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PRESTO · THREE BEATS PER SECOND

180 BPM metronome.

180 beats per minute is presto and the top of the Playroom metronome range. There are three beats per second, so a bar of 4/4 lasts just over 1.3 seconds. At this speed most players count in 2 or feel the music in whole bars rather than following each click.

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Your time. Your tempo.

Space start / stopT tap tempo adjust tempoTap a beat to accent or silence it.
  • 333 msOne beat
  • 1.33 sOne bar of 4/4
  • 167 msEighth note
  • 83 msSixteenth note
  • PrestoTempo marking

What 180 BPM is used for

  • Presto passages and fast fills practiced in short sections
  • Stamina work with the practice timer, resting every few bars
  • Feeling fast music in large groups: count one bar as a single slow beat
  • Hearing how a 60 BPM pattern sounds when every eighth note becomes a beat

A practice idea at 180 BPM

Mute beats 2, 3, and 4 so only beat 1 clicks. You now hear one click per bar, every 1.33 seconds. Play your pattern against that single click and let your own counting fill the space between.

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 180 BPM is 80 BPM. Learn a pattern there, then bring it up to 180 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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