128 BPM Metronome
A free 128 BPM online metronome with accents, time signatures and tap tempo.
Timing is scheduled on the Web Audio clock, so the beat stays steady even while the page is busy. Tap the tempo button in time with a song to set the BPM by ear. Keyboard: space starts and stops, up and down arrows change the tempo by 1 (hold shift for 10), escape stops.
128 BPM is a well known standard tempo in house, techno and other four-on-the-floor dance genres. It sits in the Allegro range, faster and more driving than the general-purpose 120 BPM default.
Why 128 BPM is a dance-music standard
Many club and festival house tracks cluster around 128 BPM, a tempo widely regarded as comfortable for sustained dancing over a full DJ set. Producers often build loops and drum patterns at exactly 128 BPM so tracks line up easily when mixed together.
For practice, 128 BPM is a good target once you are comfortable at 120, useful for drummers and producers who want to internalise the exact feel of a standard house tempo.
Frequently asked questions
Why is 128 BPM associated with house music?
128 BPM has become a widely used standard tempo for house and related dance genres, seen as a comfortable, sustained tempo for dancing and easy to beatmatch between tracks.
What tempo marking is 128 BPM?
128 BPM falls in the Allegro range, a fast, lively tempo above the general 120 BPM default and below the faster tempos used in genres like drum and bass.
Is 128 BPM only used in dance music?
No, it shows up in pop and other genres too, but it is most strongly associated with house and techno production, where it is close to a de facto standard.
Which tempo marking is 128 BPM?
128 BPM falls inside the range commonly given for Allegro, 120 to 168 BPM. Allegro translates as cheerful, lively. Those ranges are a convention rather than a measurement: the Italian tempo words were in use long before the metronome existed and were never defined numerically, so published tables disagree at the edges.
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Frequencies on this page are computed at build time from twelve tone equal temperament with A4 = 440 Hz, using the twelfth root of two (about 1.059463) per semitone. Nothing is typed in by hand. See the full method and sources. Maintained by FusionStudios. Last reviewed: .