Presto tempo metronome
“Hurried”: very fast, for virtuoso finales and quick dances. About 168–200 BPM; the metronome is set to 180 BPM.
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Note lengths at 180 BPM
| Note | Length | Per minute |
|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 1,333 ms | 45 |
| Half note | 667 ms | 90 |
| Quarter note | 333 ms | 180 |
| Eighth note | 167 ms | 360 |
| Eighth-note triplet | 111 ms | 540 |
| Sixteenth note | 83 ms | 720 |
With the quarter note at 180 BPM. Handy for delay settings too: a quarter-note echo is 333 ms, a dotted-eighth echo 250 ms.
Practice tip
A fast tempo: punk, up-tempo swing, bluegrass or virtuoso runs. If it isn't there yet, turn on the tempo trainer and build up from slower.
Other tempos
Time signatures and tempo markings
Frequently asked questions
How many milliseconds is one beat at 180 BPM?
60,000 / 180 = 333.3 ms per quarter note; an eighth note is 166.7 ms and a sixteenth is 83.3 ms.
How fast is 180 BPM?
3 beats per second (3 Hz). In Italian tempo terms that's Presto.
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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