120 BPM Metronome

This metronome is preset to 120 BPM — press play (or the spacebar) and it ticks 120 beats per minute. In classical terms 120 BPM is Allegro, fast, bright and lively. It's a common tempo for pop, disco, dance-pop and most Bollywood dance numbers.

What 120 BPM means

Tempo is just beats per minute, so 120 BPM works out to:

• 500 ms between each beat
• 2 beats every second
• 2 seconds for one bar of 4/4

Performance-range for most pop, Bollywood and dance music — practise here once the notes are clean at a slower tempo.

How to practise at 120 BPM

Start the metronome above and play one note per click until it feels locked in. If 120BPM is too fast to play cleanly, drop to a slower tempo, nail it there, then come back. If it's too easy, nudge it up 5 BPM at a time. Tap-tempo on the main metronomeif you want to match a song you're hearing.