20–400 BPM, any time signature, five accent levels, subdivisions, swing, count-in, speed and gap trainers.
50 BPM means 50 beats every minute: one beat every 1.2 seconds (1200 ms), or 0.83 beats a second. In classical terms it is Largo, broad and slow (50–59 BPM).
You often hear tempos around 50 BPM in very slow ballads, ambient music, and slow 12/8 blues counted in dotted beats. The metronome above is already set to 50 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) | 4800 ms | 12.5 |
| Half note | 2400 ms | 25 |
| Dotted quarter | 1800 ms | 33.33 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1200 ms | 50 |
| Dotted eighth | 900 ms | 66.67 |
| Eighth note | 600 ms | 100 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 400 ms | 150 |
| Sixteenth note | 300 ms | 200 |
Set a delay pedal to 900 ms for the popular dotted-eighth echo, or 1200 ms for a quarter-note echo, and it sits in time at 50 BPM.
Slow tempos are harder than they sound: the gaps between clicks are long, so rushing shows straight away. Count the eighth notes in your head (“1 and 2 and”) or turn on eighths in the metronome, and let each strum or note land exactly with the click. Sixteenth notes at 50 BPM are 3.33 notes a second, a comfortable speed for learning clean alternate picking.
One beat every 1.2 seconds (1200 ms), 0.83 beats a second. Its Italian tempo marking is Largo, broad and slow.
Tempos around 50 BPM are common in very slow ballads, ambient music, and slow 12/8 blues counted in dotted beats.
In 4/4 a bar has four beats, so it lasts 4.8 seconds. In 3/4 it lasts 3.6 seconds.
Yes. It is slow enough to play cleanly and listen to your timing. When it feels easy three times in a row, go up 4 to 8 BPM.