Most metronomes only keep a tempo. This one accelerates gradually while you play, and remembers every minute you practice.
Accelerating Metronome is a practice instrument, built by a working musician in Seattle over forty years of daily practice. This is not what a product committee would have asked for. It is a cross between a Stairmaster and Duolingo. Designed to motivate you to keep going and growing in your practice.
ACCELERATOR
Choose a beginning tempo, a target, and how long you want to practice. It climbs the Ramp in steps, so you invest your time playing rather than reaching for the Dial. When it reaches the target it keeps going at that tempo, and extra time is counted separately as Play Time. Practice and playing are not the same thing. And are not counted as if they were. Save and name your own Custom Ramps.
PEAK SPEED
Mark the tempo where you hit a wall so you have a visual record of your limits. We graph your Peak Speed(s) so you can see your progress.
SPIN THE METRONOME
Press this and let the Universe choose a tempo for you. Practicing only at the tempos you like is how blind spots appear. And this is the cure. Spin the Metronome before a Group Rehearsal to bring everyone into listening and warming up together beginning with a cue from the Muse.
YOUR PRACTICE, VISUALIZED OVER TIME
Every session is documented: when, how long, which tempos, and what you were working on. Name your own Categories and each one has its own color. The Calendar shows a month at a glance, with Celebrations and Gold after you have completed a full hour of practice.
STREAKS and CELEBRATIONS
A Streak counts the days in a row you practiced. Momentum may motivate you to pick up the instrument on an evening you had decided not to. And practice more than an hour every day from Sunday to Saturday and the whole week is celebrated in Gold.
THE METRONOME
Tempo from a rotary dial you drag with your thumb, the way a hardware tempo wheel works. Three default voices with five alt Sound Banks deliver a wide variety of sounds. Select a Time Signature, and the downbeat gets its own sound. An integrated Tuner and Tuning references from 432 to 445.
TAP TEMPO + TYPE TEMPO
Tap the BPM Window, and the tempo changes to what you tap. Press and hold to type in a tempo.
MIXING
The click plays over (or under) your other app's sound, music, podcasts, or a backing track without interruption. The iPhone silent switch does not mute the Metronome. It keeps going when you switch apps or the screen locks, and so does the Accelerator. The Beats align with the audio hardware's clock rather than on a timer, so nothing drifts while you are not looking. Optional Haptics help you feel the Beat through the phone. The screen stays awake while it plays. A Loudness Booster setting doubles the click volume.
YOURS, PRIVATE
No account, no login, no shared analytics, no advertising, no tracking, no subscription. You buy it once. Your Practice History is only on your phone. Only two features send data, all of it safe, and both are optional and OFF unless you turn them on: 1. Leaderboard, where you choose the name that appears, and 2. Find Quotes online, which sends a name of a musician or artist you type to Wikiquote. You can back up your practice history to your own Files or iCloud Drive whenever you like, in a plain file you can read. It works offline. You can import your history back onto a new device.
Portrait or landscape. English and Spanish.
This is a motivating, accelerating practice tool you can use to expand and visualize your work over time.
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