Afrobeats BPM: 95–115 beats per minute
Mid-tempo grooves with syncopated percussion and log-drum influence from amapiano in recent years. Drop a track below to see whether it sits in the usual afrobeats range.
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Afrobeats tempo chart
Each row is a tempo in the typical afrobeats range, with the beat length, eighth and dotted-eighth delay times, bar and 16-bar phrase lengths, and the half- and double-time equivalents a detector might report. The most common tempo, 105 BPM, is in bold.
| BPM | Beat (ms) | 1/8 (ms) | Dotted 1/8 (ms) | 4/4 bar (s) | 16 bars (s) | Half | Double |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | 631.6 | 315.8 | 473.7 | 2.53 | 40.4 | 47.5 | 190 |
| 96 | 625.0 | 312.5 | 468.8 | 2.50 | 40.0 | 48 | 192 |
| 97 | 618.6 | 309.3 | 463.9 | 2.47 | 39.6 | 48.5 | 194 |
| 98 | 612.2 | 306.1 | 459.2 | 2.45 | 39.2 | 49 | 196 |
| 99 | 606.1 | 303.0 | 454.5 | 2.42 | 38.8 | 49.5 | 198 |
| 100 | 600.0 | 300.0 | 450.0 | 2.40 | 38.4 | 50 | 200 |
| 101 | 594.1 | 297.0 | 445.5 | 2.38 | 38.0 | 50.5 | 202 |
| 102 | 588.2 | 294.1 | 441.2 | 2.35 | 37.6 | 51 | 204 |
| 103 | 582.5 | 291.3 | 436.9 | 2.33 | 37.3 | 51.5 | 206 |
| 104 | 576.9 | 288.5 | 432.7 | 2.31 | 36.9 | 52 | 208 |
| 105 | 571.4 | 285.7 | 428.6 | 2.29 | 36.6 | 52.5 | 210 |
| 106 | 566.0 | 283.0 | 424.5 | 2.26 | 36.2 | 53 | 212 |
| 107 | 560.7 | 280.4 | 420.6 | 2.24 | 35.9 | 53.5 | 214 |
| 108 | 555.6 | 277.8 | 416.7 | 2.22 | 35.6 | 54 | 216 |
| 109 | 550.5 | 275.2 | 412.8 | 2.20 | 35.2 | 54.5 | 218 |
| 110 | 545.5 | 272.7 | 409.1 | 2.18 | 34.9 | 55 | 220 |
| 111 | 540.5 | 270.3 | 405.4 | 2.16 | 34.6 | 55.5 | 222 |
| 112 | 535.7 | 267.9 | 401.8 | 2.14 | 34.3 | 56 | 224 |
| 113 | 531.0 | 265.5 | 398.2 | 2.12 | 34.0 | 56.5 | 226 |
| 114 | 526.3 | 263.2 | 394.7 | 2.11 | 33.7 | 57 | 228 |
| 115 | 521.7 | 260.9 | 391.3 | 2.09 | 33.4 | 57.5 | 230 |
Mixing afrobeats with neighbouring genres
The pitch change needed to play a typical 105 BPM afrobeats track at the typical tempo of a related genre. Within about ±6 % mixes comfortably on a standard pitch fader; see BPM for DJ mixing.
| Genre | Range | Pitch from 105 | Approach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amapiano | 108–118 (typ. 113) | +7.6 % | Bridge track or cut |
| Reggaeton | 88–100 (typ. 95) | -9.5 % | Bridge track or cut |
| Dancehall | 90–110 (typ. 100) | -4.8 % | Direct mix |
Detected afrobeats at half or double?
If the detector reports 52.5 or 210 for a afrobeats track, it has locked on to a different level of the beat. Set Tempo range to 80–160 so every result lands in the usual afrobeats range. More in half-time and double-time BPM.
Delay times at 105 BPM
| Note | Straight (ms) | Dotted (ms) | Triplet (ms) | LFO (Hz) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 — Half note | 1142.9 | 1714.3 | 761.9 | 0.88 |
| 1/4 — Quarter note | 571.4 | 857.1 | 381.0 | 1.75 |
| 1/8 — Eighth note | 285.7 | 428.6 | 190.5 | 3.50 |
| 1/16 — Sixteenth note | 142.9 | 214.3 | 95.2 | 7.00 |
| 1/32 — Thirty-second note | 71.4 | 107.1 | 47.6 | 14.00 |
Full chart: 105 BPM to ms.
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