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5/4 metronome

Five quarter notes per bar, grouped 3+2 or 2+3. It's an odd meter, so the metronome accents the start of each group to help you feel it.

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Note lengths at 100 BPM

NoteLengthPer minute
Whole note2,400 ms25
Half note1,200 ms50
Quarter note600 ms100
Eighth note300 ms200
Eighth-note triplet200 ms300
Sixteenth note150 ms400

With the quarter note at 100 BPM. Handy for delay settings too: a quarter-note echo is 600 ms, a dotted-eighth echo 450 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 do I count 5/4?

Split it into two groups: “one-two-three-one-two” (3+2) or “one-two-one-two-three” (2+3). You can switch the grouping in the metronome.

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