12/16 Metronome
12/16 time signature
Practice 12/16 time as four groups of three sixteenth notes with this free online metronome. Set your BPM and follow the group accents.
How to use the 12/16 metronome
Set a steady tempo and count twelve sixteenth-note pulses as four groups of three. The beat markers make each group boundary visible.
Counting 12/16
Count 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12. With the accent enabled, beat one is strongest and the starts of groups two through four are secondary.
How to count this time signature
At the default 120 BPM, each written unit gets one click every 0.5 seconds. The grouping marks larger pulses without removing the smaller clicks.
In written music, groups of three are often felt as larger dotted beats. Here the BPM number still times each smaller click; the accents show the larger groups.
Grouping options
| Grouping | Count | Accent when enabled |
|---|---|---|
| 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 | 1 2 3 | 4 5 6 | 7 8 9 | 10 11 12 | Beat 1 strongest; beat 4, 7, 10 lighter |
