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ADAGIO · SLOW AND UNHURRIED

70 BPM metronome.

70 beats per minute sits in the adagio range: slow, calm, and close to a resting heartbeat. Each beat lasts about 0.86 seconds, which leaves time to look ahead to the next note while the current one is still ringing.

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Your time. Your tempo.

Space start / stopT tap tempo adjust tempoTap a beat to accent or silence it.
  • 857 msOne beat
  • 3.43 sOne bar of 4/4
  • 429 msEighth note
  • 214 msSixteenth note
  • AdagioTempo marking

What 70 BPM is used for

  • Changing between two guitar chord shapes without rushing
  • Slow ballads and lullabies, which often sit between 60 and 75 BPM
  • Piano melodies where you are still reading each note
  • Steady kick-and-snare patterns before you add the hi-hat

A practice idea at 70 BPM

Choose a two-chord or two-note pattern. Play the first sound on beat 1, hold through beats 2 and 3, and use beat 4 to prepare the next sound. The silent beat is where accuracy is built.

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 70 BPM is 72 BPM. Learn a pattern there, then bring it up to 70 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.

Learn a little about the beat