20–400 BPM, any time signature, five accent levels, subdivisions, swing, count-in, speed and gap trainers.
140 BPM means 140 beats every minute: one beat every 0.43 seconds (429 ms), or 2.33 beats a second. In classical terms it is Allegro, fast and bright (120–155 BPM).
You often hear tempos around 140 BPM in rock, ska and country two-step, and trap felt at half this speed. The metronome above is already set to 140 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) | 1714 ms | 35 |
| Half note | 857 ms | 70 |
| Dotted quarter | 643 ms | 93.33 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 429 ms | 140 |
| Dotted eighth | 321 ms | 186.67 |
| Eighth note | 214 ms | 280 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 143 ms | 420 |
| Sixteenth note | 107 ms | 560 |
Set a delay pedal to 321 ms for the popular dotted-eighth echo, or 429 ms for a quarter-note echo, and it sits in time at 140 BPM.
140 BPM is fast. Rather than starting here, use the speed trainer: begin around 106 BPM (three quarters of the target) and add 4 BPM every 4 bars until you reach 140. Sixteenth notes at this tempo are 9.33 notes a second.
One beat every 0.43 seconds (429 ms), 2.33 beats a second. Its Italian tempo marking is Allegro, fast and bright.
Tempos around 140 BPM are common in rock, ska and country two-step, and trap felt at half this speed.
In 4/4 a bar has four beats, so it lasts 1.71 seconds. In 3/4 it lasts 1.29 seconds.
It is a performance tempo for most players. Work up to it with the speed trainer, starting around 106 BPM.