140 BPM metronome
An online metronome set to 140 BPM: 140 beats per minute, 428.6 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 140 BPM
| Note | Length | Per minute |
|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 1,714 ms | 35 |
| Half note | 857 ms | 70 |
| Quarter note | 429 ms | 140 |
| Eighth note | 214 ms | 280 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 143 ms | 420 |
| Sixteenth note | 107 ms | 560 |
With the quarter note at 140 BPM. Handy for delay settings too: a quarter-note echo is 429 ms, a dotted-eighth echo 321 ms.
Practice tip
A fast tempo: punk, up-tempo swing, bluegrass or virtuoso runs. If it isn't there yet, turn on the tempo trainer and build up from slower.
Other tempos
Time signatures and tempo markings
Frequently asked questions
How many milliseconds is one beat at 140 BPM?
60,000 / 140 = 428.6 ms per quarter note; an eighth note is 214.3 ms and a sixteenth is 107.1 ms.
How fast is 140 BPM?
2.3 beats per second (2.3 Hz). In Italian tempo terms that's Allegro.
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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