20–400 BPM, any time signature, five accent levels, subdivisions, swing, count-in, speed and gap trainers.
4/4 has four beats in each bar, and each beat is a quarter note (that is what the lower number means). In practice it is felt as four even beats. You will hear it in almost all pop, rock, blues, funk, hip-hop and film songs. Keherwa, the most common Indian light-music taal with eight matras, fits two bars of 4/4.
The metronome above is set to 4/4: an accent on beat 1. The tempo counts quarter notes. Tap any beat to change its accent.
Count “1 2 3 4”, with the strongest stress on 1 and a lighter one on 3.
Count “1 2 3 4”, with the strongest stress on 1 and a lighter one on 3.
It names the note that gets one count: a quarter note. The top number, 4, is how many of them fill a bar.
Most music in 4/4 sits somewhere around 80 BPM ; start slower while you learn the accents.
Yes. In Advanced, type a grouping such as 3+2+2 under Beat groups, and the accents move to match.