Nowadays you can use an online metronome or get metronome software. I'm the author of Bounce Metronome which you can see here with a bouncing sprite, one of the options I added last year.
Sorlo, a Funny Sorceror - bouncing in a 4/4 conducting pattern.
For the background to it, see Metronomes - Do You Need Them? And A Metronome Using Conducting Techniques For Visual Precision
A software metronome can be more flexible than any of the existing mechanical or electronic metronomes.
It's got "go silent briefly" this is great for help with your sense of time and rhythm
And gradual tempo changes, stepping progressions, amazing range of rhythms, Check Out the Astonishing Bounce Metronome Pro
It's for Windows and Linux only at present but I just launched a kickstarter to get it running on the Mac which looks likely to succeed now at 89% funded
Bounce Metronome, Tune Smithy, Lissajous 3D... on Intel Mac!
Not available for mobile devices though.
There's a huge range of metronomes to choose between, including many online ones. I do my best to maintain a list of them, but it quickly gets out of date. Anyway you may find some useful metronomes here
Big list of Windows and Online Metronomes
It doesn't yet have Android, or iOS, or Max OSX metronomes in it, just Windows and Online. But the online ones particularly give you plenty to get started.
Sorlo, a Funny Sorceror - bouncing in a 4/4 conducting pattern.
For the background to it, see Metronomes - Do You Need Them? And A Metronome Using Conducting Techniques For Visual Precision
A software metronome can be more flexible than any of the existing mechanical or electronic metronomes.
It's got "go silent briefly" this is great for help with your sense of time and rhythm
And gradual tempo changes, stepping progressions, amazing range of rhythms, Check Out the Astonishing Bounce Metronome Pro
It's for Windows and Linux only at present but I just launched a kickstarter to get it running on the Mac which looks likely to succeed now at 89% funded
Bounce Metronome, Tune Smithy, Lissajous 3D... on Intel Mac!
Not available for mobile devices though.
There's a huge range of metronomes to choose between, including many online ones. I do my best to maintain a list of them, but it quickly gets out of date. Anyway you may find some useful metronomes here
Big list of Windows and Online Metronomes
It doesn't yet have Android, or iOS, or Max OSX metronomes in it, just Windows and Online. But the online ones particularly give you plenty to get started.
About the Author
Robert Walker
Writer of articles on Mars and Space issues - Software Developer of Tune Smithy, Bounce Metronome etc.Studied at Wolfson College, Oxford
Lives in Isle of Mull
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