120 BPM metronome
An online metronome set to 120 BPM: 120 beats per minute, 500 ms per beat. That's Allegro tempo. Press start, then fine-tune with the slider or tap tempo if you need to.
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Note lengths at 120 BPM
| Note | Length | Per minute |
|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 2,000 ms | 30 |
| Half note | 1,000 ms | 60 |
| Quarter note | 500 ms | 120 |
| Eighth note | 250 ms | 240 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 167 ms | 360 |
| Sixteenth note | 125 ms | 480 |
With the quarter note at 120 BPM. Handy for delay settings too: a quarter-note echo is 500 ms, a dotted-eighth echo 375 ms.
Practice tip
An upbeat tempo: most pop, rock and dance music sits in this range. With eighth notes your hands move fast, so evenness matters most here.
Other tempos
Time signatures and tempo markings
Frequently asked questions
How many milliseconds is one beat at 120 BPM?
60,000 / 120 = 500 ms per quarter note; an eighth note is 250 ms and a sixteenth is 125 ms.
How fast is 120 BPM?
2 beats per second (2 Hz). In Italian tempo terms that's Allegro. Most pop songs, and a brisk walk, sit in this range.
How do I speed up gradually?
Turn on the metronome's tempo trainer: set a target tempo, a step and how many bars between steps, and it speeds up on its own.
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