20–400 BPM, any time signature, five accent levels, subdivisions, swing, count-in, speed and gap trainers.
160 BPM means 160 beats every minute: one beat every 0.38 seconds (375 ms), or 2.67 beats a second. In classical terms it is Vivace, lively and fast (156–175 BPM).
You often hear tempos around 160 BPM in punk, ska, medium-up jazz and metal. The metronome above is already set to 160 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) | 1500 ms | 40 |
| Half note | 750 ms | 80 |
| Dotted quarter | 563 ms | 106.67 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 375 ms | 160 |
| Dotted eighth | 281 ms | 213.33 |
| Eighth note | 188 ms | 320 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 125 ms | 480 |
| Sixteenth note | 93.8 ms | 640 |
Set a delay pedal to 281 ms for the popular dotted-eighth echo, or 375 ms for a quarter-note echo, and it sits in time at 160 BPM.
160 BPM is fast. Rather than starting here, use the speed trainer: begin around 120 BPM (three quarters of the target) and add 4 BPM every 4 bars until you reach 160. Sixteenth notes at this tempo are 10.67 notes a second.
One beat every 0.38 seconds (375 ms), 2.67 beats a second. Its Italian tempo marking is Vivace, lively and fast.
Tempos around 160 BPM are common in punk, ska, medium-up jazz and metal.
In 4/4 a bar has four beats, so it lasts 1.5 seconds. In 3/4 it lasts 1.13 seconds.
It is a performance tempo for most players. Work up to it with the speed trainer, starting around 120 BPM.