180 BPM metronome
At 180 BPM, one beat lasts 333.3 ms (0.333 s). A very fast tempo, exactly three beats a second.
- One beat
- 333.3 ms
- Per second
- 3 beats
- One bar of 4/4
- 1.33 s
- Marking (rough)
- Vivace
What 180 BPM is like
It sounds exactly three times a second. Listening at half the speed, 90 BPM, can make the beat easier to catch. Outside music, 180 steps a minute is sometimes given as a running cadence, but the right number depends on the runner and the pace.
Good for
- Polishing very fast passages
- Fitting two beats to each click at half speed, 90 BPM
- Keeping a steady stride when running
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 180 BPM
Lengths with the quarter note as one beat. ms means milliseconds: 1,000 ms is one second.
| Note | Beats | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1,333.3 ms |
| Dotted half note | 3 | 1,000 ms |
| Half note | 2 | 666.7 ms |
| Dotted quarter note | 1.5 | 500 ms |
| Quarter note | 1 | 333.3 ms |
| Dotted eighth note | 0.75 | 250 ms |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 166.7 ms |
| One note of a triplet | 1/3 | 111.1 ms |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 83.3 ms |
Some scores count the BPM on a half note or a dotted quarter note. The lengths change then.
Bar lengths at 180 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 | 0.67 s | 5.33 s | 90 |
| 3/4 | 1 s | 8 s | 60 |
| 4/4 | 1.33 s | 10.67 s | 45 |