Dancehall BPM: 90–110 beats per minute
Jamaican rhythm tracks (“riddims”) mostly between 90 and 105 BPM, often with a syncopated 3+3+2 pattern. Drop a track below to see whether it sits in the usual dancehall range.
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Dancehall tempo chart
Each row is a tempo in the typical dancehall 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, 100 BPM, is in bold.
| BPM | Beat (ms) | 1/8 (ms) | Dotted 1/8 (ms) | 4/4 bar (s) | 16 bars (s) | Half | Double |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | 666.7 | 333.3 | 500.0 | 2.67 | 42.7 | 45 | 180 |
| 91 | 659.3 | 329.7 | 494.5 | 2.64 | 42.2 | 45.5 | 182 |
| 92 | 652.2 | 326.1 | 489.1 | 2.61 | 41.7 | 46 | 184 |
| 93 | 645.2 | 322.6 | 483.9 | 2.58 | 41.3 | 46.5 | 186 |
| 94 | 638.3 | 319.1 | 478.7 | 2.55 | 40.9 | 47 | 188 |
| 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 |
Mixing dancehall with neighbouring genres
The pitch change needed to play a typical 100 BPM dancehall 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 100 | Approach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reggaeton | 88–100 (typ. 95) | -5.0 % | Direct mix |
| Afrobeats | 95–115 (typ. 105) | +5.0 % | Direct mix |
| Hip-hop | 80–115 (typ. 90) | -10.0 % | Bridge track or cut |
Detected dancehall at half or double?
If the detector reports 50 or 200 for a dancehall 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 dancehall range. More in half-time and double-time BPM.
Delay times at 100 BPM
| Note | Straight (ms) | Dotted (ms) | Triplet (ms) | LFO (Hz) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 — Half note | 1200.0 | 1800.0 | 800.0 | 0.83 |
| 1/4 — Quarter note | 600.0 | 900.0 | 400.0 | 1.67 |
| 1/8 — Eighth note | 300.0 | 450.0 | 200.0 | 3.33 |
| 1/16 — Sixteenth note | 150.0 | 225.0 | 100.0 | 6.67 |
| 1/32 — Thirty-second note | 75.0 | 112.5 | 50.0 | 13.33 |
Full chart: 100 BPM to ms.
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