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MusicPad User’s Guide
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Tap Start Metronome
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Select the tempo setting and options you want.
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Tap Toggle On/Off to start and stop the metronome.
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Tap Quit to close the Metronome tool.
Tempo Settings
Set the basic tempo you want the metronome to operate at with the tempo slider. In an
old-fashioned mechanical metronome, this would be the only adjustment you could
make, but this metronome allows you more flexibility.
Ihe combination of the time signature and the note value which gets a click provide a
number of ways of keeping the time. The note value you select determines how often a
click occurs in the time signature selected. In addition, the first beat of the measure gets
a different tick sound.
Let’s do some examples to help you understand:
Suppose you are playing a standard blues piece in 4/4 and you want to hear the pulse of
every beat with the first beat given an emphasis. The screen shot taken above shows
how to set this up. If you want the metronome to beat faster, slide the tempo bar slider
right. If you want to it to beat slower, slide the tempo bar slider left.
Suppose you have a piece in 6/8 time and you are counting it 6 beats to the measure. Set
the Time Signature to 3/4 and Note Value to the eignth note. You will hear 6 beats (each
eighth note) and the first beat of the measure will have a different click sound.