3/4 metronome.
Three beats to the bar, the first one louder. It opens at 90 BPM: set your tempo, press play, or download a 3/4 click for your DAW.
BPM
Beats per bar
Subdivision
Click track, bars
16 bars at 90 BPM3/4 · 32 s, accent on the one
Tap the tempoSampling something at this tempo? DOT records anything your Mac plays and tells you its BPM, key and chords.
Three beats to a bar.
Where you hear 3/4.
3/4 is waltz time: one strong beat and two light ones, counted one, two, three. Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” and “My Favorite Things” are in it, as are most minuets and plenty of folk songs. A slow waltz sits around 80 to 100 BPM, and a Viennese waltz spins at close to 180.
One beat is 666.67 ms.
A 3/4 bar is 2 seconds. Every note value at 90 BPM, for delays, reverbs and anything that moves in time. Tap one to copy it.
Other time signatures.
Need one tempo from 40 to 240 BPM? The metronome lists them all. Don’t know the song’s tempo? Tap it with tap tempo, or drop the file into the BPM finder.
The tempo you want is in a song you’re playing.
DOT records anything your Mac plays and tells you its BPM, key and chords, so you can set the click to match.
DOT Audio Recorder
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Before you play.
What is 3/4 time?
Three quarter-note beats in every bar, with the weight on the first one. It is the time signature of the waltz.
How do I set a metronome to 3/4?
Pick 3 under Beats per bar. This page opens on it, with beat 1 accented so you hear where each bar starts.
What is the difference between 3/4 and 6/8?
Both bars hold six 8th notes. 3/4 groups them in pairs, three beats counted one, two, three; 6/8 groups them in threes, two beats that each split into three. The 6/8 metronome plays that second feel.
Can I download a 3/4 click track?
Yes. Pick the length in bars and press Download WAV. Every bar starts with an accented click on beat 1, so placed at bar 1 in a 3/4 project it lines up with the grid.
