20–400 BPM, any time signature, five accent levels, subdivisions, swing, count-in, speed and gap trainers.
72 BPM means 72 beats every minute: one beat every 0.83 seconds (833 ms), or 1.2 beats a second. In classical terms it is Adagio, slow and expressive (66–75 BPM).
You often hear tempos around 72 BPM in ballads, reggae one drop grooves, slow romantic film songs and lo-fi. The metronome above is already set to 72 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) | 3333 ms | 18 |
| Half note | 1667 ms | 36 |
| Dotted quarter | 1250 ms | 48 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 833 ms | 72 |
| Dotted eighth | 625 ms | 96 |
| Eighth note | 417 ms | 144 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 278 ms | 216 |
| Sixteenth note | 208 ms | 288 |
Set a delay pedal to 625 ms for the popular dotted-eighth echo, or 833 ms for a quarter-note echo, and it sits in time at 72 BPM.
72 BPM is a comfortable practice tempo for most strumming patterns and chord changes. Sixteenth notes here are 4.8 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 0.83 seconds (833 ms), 1.2 beats a second. Its Italian tempo marking is Adagio, slow and expressive.
Tempos around 72 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 3.33 seconds. In 3/4 it lasts 2.5 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.