20–400 BPM, any time signature, five accent levels, subdivisions, swing, count-in, speed and gap trainers.
125 BPM means 125 beats every minute: one beat every 0.48 seconds (480 ms), or 2.08 beats a second. In classical terms it is Allegro, fast and bright (120–155 BPM).
You often hear tempos around 125 BPM in dance pop, disco, house and marches. The metronome above is already set to 125 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) | 1920 ms | 31.25 |
| Half note | 960 ms | 62.5 |
| Dotted quarter | 720 ms | 83.33 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 480 ms | 125 |
| Dotted eighth | 360 ms | 166.67 |
| Eighth note | 240 ms | 250 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 160 ms | 375 |
| Sixteenth note | 120 ms | 500 |
Set a delay pedal to 360 ms for the popular dotted-eighth echo, or 480 ms for a quarter-note echo, and it sits in time at 125 BPM.
125 BPM is fast. Rather than starting here, use the speed trainer: begin around 94 BPM (three quarters of the target) and add 4 BPM every 4 bars until you reach 125. Sixteenth notes at this tempo are 8.33 notes a second.
One beat every 0.48 seconds (480 ms), 2.08 beats a second. Its Italian tempo marking is Allegro, fast and bright.
Tempos around 125 BPM are common in dance pop, disco, house and marches.
In 4/4 a bar has four beats, so it lasts 1.92 seconds. In 3/4 it lasts 1.44 seconds.
It is a performance tempo for most players. Work up to it with the speed trainer, starting around 94 BPM.