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40 BPM metronome
At 40 beats per minute a quarter note lasts 1500 milliseconds, eighth notes 750 ms and sixteenths 375 ms. The classical tempo marking is Largo. Very slow: ballads, slow blues and the slowest practice tempo for learning a hard passage cleanly.
Practicing at 40 BPM
- Press Play (or the space bar) to start the click.
- Play quarter notes, then eighths, then sixteenths at 40 BPM until each feels relaxed.
- Turn on the speed trainer to climb from 40 in small steps, or the gap trainer to test your own time.
Questions
- How fast is 40 BPM?
- 40 beats in a minute, so one beat every 1.50 seconds.