70 BPM metronome
A free online metronome set to 70 beats per minute — one click every 857 ms. Press Start or the space bar; change the time signature, accents and subdivisions below.
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70 BPM at a glance
- 857 msper beat
- 1.17beats per second
- 3.43 sper bar of 4/4
- Adagiotempo marking
What does 70 BPM feel like?
70 BPM is a relaxed, unhurried tempo — roughly a slow walk. Each beat lasts 857 ms, long enough for eighth notes to feel comfortable and sixteenth notes to sound smooth rather than frantic.
Music at 70 BPM
Slow-to-mid tempos like this are common in soul, reggae, R&B, slow rock, country ballads and classical movements marked Adagio or Andante. Classic boom-bap hip-hop sits just above this range, around 85–95 BPM.
In classical music, 70 BPM falls in the range usually given for Adagio. Tempo markings are approximate — see the tempo markings chart.
Note lengths and delay times at 70 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 | 1714 ms | 2571 ms | 1143 ms |
| Quarter note (1 beat) | 857 ms | 1286 ms | 571 ms |
| Eighth note | 429 ms | 643 ms | 286 ms |
| Sixteenth note | 214 ms | 321 ms | 143 ms |
| Thirty-second note | 107 ms | 161 ms | 71.4 ms |
How long is a bar at 70 BPM?
| Time signature | 1 bar | 8 bars | 32 bars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/4 | 1.71 s | 13.71 s | 54.86 s |
| 3/4 | 2.57 s | 20.57 s | 82.29 s |
| 4/4 | 3.43 s | 27.43 s | 109.71 s |
| 5/4 | 4.29 s | 34.29 s | 137.14 s |
How to practise at 70 BPM
70 BPM is a good "home" tempo for daily technique work. Practise scales in eighth notes (140 notes per minute) and then sixteenths (280 per minute). Drummers can use it for groove practice with a ghost-note pattern; guitarists for alternate picking with a relaxed hand.
Half time of 70 BPM is 35 BPM; double time is 140 BPM. If 70 BPM is too fast for a passage, the speed trainer can start lower and climb to 70 automatically.
Slower: 65 BPM · Faster: 75 BPM · All tempos
FAQ
How fast is 70 BPM?
70 BPM is 1.17 beats per second, or one beat every 857 milliseconds. It is a moderately slow tempo, in the range usually marked Adagio.
How many milliseconds is one beat at 70 BPM?
One beat (a quarter note) at 70 BPM lasts 857 ms. An eighth note lasts 429 ms and a sixteenth note 214 ms.
How long is a bar of 4/4 at 70 BPM?
A bar of 4/4 at 70 BPM lasts 3.43 s, so there are 17.50 bars per minute. Eight bars last 27.43 s.
What is half time and double time of 70 BPM?
Half time is 35 BPM and double time is 140 BPM. Music at 70 BPM is often felt at one of these levels too.