20–400 BPM, any time signature, five accent levels, subdivisions, swing, count-in, speed and gap trainers.
60 BPM means 60 beats every minute: one beat every 1 second (1000 ms), or 1 beat a second. In classical terms it is Larghetto, rather slow (60–65 BPM).
You often hear tempos around 60 BPM in slow ballads, soul and R&B slow jams, and slow blues. The metronome above is already set to 60 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) | 4000 ms | 15 |
| Half note | 2000 ms | 30 |
| Dotted quarter | 1500 ms | 40 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1000 ms | 60 |
| Dotted eighth | 750 ms | 80 |
| Eighth note | 500 ms | 120 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 333 ms | 180 |
| Sixteenth note | 250 ms | 240 |
Set a delay pedal to 750 ms for the popular dotted-eighth echo, or 1000 ms for a quarter-note echo, and it sits in time at 60 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 60 BPM are 4 notes a second, a comfortable speed for learning clean alternate picking.
One beat every 1 second (1000 ms), 1 beat a second. Its Italian tempo marking is Larghetto, rather slow.
Tempos around 60 BPM are common in slow ballads, soul and R&B slow jams, and slow blues.
In 4/4 a bar has four beats, so it lasts 4 seconds. In 3/4 it lasts 3 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.