Allegro tempo metronome
“Cheerful”: fast and lively, the typical speed of Classical first movements. About 120–156 BPM; the metronome is set to 132 BPM.
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Note lengths at 132 BPM
| Note | Length | Per minute |
|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 1,818 ms | 33 |
| Half note | 909 ms | 66 |
| Quarter note | 455 ms | 132 |
| Eighth note | 227 ms | 264 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 152 ms | 396 |
| Sixteenth note | 114 ms | 528 |
With the quarter note at 132 BPM. Handy for delay settings too: a quarter-note echo is 455 ms, a dotted-eighth echo 341 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 many milliseconds is one beat at 132 BPM?
60,000 / 132 = 454.5 ms per quarter note; an eighth note is 227.3 ms and a sixteenth is 113.6 ms.
How fast is 132 BPM?
2.2 beats per second (2.2 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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