80 BPM metronome
An online metronome set to 80 BPM: 80 beats per minute, 750 ms per beat. That's Andante tempo. Press start, then fine-tune with the slider or tap tempo if you need to.
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Note lengths at 80 BPM
| Note | Length | Per minute |
|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 3,000 ms | 20 |
| Half note | 1,500 ms | 40 |
| Quarter note | 750 ms | 80 |
| Eighth note | 375 ms | 160 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 250 ms | 240 |
| Sixteenth note | 188 ms | 320 |
With the quarter note at 80 BPM. Handy for delay settings too: a quarter-note echo is 750 ms, a dotted-eighth echo 563 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
How many milliseconds is one beat at 80 BPM?
60,000 / 80 = 750 ms per quarter note; an eighth note is 375 ms and a sixteenth is 187.5 ms.
How fast is 80 BPM?
1.3 beats per second (1.3 Hz). In Italian tempo terms that's Andante.
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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