20–400 BPM, any time signature, five accent levels, subdivisions, swing, count-in, speed and gap trainers.
70 BPM means 70 beats every minute: one beat every 0.86 seconds (857 ms), or 1.17 beats a second. In classical terms it is Adagio, slow and expressive (66–75 BPM).
You often hear tempos around 70 BPM in ballads, reggae one drop grooves, slow romantic film songs and lo-fi. The metronome above is already set to 70 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) | 3429 ms | 17.5 |
| Half note | 1714 ms | 35 |
| Dotted quarter | 1286 ms | 46.67 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 857 ms | 70 |
| Dotted eighth | 643 ms | 93.33 |
| Eighth note | 429 ms | 140 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 286 ms | 210 |
| Sixteenth note | 214 ms | 280 |
Set a delay pedal to 643 ms for the popular dotted-eighth echo, or 857 ms for a quarter-note echo, and it sits in time at 70 BPM.
70 BPM is a comfortable practice tempo for most strumming patterns and chord changes. Sixteenth notes here are 4.67 notes a second, so it is also a good checkpoint for scale runs: once they feel easy, raise the tempo by 4 BPM at a time.
One beat every 0.86 seconds (857 ms), 1.17 beats a second. Its Italian tempo marking is Adagio, slow and expressive.
Tempos around 70 BPM are common in ballads, reggae one drop grooves, slow romantic film songs and lo-fi.
In 4/4 a bar has four beats, so it lasts 3.43 seconds. In 3/4 it lasts 2.57 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.