85 BPM metronome
An online metronome set to 85 BPM: 85 beats per minute, 705.9 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 85 BPM
| Note | Length | Per minute |
|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 2,824 ms | 21.3 |
| Half note | 1,412 ms | 42.5 |
| Quarter note | 706 ms | 85 |
| Eighth note | 353 ms | 170 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 235 ms | 255 |
| Sixteenth note | 176 ms | 340 |
With the quarter note at 85 BPM. Handy for delay settings too: a quarter-note echo is 706 ms, a dotted-eighth echo 529 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 85 BPM?
60,000 / 85 = 705.9 ms per quarter note; an eighth note is 352.9 ms and a sixteenth is 176.5 ms.
How fast is 85 BPM?
1.4 beats per second (1.4 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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