20–400 BPM, any time signature, five accent levels, subdivisions, swing, count-in, speed and gap trainers.
180 BPM means 180 beats every minute: one beat every 0.33 seconds (333 ms), or 3 beats a second. In classical terms it is Presto, very fast (176–199 BPM).
You often hear tempos around 180 BPM in punk, fast jazz, bluegrass and country train beats. The metronome above is already set to 180 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) | 1333 ms | 45 |
| Half note | 667 ms | 90 |
| Dotted quarter | 500 ms | 120 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 333 ms | 180 |
| Dotted eighth | 250 ms | 240 |
| Eighth note | 167 ms | 360 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 111 ms | 540 |
| Sixteenth note | 83.3 ms | 720 |
Set a delay pedal to 250 ms for the popular dotted-eighth echo, or 333 ms for a quarter-note echo, and it sits in time at 180 BPM.
180 BPM is fast. Rather than starting here, use the speed trainer: begin around 136 BPM (three quarters of the target) and add 4 BPM every 4 bars until you reach 180. Sixteenth notes at this tempo are 12 notes a second.
One beat every 0.33 seconds (333 ms), 3 beats a second. Its Italian tempo marking is Presto, very fast.
Tempos around 180 BPM are common in punk, fast jazz, bluegrass and country train beats.
In 4/4 a bar has four beats, so it lasts 1.33 seconds. In 3/4 it lasts 1 seconds.
It is a performance tempo for most players. Work up to it with the speed trainer, starting around 136 BPM.