Disco BPM: 110–130 beats per minute
Live drummers in the 1970s played around 110–130 BPM with steady four-on-the-floor; nu-disco keeps the same range. Drop a track below to see whether it sits in the usual disco range.
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Disco tempo chart
Each row is a tempo in the typical disco 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, 120 BPM, is in bold.
| BPM | Beat (ms) | 1/8 (ms) | Dotted 1/8 (ms) | 4/4 bar (s) | 16 bars (s) | Half | Double |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 116 | 517.2 | 258.6 | 387.9 | 2.07 | 33.1 | 58 | 232 |
| 117 | 512.8 | 256.4 | 384.6 | 2.05 | 32.8 | 58.5 | 234 |
| 118 | 508.5 | 254.2 | 381.4 | 2.03 | 32.5 | 59 | 236 |
| 119 | 504.2 | 252.1 | 378.2 | 2.02 | 32.3 | 59.5 | 238 |
| 120 | 500.0 | 250.0 | 375.0 | 2.00 | 32.0 | 60 | 240 |
| 121 | 495.9 | 247.9 | 371.9 | 1.98 | 31.7 | 60.5 | 242 |
| 122 | 491.8 | 245.9 | 368.9 | 1.97 | 31.5 | 61 | 244 |
| 123 | 487.8 | 243.9 | 365.9 | 1.95 | 31.2 | 61.5 | 246 |
| 124 | 483.9 | 241.9 | 362.9 | 1.94 | 31.0 | 62 | 248 |
| 125 | 480.0 | 240.0 | 360.0 | 1.92 | 30.7 | 62.5 | 250 |
| 126 | 476.2 | 238.1 | 357.1 | 1.90 | 30.5 | 63 | 252 |
| 127 | 472.4 | 236.2 | 354.3 | 1.89 | 30.2 | 63.5 | 254 |
| 128 | 468.8 | 234.4 | 351.6 | 1.88 | 30.0 | 64 | 256 |
| 129 | 465.1 | 232.6 | 348.8 | 1.86 | 29.8 | 64.5 | 258 |
| 130 | 461.5 | 230.8 | 346.2 | 1.85 | 29.5 | 65 | 260 |
Mixing disco with neighbouring genres
The pitch change needed to play a typical 120 BPM disco 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 120 | Approach |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | 118–130 (typ. 124) | +3.3 % | Direct mix |
| Deep house | 110–125 (typ. 120) | 0.0 % | Direct mix |
| Pop | 100–130 (typ. 118) | -1.7 % | Direct mix |
Detected disco at half or double?
If the detector reports 60 or 240 for a disco 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 disco range. More in half-time and double-time BPM.
Delay times at 120 BPM
| Note | Straight (ms) | Dotted (ms) | Triplet (ms) | LFO (Hz) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 — Half note | 1000.0 | 1500.0 | 666.7 | 1.00 |
| 1/4 — Quarter note | 500.0 | 750.0 | 333.3 | 2.00 |
| 1/8 — Eighth note | 250.0 | 375.0 | 166.7 | 4.00 |
| 1/16 — Sixteenth note | 125.0 | 187.5 | 83.3 | 8.00 |
| 1/32 — Thirty-second note | 62.5 | 93.8 | 41.7 | 16.00 |
Full chart: 120 BPM to ms.
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