, and only the first clicks higher.
How this page works it out
This page is a practice metronome. The sample 120 is 120 beats in a minute, and in 4/4 one beat lasts 500 milliseconds. 60 is 60 beats in a minute, so one beat lasts 1000 milliseconds, one second.
A bar can be 1, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, or 6/8. In 4/4 four beats make the bar and only the first clicks higher. Tap turns the latest gaps into a speed. The speed stays between 40 and 240.
Start runs the practice clock. Sample returns to 120 and 4/4 and sets that clock to 0. This is not the focus timer. The speed and the clock stay in this browser and nothing is sent to a server.