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50 BPM metronome
At 50 beats per minute a quarter note lasts 1200 milliseconds, eighth notes 600 ms and sixteenths 300 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 50 BPM
- Press Play (or the space bar) to start the click.
- Play quarter notes, then eighths, then sixteenths at 50 BPM until each feels relaxed.
- Turn on the speed trainer to climb from 50 in small steps, or the gap trainer to test your own time.
Questions
- How fast is 50 BPM?
- 50 beats in a minute, so one beat every 1.20 seconds.