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6/8 metronome

Drag the weight to change the tempo

quarter note = 120

Any tempo from 20 to 999.

Time signature
Subdivision
Sound

Timing check

Each click is booked on the audio clock a fraction of a second before it sounds. The margin is the closest call so far: while it stays above zero, no click has been late.

Clicks booked
0
Late
0
Skipped
0
Smallest margin
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Longest timer gap
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Wake-up timer
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Audio output
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How 6/8 works

Six eighth notes to a bar, in two groups of three: 1 2 3 4 5 6, with accents on 1 and 4. At slower tempos you count all six; faster, it feels like two big beats. Irish jigs are in 6/8.

The metronome can click all six or just the two big beats: choose In 6 or In 2.

Tempos and time signatures

Lessons

Metronome Room is made by Daniel, aka WCHIWA, a producer and composer who teaches guitar, piano, bass, ukulele, music production and composition in London, Maidenhead and online.

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