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A 300 BPM metronome online that you can see—not only hear
Three hundred beats per minute is not a speed most people hum on the way to work. It is the ceiling many drummers, shred guitarists, and session players touch for short bursts—blast beats, double-time figures, or checking whether a hand pattern still sits in the pocket when the click stops being polite. This page opens at 300 BPM so you do not have to tap the slider up one notch at a time. The tool is the same browser metronome as our main unit: a moving pendulum, lit beat dots, tap tempo, and optional mobile fullscreen. What changes here is the default tempo and the copy around it, written for people who already know why they need a click this fast.
Why a visual metronome matters when the tempo is extreme
At 300 BPM, each quarter-note click lands five times every second. Ear fatigue sets in quickly, and a flat beep in another tab starts to sound the same as the last. A pyramid-style metronome on screen gives your eyes something to lock onto: the needle swings through a real arc, the weight slides along the rod, and dots above the body show which beat you are on inside the bar. That mirrors a hardware metronome on a stand more closely than a minimalist tick does. When you are pushing speed, the motion helps you notice rushing on beat one or dragging on the back half of the bar—mistakes that are easy to miss when you only listen.
Audio still drives timing; the animation follows it rather than guessing. Stop playback and you can drag the pendulum weight to nudge tempo, the way you would on a physical machine. Stress the first beat if you need a downbeat in 4/4, or turn accent off when every click should carry equal weight. None of that is unique to 300 BPM, but at this speed the visual anchor is often what keeps a practice block honest after the first minute.
Opens at 300 beats per minute
Land on this page and the tempo is already set. Adjust with the slider, ±1 buttons, or tap if you need a nearby speed without starting from a generic default.
Pendulum you can watch
A illustrated metronome body swings in time with the click. Useful in noisy rooms, when teaching, or when your ears are tired from metronome practice.
Runs in the browser
No install or account. Allow audio if prompted, press play, and practice. Session timers count only while sound is running.
What you get from this 300 BPM metronome online
Same practice toolkit as our full metronome page—tempo tools, meters, sounds, and timers—preset for an extreme tempo and paired with a swinging visual.
Visual pulse at a speed where listening alone slips
Five clicks per second is hard to “feel” by ear alone for long stretches. The pendulum arc and beat dots give a bar line you can see. That is especially helpful when you alternate hands on drums or run short burst exercises on guitar—your eyes confirm whether you stayed with the click through the last bar.
- Default tempo 300 BPM on load—no manual ramp-up from a slow default
- Tap tempo and ±1 fine control if you want 296 or 304 instead
- Italian tempo marking updates live (Prestissimo territory at this speed)
- Time signatures from 4/4 to odd meters; stress first beat on or off
- Mechanical click or drum-kit sounds with volume control
- Mobile fullscreen mode: tempo, visual, dots, tap, and play only
- Gap-click and practice timers for structured speed work
How to practice with a 300 BPM click
1. Know whether 300 BPM is the right target
Three hundred beats per minute means five quarter-note clicks every second. Drummers often use speeds in this range for short blast-beat drills, hand endurance tests, or checking that a pattern still speaks at double-time. Guitarists might use it for tremolo or alternate-picking bursts—not usually for whole-song practice. If you are new to metronome work, start on our main metronome page at a moderate tempo and work up over weeks. This page assumes you already have a reason to be at 300.
2. Set the meter and accent for your exercise
Most rock and pop drills stay in 4/4 with the first beat accented. Rudimental work might use 2/4 or 6/8 depending on how you count the phrase. Match beats per bar and note value to the passage you are running. If you are training even subdivisions inside each beat, switch subdivision mode so the click marks eighths or sixteenths—at 300 BPM those subdivisions are very fast, so use them only for short reps.
3. Use short bursts, not endless minutes
Extreme tempo is taxing on ears and technique. Try twenty to thirty seconds at 300 BPM, rest, and repeat. Enable the countdown timer if you want the metronome to stop automatically so you do not overshoot. Watch the pendulum during the last bars: rushing often shows up as the needle getting ahead of the sound.
4. On phone, go fullscreen for a clean rig
Tap the expand control in the tool header. The page keeps tempo, the swinging metronome, beat dots, tap, and play—nothing else on screen. That layout is easier on a music stand than scrolling past article text between reps.
Who reaches for a 300 BPM metronome online
Short notes from players who use extreme tempos for drills—not for entire songs.
I use 300 for thirty-second blast checks after warm-up. The swinging visual matters more up there than at 120—I can tell when my right hand gets ahead of the click.
Jonah P.
Metal drummer · home kit
"Tremolo day: I bump to 300 for ten-second bursts, then drop back to record. Beats tapping ±1 because my wrist is never exactly on 300."
Mika T.
Classical guitar student / Speed blocks
"Students think they are ‘at 300’ until they see the dot miss beat one. The pendulum makes the conversation shorter than arguing about whether the click is wrong."
Renee C.
Percussion teacher / Studio lessons
"Fullscreen on my phone, mechanical sound, accent on one. I run double-time hi-hat patterns against it before a session."
Alex V.
Session drummer / Pre-gig warmup