40 BPM Metronome

This metronome is preset to 40 BPM — press play (or the spacebar) and it ticks 40 beats per minute. In classical terms 40 BPM is Largo, broad and slow. It's a common tempo for film-score underscore, ambient, drone and meditative riyaaz.

What 40 BPM means

Tempo is just beats per minute, so 40 BPM works out to:

• 1500 ms between each beat
• 0.67 beats every second
• 6 seconds for one bar of 4/4

Great for learning a new piece — slow enough to play every note cleanly and fix mistakes before they become habits.

How to practise at 40 BPM

Start the metronome above and play one note per click until it feels locked in. If 40BPM 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.