6/8 metronome
Six eighth notes per bar in two groups of three: two big beats, each split in three. Ballads, sicilianos, Irish jigs and plenty of rock ballads.
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Note lengths at 70 BPM
| Note | Length | Per minute |
|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 3,429 ms | 17.5 |
| Half note | 1,714 ms | 35 |
| Quarter note | 857 ms | 70 |
| Eighth note | 429 ms | 140 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 286 ms | 210 |
| Sixteenth note | 214 ms | 280 |
With the quarter note at 70 BPM. Handy for delay settings too: a quarter-note echo is 857 ms, a dotted-eighth echo 643 ms.
Practice tip
A relaxed mid-tempo: ballads, slower pop songs and most beginner exercises. Once the passage is clean here, raise it 4–5 BPM at a time.
Other tempos
Time signatures and tempo markings
Frequently asked questions
Is 6/8 the same as 3/4?
No. Both hold six eighth notes, but 3/4 pulses in three quarter notes while 6/8 pulses in two dotted quarters (3+3). The accents fall in different places.
What does BPM mean here?
The metronome clicks the eighth notes. To get the dotted-quarter (big beat) tempo, divide the eighth-note BPM by three.
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