Metronome App (Python Challenge)

With this Python challenge, we will create aim to create a metronome app to help musicians keep the right tempo when practicing their favourite tunes. By the end of this project, we will have a program that takes user input for BPM (Beats Per Minute) and time signature, then generates a matching tempo on screen.

The task is to write a Python program that:

• Takes user input for BPM (beats per minute) and time signature (e.g., 4/4, 3/4, 6/8).
• Calculate the interval between beats based on the BPM
• Generates a visual metronome on the screen, showing the beats in real-time and refreshing the screen based on the bpm and the time signature

BPM and Beat Interval

The interval (in seconds) between two beats can be calculated using the given bpm of a track as follows:

So for instance with a bpm of 120 (beats per minute), the delay between two beats is: 60/120 = 0.5 seconds.

Time Signature

The time signature determines how many beats are in each measure. For example, 4/4 means 4 beats per measure, while 3/4 means 3 beats. Our metronome should group beats accordingly by clearing the screen after each measure and displaying the first beat within a measure as a “Tick” while the other beats will be displayed as “Tock”.

Python Code

Here is the full code for this challenge: