20–400 BPM, any time signature, five accent levels, subdivisions, swing, count-in, speed and gap trainers.
115 BPM means 115 beats every minute: one beat every 0.52 seconds (522 ms), or 1.92 beats a second. In classical terms it is Moderato, at a moderate speed (108–119 BPM).
You often hear tempos around 115 BPM in pop, pop rock, Latin and soul. The metronome above is already set to 115 BPM in 4/4: press Start, and change the time signature, accents, subdivisions or sound if your song needs it.
| Note | Length | Per minute |
|---|---|---|
| Whole note (one bar of 4/4) | 2087 ms | 28.75 |
| Half note | 1043 ms | 57.5 |
| Dotted quarter | 783 ms | 76.67 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 522 ms | 115 |
| Dotted eighth | 391 ms | 153.33 |
| Eighth note | 261 ms | 230 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 174 ms | 345 |
| Sixteenth note | 130 ms | 460 |
Set a delay pedal to 391 ms for the popular dotted-eighth echo, or 522 ms for a quarter-note echo, and it sits in time at 115 BPM.
115 BPM is a comfortable practice tempo for most strumming patterns and chord changes. Sixteenth notes here are 7.67 notes a second, so it is also a good checkpoint for scale runs: once they feel easy, raise the tempo by 4 BPM at a time.
One beat every 0.52 seconds (522 ms), 1.92 beats a second. Its Italian tempo marking is Moderato, at a moderate speed.
Tempos around 115 BPM are common in pop, pop rock, Latin and soul.
In 4/4 a bar has four beats, so it lasts 2.09 seconds. In 3/4 it lasts 1.57 seconds.
Yes. It is slow enough to play cleanly and listen to your timing. When it feels easy three times in a row, go up 4 to 8 BPM.