60 BPM Metronome

The metronome below is set to 60 beats per minute. Press Start or the space bar.

About 60 BPM

• Beat length: 1.000 seconds (1000 ms) per beat.
• Tempo marking: Adagio.
• Eighth notes: 120 per minute. Sixteenth notes: 240 per minute.
• Common uses: one beat per second, which makes it the easiest tempo to feel; slow ballads and scale practice.

Practising at 60 BPM

Start a new piece well below this tempo and move up 4 to 5 BPM at a time once you can play it cleanly three times in a row.

Nearby tempos

• 40
• 50
• 60
• 70
• 72
• 80
• 90
• 100
• 110
• 120
• 130
• 140
• 150
• 160
• 170
• 180
• 200
• 220

Frequently asked questions