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A111167
Numbers appearing in metronome marks of music pieces, denoting beats per minute to indicate the tempo of the piece.
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40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 63, 66, 69, 72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 96, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 126, 132, 138, 144, 152, 160, 168, 176, 184, 192, 200, 208, 216, 224, 232, 240
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
The sequence is originally motivated by the resolution of mechanical metronomes (see Maelzel's Metronom) and has influenced all compositions and modern electronic metronomes to (almost) never use tempo indications other than those of the sequence.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A228184 A128843 A214563 * A378652 A070980 A131535
KEYWORD
fini,full,nonn
AUTHOR
H.-C. Wirth (hcw(AT)gmx.de), Oct 21 2005
STATUS
approved