GradusOnline Metronome

9/8 metronome

Clicks per beat
Swing 50%

Keys: Space start/stop · T tap · ↑↓ tempo ±1, Shift ±5 · ←→ between beats, Enter to cycle

One tempo at a time

The web metronome holds one tempo. Gradus: Metronome for iPhone climbs through a sequence of tempos on its own: set the steps, and the click moves for you.

It is not on the App Store yet.

Nine eighth notes per bar, with Tempo measured in eighth notes per minute. For three equal dotted-quarter beats, choose 3+3+3 from Grouping. At ♪ = 240, those larger beats pass at 80 per minute. This is the grouping you will encounter in slip jigs.

The menu also offers 2+2+2+3 and 2+2+3+2. Each has four groups: three short ones and one long one. Try both at the same tempo and listen for the long group moving to a different place in the bar.

Use the grouping your music calls for, then count along with its accents. To practise hearing only the group starts, keep Clicks per beat at 1 and silence the intervening beats. The bar still lasts exactly as long, so keep counting the eighths through the gaps.

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Gradus: Metronome for iPhone climbs through a sequence of tempos. The web tool holds one. Not on the App Store yet.