Dr. beat met

Metronome

By Kathrynfladner

  • First Attempt

    Etienne Loulie first creates an adjustable pendulum . Hoever, it does not produce any sound and did not include a way to keep the pendulum swinging.

  • Mechanical Metronomes

    Mechanical Metronomes
    Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel inventst the more familiar mechanical metronome.

  • Stolen Ideas?

    Stolen Ideas?
    Johann Maelzel incorporates Winkel's ideas into his own machine, and added a scale. He began producing and selling them under the name " Mealzel's Metronome"

  • First uses

    First uses
    Ludwig Van Beethoven is the first major composer to inlude metronome markings in his music.

  • Pendulums

    Pendulums
    Galilleo Galili experiments with pendulums

  • Early Tries

    Early Tries
    Abbas Ibn Firnas makes a first try at creating a "some sort of metronome"