180 BPM Metronome
A free 180 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.
180 BPM is a fast Presto tempo, also a common upper reference for drum and bass and other high-energy electronic genres, and a frequent target for advanced speed practice.
Practicing and playing at 180 BPM
At 180 BPM there are three beats every second, a genuinely fast pace that leaves very little margin for error. It marks the upper end of the drum and bass tempo range and is a common benchmark for punk, hardcore and fast classical passages marked Presto.
This tempo is best approached gradually. Build confidence at 150 and 160 BPM first, then push to 180 once the passage feels automatic rather than effortful at the slower speeds.
Frequently asked questions
What tempo marking is 180 BPM?
180 BPM is Presto, a very fast tempo, near the top of the range used in fast classical passages and high-energy genres like punk and drum and bass.
How many beats per second is 180 BPM?
180 BPM equals exactly three beats per second, a demanding pace for both listening and playing.
How should I build up to playing at 180 BPM?
Work up gradually through 150 and 160 BPM, making sure the passage feels automatic at each speed before pushing on to 180.
Which tempo marking is 180 BPM?
180 BPM falls inside the range commonly given for Presto, 168 to 200 BPM. Presto translates as quick. 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: .