Lo-fi hip-hop BPM: 70–90 beats per minute
Relaxed, swung drums and dusty samples; the low tempo makes it a favourite for study playlists. Drop a track below to see whether it sits in the usual lo-fi hip-hop range.
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Lo-fi hip-hop tempo chart
Each row is a tempo in the typical lo-fi hip-hop 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, 80 BPM, is in bold.
| BPM | Beat (ms) | 1/8 (ms) | Dotted 1/8 (ms) | 4/4 bar (s) | 16 bars (s) | Half | Double |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 857.1 | 428.6 | 642.9 | 3.43 | 54.9 | 35 | 140 |
| 71 | 845.1 | 422.5 | 633.8 | 3.38 | 54.1 | 35.5 | 142 |
| 72 | 833.3 | 416.7 | 625.0 | 3.33 | 53.3 | 36 | 144 |
| 73 | 821.9 | 411.0 | 616.4 | 3.29 | 52.6 | 36.5 | 146 |
| 74 | 810.8 | 405.4 | 608.1 | 3.24 | 51.9 | 37 | 148 |
| 75 | 800.0 | 400.0 | 600.0 | 3.20 | 51.2 | 37.5 | 150 |
| 76 | 789.5 | 394.7 | 592.1 | 3.16 | 50.5 | 38 | 152 |
| 77 | 779.2 | 389.6 | 584.4 | 3.12 | 49.9 | 38.5 | 154 |
| 78 | 769.2 | 384.6 | 576.9 | 3.08 | 49.2 | 39 | 156 |
| 79 | 759.5 | 379.7 | 569.6 | 3.04 | 48.6 | 39.5 | 158 |
| 80 | 750.0 | 375.0 | 562.5 | 3.00 | 48.0 | 40 | 160 |
| 81 | 740.7 | 370.4 | 555.6 | 2.96 | 47.4 | 40.5 | 162 |
| 82 | 731.7 | 365.9 | 548.8 | 2.93 | 46.8 | 41 | 164 |
| 83 | 722.9 | 361.4 | 542.2 | 2.89 | 46.3 | 41.5 | 166 |
| 84 | 714.3 | 357.1 | 535.7 | 2.86 | 45.7 | 42 | 168 |
| 85 | 705.9 | 352.9 | 529.4 | 2.82 | 45.2 | 42.5 | 170 |
| 86 | 697.7 | 348.8 | 523.3 | 2.79 | 44.7 | 43 | 172 |
| 87 | 689.7 | 344.8 | 517.2 | 2.76 | 44.1 | 43.5 | 174 |
| 88 | 681.8 | 340.9 | 511.4 | 2.73 | 43.6 | 44 | 176 |
| 89 | 674.2 | 337.1 | 505.6 | 2.70 | 43.1 | 44.5 | 178 |
| 90 | 666.7 | 333.3 | 500.0 | 2.67 | 42.7 | 45 | 180 |
Mixing lo-fi hip-hop with neighbouring genres
The pitch change needed to play a typical 80 BPM lo-fi hip-hop 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 80 | Approach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hip-hop | 80–115 (typ. 90) | +12.5 % | Bridge track or cut |
Detected lo-fi hip-hop at half or double?
If the detector reports 40 or 160 for a lo-fi hip-hop 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 lo-fi hip-hop range. More in half-time and double-time BPM.
Delay times at 80 BPM
| Note | Straight (ms) | Dotted (ms) | Triplet (ms) | LFO (Hz) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 — Half note | 1500.0 | 2250.0 | 1000.0 | 0.67 |
| 1/4 — Quarter note | 750.0 | 1125.0 | 500.0 | 1.33 |
| 1/8 — Eighth note | 375.0 | 562.5 | 250.0 | 2.67 |
| 1/16 — Sixteenth note | 187.5 | 281.3 | 125.0 | 5.33 |
| 1/32 — Thirty-second note | 93.8 | 140.6 | 62.5 | 10.67 |
Full chart: 80 BPM to ms.
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