Three equal pulses per beat

Free online triplet metronome — three clicks per beat

Start at 80 BPM with three evenly spaced clicks per quarter-note beat, then set any whole tempo from 20 to 300 BPM.

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Subdivision practice clock

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Clicks per beat

Choose from 1 through 8 equal clicks. The first click is accented.

Practice mode

Automatic modes change only on a beat boundary and keep the selected BPM.

Current clicks per beat: 3

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How to practise eighth-note triplets with the metronome

The BPM still measures quarter-note beats. Triplet mode places three equal clicks inside each beat; at 60 BPM, those clicks are 333.3 milliseconds apart.

1

Begin with the preset

Keep the 80 BPM preset or slow it until all three gaps sound equal. The larger first pulse marks the quarter-note beat; it is not an extra click.

2

Count every equal part

Say “1-trip-let, 2-trip-let” and place one syllable on each click. Do not squeeze the middle click toward either edge of the beat.

3

Compare two and three

Switch between the two-click eighth-note grid and the three-click triplet grid without changing BPM. The beat stays fixed while only its subdivision changes.

One BPM · eight grids

Subdivision changes the spacing inside a beat, not the BPM

1

Beat only

One accented click for each quarter-note beat.

2

Two: eighth notes

Two equal clicks per beat, counted 1-and.

3

Three: triplets

Three equal clicks per beat, not a dotted rhythm.

4

Four: sixteenth notes

Four equal clicks per beat, counted 1-e-and-a.

5

Five: quintuplet grid

Five equal clicks per beat for an odd five-part subdivision.

6

Six: sextuplet grid

Six equal clicks per beat for an even six-part subdivision.

7

Seven: septuplet grid

Seven equal clicks per beat for an advanced odd subdivision.

8

Eight: thirty-second-note grid

Eight equal clicks per beat; begin slowly so every gap stays even.