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ALLEGRO · FAST POP ENERGY

130 BPM metronome.

130 beats per minute is energetic allegro territory: a beat every 0.46 seconds. Many dance tracks sit between 126 and 132 BPM, and plenty of upbeat pop and rock lives here too. At this speed, clean eighth notes require relaxed hands and small movements.

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Space start / stopT tap tempo adjust tempoTap a beat to accent or silence it.
  • 462 msOne beat
  • 1.85 sOne bar of 4/4
  • 231 msEighth note
  • 115 msSixteenth note
  • AllegroTempo marking

What 130 BPM is used for

  • Energetic pop and dance grooves
  • Alternate picking on guitar with one note per eighth-note subdivision
  • Fast scale runs where you keep the fingers close to the keys
  • Short bursts of practice, two or four bars at a time, with rests between

A practice idea at 130 BPM

Use the one-minute timer. Play two bars, rest for two bars, and repeat until the timer ends. Resting bars keep the tempo honest, because you have to re-enter on beat 1 each time.

Press Space to start and stop, T to tap a new tempo, and the arrow keys to nudge the speed by one BPM. The routine in how to use a metronome builds on these steps.

Lessons near this tempo

Playroom lessons are written at 48, 60, 72, and 80 BPM so every note can be counted; the closest lesson tempo to 130 BPM is 80 BPM. Learn a pattern there, then bring it up to 130 BPM here with the tempo trainer.

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Other tempos

See the full chart of Italian tempo markings in tempo markings and BPM, or go back to the online metronome.

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