75 BPM metronome
A free online metronome set to 75 beats per minute — one click every 800 ms. Press Start or the space bar; change the time signature, accents and subdivisions below.
Adagio
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75 BPM at a glance
- 800 msper beat
- 1.25beats per second
- 3.2 sper bar of 4/4
- Adagiotempo marking
What does 75 BPM feel like?
75 BPM is a relaxed, unhurried tempo — roughly a slow walk. Each beat lasts 800 ms, long enough for eighth notes to feel comfortable and sixteenth notes to sound smooth rather than frantic.
Music at 75 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, 75 BPM falls in the range usually given for Adagio. Tempo markings are approximate — see the tempo markings chart.
Note lengths and delay times at 75 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 | 1600 ms | 2400 ms | 1067 ms |
| Quarter note (1 beat) | 800 ms | 1200 ms | 533 ms |
| Eighth note | 400 ms | 600 ms | 267 ms |
| Sixteenth note | 200 ms | 300 ms | 133 ms |
| Thirty-second note | 100 ms | 150 ms | 66.7 ms |
How long is a bar at 75 BPM?
| Time signature | 1 bar | 8 bars | 32 bars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/4 | 1.6 s | 12.8 s | 51.2 s |
| 3/4 | 2.4 s | 19.2 s | 76.8 s |
| 4/4 | 3.2 s | 25.6 s | 102.4 s |
| 5/4 | 4.0 s | 32.0 s | 128.0 s |
How to practise at 75 BPM
75 BPM is a good "home" tempo for daily technique work. Practise scales in eighth notes (150 notes per minute) and then sixteenths (300 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 75 BPM is 37.5 BPM; double time is 150 BPM. If 75 BPM is too fast for a passage, the speed trainer can start lower and climb to 75 automatically.
Slower: 70 BPM · Faster: 80 BPM · All tempos
FAQ
How fast is 75 BPM?
75 BPM is 1.25 beats per second, or one beat every 800 milliseconds. It is a moderately slow tempo, in the range usually marked Adagio.
How many milliseconds is one beat at 75 BPM?
One beat (a quarter note) at 75 BPM lasts 800 ms. An eighth note lasts 400 ms and a sixteenth note 200 ms.
How long is a bar of 4/4 at 75 BPM?
A bar of 4/4 at 75 BPM lasts 3.2 s, so there are 18.75 bars per minute. Eight bars last 25.6 s.
What is half time and double time of 75 BPM?
Half time is 37.5 BPM and double time is 150 BPM. Music at 75 BPM is often felt at one of these levels too.