174 BPM metronome

174 BPM at a glance

• 345 msper beat
• 2.90beats per second
• 1.38 sper bar of 4/4
• Prestotempo marking

What does 174 BPM feel like?

174 BPM is very fast: almost three beats per second. Each beat lasts only 345 ms, so many musicians feel tempos like this "in two" — counting every other beat at 87 BPM.

174 BPM is the classic drum and bass tempo, often felt as a half-time groove at 87 BPM.

Runners: 174 BPM is also a cadence of 174 steps per minute, one foot strike per click. The running cadence metronome has cadence and pace tables.

Music at 174 BPM

Punk, fast bluegrass, bebop jazz, drum and bass (typically 160–180 BPM, with 174 a very common choice) and classical movements marked Vivace or Presto use tempos in this range.

In classical music, 174 BPM falls in the range usually given for Vivace or Presto. Tempo markings are approximate — see the tempo markings chart.

Note lengths and delay times at 174 BPM

Producers use these values to set delay, reverb pre-delay and LFO times so effects lock to the beat.

Note	Straight	Dotted	Triplet
Half note	690 ms	1034 ms	460 ms
Quarter note (1 beat)	345 ms	517 ms	230 ms
Eighth note	172 ms	259 ms	115 ms
Sixteenth note	86.2 ms	129 ms	57.5 ms
Thirty-second note	43.1 ms	64.7 ms	28.7 ms

How long is a bar at 174 BPM?

Time signature	1 bar	8 bars	32 bars
2/4	0.69 s	5.52 s	22.07 s
3/4	1.03 s	8.28 s	33.1 s
4/4	1.38 s	11.03 s	44.14 s
5/4	1.72 s	13.79 s	55.17 s

How to practise at 174 BPM

Build up to 174 BPM gradually with the speed trainer rather than starting here. Many players find it easier to set the metronome to 87 BPM and count the click as beats 1 and 3, or as the half note in cut time.

Half time of 174 BPM is 87 BPM; double time is 348 BPM. If 174 BPM is too fast for a passage, the speed trainer can start lower and climb to 174 automatically.

Slower: 170 BPM · Faster: 180 BPM · All tempos

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