Steady at slow tempos
This page opens the metronome at 50 BPM in 4/4, beat 1 accented, with softer eighth-note clicks between the beats. Slow practice is where most players lose the click: a beat at 50 lasts more than a second, and the hands start to fill that gap at their own speed. The subdivision gives you a reference twice per beat, so each note lands where it should.
How to use it
- 40–60 BPM: use − and + or type the tempo. Each change starts on the next beat, so you can adjust without stopping.
- More or fewer clicks: Triplets or 4 per beat for even more guidance; Beats when you’re ready to hold the long beat on your own.
- Lights: the beat circles flash with every click; press Mute to keep only the lights if the sound gets tiring in a long session.
- Timer: set Stop after to 10 or 15 minutes for a focused slow-practice slot; the timer adds up your total for the visit.
A slow-practice routine
- Play the passage at a tempo where it is completely clean, even if that’s 40.
- Repeat it three times without a mistake, then raise the tempo by 2–4 BPM.
- When it stops being clean, go back 4 BPM and finish there.
- Next time, start a little below where you finished.
The speed trainer page automates steps 2 and 3.