20–400 BPM, any time signature, five accent levels, subdivisions, swing, count-in, speed and gap trainers.
65 BPM means 65 beats every minute: one beat every 0.92 seconds (923 ms), or 1.08 beats a second. In classical terms it is Larghetto, rather slow (60–65 BPM).
You often hear tempos around 65 BPM in slow ballads, soul and R&B slow jams, and slow blues. The metronome above is already set to 65 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) | 3692 ms | 16.25 |
| Half note | 1846 ms | 32.5 |
| Dotted quarter | 1385 ms | 43.33 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 923 ms | 65 |
| Dotted eighth | 692 ms | 86.67 |
| Eighth note | 462 ms | 130 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 308 ms | 195 |
| Sixteenth note | 231 ms | 260 |
Set a delay pedal to 692 ms for the popular dotted-eighth echo, or 923 ms for a quarter-note echo, and it sits in time at 65 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 65 BPM are 4.33 notes a second, a comfortable speed for learning clean alternate picking.
One beat every 0.92 seconds (923 ms), 1.08 beats a second. Its Italian tempo marking is Larghetto, rather slow.
Tempos around 65 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 3.69 seconds. In 3/4 it lasts 2.77 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.