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220 BPM metronome.

At 220 BPM, a half-time click is 110 BPM. Choose the count that helps you follow the phrase while keeping your playing relaxed.

Beats per minute

220

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The tempo

What 220 BPM feels like.

At 220 BPM, each beat lasts about 0.273 seconds and a bar of four beats lasts about 1.091 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
Prestissimo
200 BPM and above
One beat
0.273 sec
One 4/4 bar
1.091 sec
Bars in 3 min
165

Where you hear it

Music that sits at 220 BPM.

For a half-time click, set the metronome to 110 BPM: the click marks beats one and three instead of all four. If a part at 220 feels frantic, try the half-time click and play across it.

Wondering whether a particular track is 220 BPM? Tap along with it and compare, or let the MagicBPM app listen and tell you.

Practice note: Try the click at 110 with two musical beats per click. Keep the musical pace the same when switching back to 220.

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 220 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

220 BPM questions

What does 220 BPM sound like?

A very fast pulse, approaching four beats per second. A beat lands every 0.273 seconds, so one bar of 4/4 lasts 1.091 seconds and a three-minute song runs to about 165 bars. Press Play above to hear it.

Is 220 BPM fast or slow?

220 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 220 BPM?

Fast jazz passages; speed metal arrangements; advanced speed exercises. The list is a guide rather than a rule: tempo varies within every genre.

Is 220 BPM the same as 110 BPM?

Counted in half time, 220 BPM is 110 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 220 BPM?

This page opens already set to 220 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.