Time Signature Metronome

Click any time signature below to open a metronome already set to that meter — no configuration needed. From common 4/4 to asymmetric 7/8.

Simple meters

Beats divide evenly into two — the natural home of most Western music from marches to rock to Baroque counterpoint.

2/4

2/4 is the most economical meter: two strong beats…

3/4

3/4 has a tilting, circular quality that no even-nu…

4/4

4/4 is the default meter of the Western musical wor…

Beats divide into three — produces the lilting, triple-subdivision feel of jigs, barcarolles, and 'felt in six' ballads.

3/8

3/8 is 3/4 set at a sprint: the same three-beat cyc…

6/8

6/8 is a compound meter: six eighth notes that are…

Beat counts that refuse even division — quintuple, septuple, and sextuple meters that create a characteristic lurch or asymmetric swing.

5/4

5/4 is the simplest of the asymmetric meters: five…

6/4

6/4 occupies an interesting middle ground: it can b…

7/8

7/8 is the most viscerally 'asymmetric' of the comm…

Free online metronome — set any time signature or tempo

BPM reference hub — Largo, Andante, Allegro, Presto

Metronome with subdivisions — eighth notes, triplets, sixteenths