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Match the tempo
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To play along, first find the music's tempo.
Listen to the beat and compare it with tempos you know. Then set the metronome to match.
Keep these two tempos in your ear.
60 BPM is one beat a second. 120 BPM is twice as fast.
No sound? Check your volume, and that your phone is not on silent.
Which tempo is this beat?
90 BPM sits halfway between them.
That is three beats in every two seconds: faster than 60, slower than 120.
And this one?
Now find the beat in a tune.
Here Ode to Joy moves at 60 BPM, one note each second.
The same tune again. Which tempo is it now?
Now set the metronome to the tempo you found.
Move the slider to 120 and press Start. Check it against the tune in your head.
Slide to 120 BPM, then press Begin challenge and tap the eight beats.
Front view of a mechanical metronome with its pendulum and tempo scale.
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You can match a tempo you hear.
What you learned
- Compare a beat with tempos you know, like 60 and 120 BPM.
- 90 BPM sits between them: three beats every two seconds.
- Once you know the tempo, set the metronome to it.
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