80 BPM metronome
At 80 BPM, one beat lasts 750 ms (0.75 s). A calm tempo, about the pace of an unhurried walk.
- One beat
- 750 ms
- Per second
- 1.33 beats
- One bar of 4/4
- 3 s
- Marking (rough)
- Andante
What 80 BPM is like
At one step per beat, this is about the pace of an unhurried walk. Even a sixteenth note lasts 187.5 ms, so it is a handy tempo for evening out the length and volume of your notes.
Good for
- Playing a piece through without stopping after first reading it
- Evening out the length of fast notes
- Everyday scale practice
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 80 BPM
Lengths with the quarter note as one beat. ms means milliseconds: 1,000 ms is one second.
| Note | Beats | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 3,000 ms |
| Dotted half note | 3 | 2,250 ms |
| Half note | 2 | 1,500 ms |
| Dotted quarter note | 1.5 | 1,125 ms |
| Quarter note | 1 | 750 ms |
| Dotted eighth note | 0.75 | 562.5 ms |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 375 ms |
| One note of a triplet | 1/3 | 250 ms |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 187.5 ms |
Some scores count the BPM on a half note or a dotted quarter note. The lengths change then.
Bar lengths at 80 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 | 1.5 s | 12 s | 40 |
| 3/4 | 2.25 s | 18 s | 26.7 |
| 4/4 | 3 s | 24 s | 20 |