Online Metronome

Playing at a regular speed (tempo) is essential in just about all music. Some people can do it instinctively, others need to practice. Others still think they're doing it well when, in fact, they're way off time. Tapping your foot helps.

When you first try, it's surprisingly difficult to play a song in time with a metronome. Keep working on it and try to make every strum happen exactly as the metronome beeps and with a bit of practice, you'll get there.

Set the Tempo

To set the tempo, enter the beats per minute (BPM) into the "Tempo" input box, or click on a tempo name below.

Larghissimo – very, very slow (19 BPM and under)
Grave – slow and solemn (20–40 BPM)
Lento – slowly (40–45 BPM)
Largo – wide (45–50 BPM)
Larghetto – quite broadly (50–55 BPM)
Adagio – slow and stately (55–65 BPM)
Adagietto – quite slow (65–69 BPM)
Andante moderato – a bit slower than andante (69–72 BPM)
Andante – at a walking pace (73–77 BPM)
Andantino – a bit faster than andante (but some cases it means a bit slower than andante) (78–83 BPM)
Marcia moderato – moderately, in the style of a march[1][2] (83–85 BPM)
Moderato – moderately (86–97 BPM)
Allegretto – moderately fast (98–109 BPM)
Allegro – fast, quickly and bright (109–132 BPM)
Vivace – lively and fast (132–140 BPM)
Vivacissimo – very fast and lively (140–150 BPM)
Allegrissimo – very fast (150–167 BPM)
Presto – extremely fast (168–177 BPM)
Prestissimo – even faster than Presto (178 BPM and over)