Hiro,
I think the common MM numbers were probably a result of how much room there was for the numbers on a stand-up mechanical metronome. Also must of the numbers are factorable, that is not prime numbers, which makes it easier to divide them. With compute4rs, of course, any MM numbers are possible. I use the standard numbers because so many musicians still use mechanical metronomes.
Hal
Little OT. This is my long time question that I was too embarrassed to ask, while this list seems to have the best resources. Please forgive me if this is too dumb.
I was always wondering how metronome value are divided, meaning, I am used to increment by two from 40 up to 60, but I have never seen 62. It's 60, 63, 66, 69, 72. But next is not 75. It's 76, is it not? I always _felt_ this is something to do with how human naturally relates to pulse, but it could had only been my imagination.
Is there any rule to this? Or is this even a common practice? Any help once for all would be appreciated. :-)
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- Hiro
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