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100 BPM metronome.

At 100 BPM, four beats take 2.4 seconds. It is a useful checkpoint as you build up a practice passage or try a new arrangement.

Beats per minute

100

Press Space to start and stop · ↑ ↓ to nudge off 100 · or

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The tempo

What 100 BPM feels like.

At 100 BPM, each beat lasts about 0.600 seconds and a bar of four beats lasts about 2.400 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
Andante
76 to 108 BPM
One beat
0.600 sec
One 4/4 bar
2.400 sec
Bars in 3 min
75

Where you hear it

Music that sits at 100 BPM.

Double it and you land on 200 BPM, which is how a lot of this material is actually written. Same pulse, twice the counting.

Wondering whether a particular track is 100 BPM? Tap along with it and compare, or let the MagicBPM app listen and tell you.

Practice note: If a passage feels uneven, lower the tempo until it is comfortable and build back up in small steps.

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.

MagicBPM for Mac, iPhone, Android and Apple Watch

Take 100 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

100 BPM questions

What does 100 BPM sound like?

An even pace, with a beat every 0.6 seconds. A beat lands every 0.600 seconds, so one bar of 4/4 lasts 2.400 seconds and a three-minute song runs to about 75 bars. Press Play above to hear it.

Is 100 BPM fast or slow?

100 BPM is a moderate 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 100 BPM?

Pop arrangements; funk grooves; scales and warm-ups. The list is a guide rather than a rule: tempo varies within every genre.

Is 100 BPM the same as 200 BPM?

Counted at double speed, 100 BPM is 200 BPM, which is how the same pulse is often written. Both counts can describe the same passage, depending on which pulse you follow.

How do I set a metronome to 100 BPM?

This page opens already set to 100 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.