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174 BPM metronome.

Try 174 BPM for a drum & bass arrangement or breakbeat exercise. The same passage can be practiced with fewer clicks by setting the metronome to 87 BPM.

Beats per minute

174

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The tempo

What 174 BPM feels like.

At 174 BPM, each beat lasts about 0.345 seconds and a bar of four beats lasts about 1.379 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
Vivace
156 to 176 BPM
One beat
0.345 sec
One 4/4 bar
1.379 sec
Bars in 3 min
130

Where you hear it

Music that sits at 174 BPM.

Wondering whether a particular track is 174 BPM? Tap along with it and compare, or let the MagicBPM app listen and tell you.

Practice note: Switch between a full-time click at 174 and a half-time click at 87 without changing the speed of your playing.

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 174 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

174 BPM questions

What does 174 BPM sound like?

A fast beat, with a half-time count at 87 BPM. A beat lands every 0.345 seconds, so one bar of 4/4 lasts 1.379 seconds and a three-minute song runs to about 130 bars. Press Play above to hear it.

Is 174 BPM fast or slow?

174 BPM is a very 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 174 BPM?

Drum & bass arrangements; jungle grooves; breakbeat editing. The list is a guide rather than a rule: tempo varies within every genre.

How do I set a metronome to 174 BPM?

This page opens already set to 174 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.