100 BPM metronome
At 100 BPM, one beat lasts 600 ms (0.6 s). A moderate tempo, about the pace of a brisk walk.
- One beat
- 600 ms
- Per second
- 1.67 beats
- One bar of 4/4
- 2.4 s
- Marking (rough)
- Moderato
What 100 BPM is like
At one step per beat, this is about the pace of a brisk walk, neither fast nor slow. Keeping it as your reference speed gives you a way to compare how you play from day to day.
Good for
- Keeping the same speed in your daily basics
- Setting a shared tempo before a rehearsal or sectional
- A step on the way up to a target tempo
These are rough guides. The right speed depends on the piece, the instrument and the player. Tempo markings cover different BPM ranges in different sources, and some give another marking for the same BPM. The marking here follows the divisions on tempofy's ruler.
Note lengths at 100 BPM
Lengths with the quarter note as one beat. ms means milliseconds: 1,000 ms is one second.
| Note | Beats | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2,400 ms |
| Dotted half note | 3 | 1,800 ms |
| Half note | 2 | 1,200 ms |
| Dotted quarter note | 1.5 | 900 ms |
| Quarter note | 1 | 600 ms |
| Dotted eighth note | 0.75 | 450 ms |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 300 ms |
| One note of a triplet | 1/3 | 200 ms |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 150 ms |
Some scores count the BPM on a half note or a dotted quarter note. The lengths change then.
Bar lengths at 100 BPM
At the same BPM, the length of a bar depends on the time signature.
| Meter | 1 bar | 8 bars | Bars a minute |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/4 | 1.2 s | 9.6 s | 50 |
| 3/4 | 1.8 s | 14.4 s | 33.3 |
| 4/4 | 2.4 s | 19.2 s | 25 |