A111167 Numbers appearing in metronome marks of music pieces, denoting beats per minute to indicate the tempo of the piece.

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.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..42.

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A228184 A128843 A214563 * A070980 A131535 A118473

Adjacent sequences: A111164 A111165 A111166 * A111168 A111169 A111170

Keyword

fini,full,nonn

Author

H.-C. Wirth (hcw(AT)gmx.de), Oct 21 2005

Status

approved