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128 BPM metronome.

Try 128 BPM when working on a house or dance arrangement. In 4/4, a 32-bar phrase lasts exactly one minute at this tempo.

Beats per minute

128

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The tempo

What 128 BPM feels like.

At 128 BPM, each beat lasts about 0.469 seconds and a bar of four beats lasts about 1.875 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
0.469 sec
One 4/4 bar
1.875 sec
Bars in 3 min
96

Where you hear it

Music that sits at 128 BPM.

Wondering whether a particular track is 128 BPM? Tap along with it and compare, or let the MagicBPM app listen and tell you.

Practice note: Count an eight-bar phrase, then a 16-bar phrase, while keeping your place against the click.

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 128 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

128 BPM questions

What does 128 BPM sound like?

A brisk pulse for a dance groove. A beat lands every 0.469 seconds, so one bar of 4/4 lasts 1.875 seconds and a three-minute song runs to about 96 bars. Press Play above to hear it.

Is 128 BPM fast or slow?

128 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 128 BPM?

House grooves; dance arrangements; 32-bar phrasing practice. The list is a guide rather than a rule: tempo varies within every genre.

How do I set a metronome to 128 BPM?

This page opens already set to 128 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.