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140 BPM metronome.

At 140 BPM, a half-time count gives you 70 BPM. Either count can be useful, depending on which pulse you want to follow.

Beats per minute

140

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The tempo

What 140 BPM feels like.

At 140 BPM, each beat lasts about 0.429 seconds and a bar of four beats lasts about 1.714 seconds. The click marks the beat; you can play more than one note between clicks. Tempo markings and genre examples are guides, so choose a pace that suits your music.

Marking
Allegro
120 to 156 BPM
One beat
0.429 sec
One 4/4 bar
1.714 sec
Bars in 3 min
105

Where you hear it

Music that sits at 140 BPM.

For a half-time click, set the metronome to 70 BPM: the click marks beats one and three instead of all four. If a part at 140 feels frantic, try the half-time click and play across it.

Wondering whether a particular track is 140 BPM? Tap along with it and compare, or let the MagicBPM app listen and tell you.

Practice note: Set the click to 70 and play two beats per click to keep a 140 BPM pace with fewer clicks.

Presets

Other common tempos

Every one opens the metronome set and ready to play at that BPM.

Need something in between? The full metronome covers 40 to 300 BPM.

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Take 140 BPM with you.

The app pairs the same metronome with a real-time BPM detector that hears the music around you, so you can lift a tempo off a track and practice to it straight away.

  • Subdivisions: practice against eighths, triplets or sixteenths, with the in-between clicks tucked under the beat
  • Compound time that counts properly: 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 group in threes, and 7/8 lets you pick 2+2+3 or 3+2+2
  • Pick your click: acoustic out of the box, with woodblock, claves, cowbell and more sound packs in Pro
  • Haptics on every beat, with a firmer pulse on the downbeat
  • Keeps clicking even when your phone is silenced
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Good to know

140 BPM questions

What does 140 BPM sound like?

A fast pulse that can also be counted at 70 BPM. A beat lands every 0.429 seconds, so one bar of 4/4 lasts 1.714 seconds and a three-minute song runs to about 105 bars. Press Play above to hear it.

Is 140 BPM fast or slow?

140 BPM is a fast pulse. How it feels also depends on the rhythm, subdivisions, and whether you count every beat or every other beat.

What kind of music is 140 BPM?

Dubstep arrangements; trap grooves; fast rock practice. The list is a guide rather than a rule: tempo varies within every genre.

Is 140 BPM the same as 70 BPM?

Counted in half time, 140 BPM is 70 BPM, with the click marking beats one and three instead of every beat. Both counts can describe the same passage, depending on which pulse you follow.

How do I set a metronome to 140 BPM?

This page opens already set to 140 BPM, so press Play or hit the spacebar. To move off it, drag the slider, type a number into the BPM box, or use the arrow keys to nudge a beat at a time.

Measuring instead of setting? Use the tap tempo tool to find a song’s BPM.