20–400 BPM, any time signature, five accent levels, subdivisions, swing, count-in, speed and gap trainers.
200 BPM means 200 beats every minute: one beat every 0.3 seconds (300 ms), or 3.33 beats a second. In classical terms it is Prestissimo, as fast as possible (200 BPM and up).
You often hear tempos around 200 BPM in punk, fast jazz, bluegrass and country train beats. The metronome above is already set to 200 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) | 1200 ms | 50 |
| Half note | 600 ms | 100 |
| Dotted quarter | 450 ms | 133.33 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 300 ms | 200 |
| Dotted eighth | 225 ms | 266.67 |
| Eighth note | 150 ms | 400 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 100 ms | 600 |
| Sixteenth note | 75.0 ms | 800 |
Set a delay pedal to 225 ms for the popular dotted-eighth echo, or 300 ms for a quarter-note echo, and it sits in time at 200 BPM.
200 BPM is fast. Rather than starting here, use the speed trainer: begin around 150 BPM (three quarters of the target) and add 4 BPM every 4 bars until you reach 200. Sixteenth notes at this tempo are 13.33 notes a second.
One beat every 0.3 seconds (300 ms), 3.33 beats a second. Its Italian tempo marking is Prestissimo, as fast as possible.
Tempos around 200 BPM are common in punk, fast jazz, bluegrass and country train beats.
In 4/4 a bar has four beats, so it lasts 1.2 seconds. In 3/4 it lasts 0.9 seconds.
It is a performance tempo for most players. Work up to it with the speed trainer, starting around 150 BPM.