80 BPM Metronome
A free 80 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.
80 BPM sits squarely in the Andante range, a relaxed walking pace that the main TuneStand metronome already uses as its Andante reference point. It is one of the most commonly searched metronome tempos.
Practicing and playing at 80 BPM
Andante literally means "at a walking pace", and 80 BPM feels exactly like that: unhurried but moving forward. It is a natural tempo for early practice on a new piece, for slow grooves in styles like boom-bap hip-hop, and for warm-up exercises before a faster session.
If a piece is marked Andante without a specific number, 80 BPM is a reasonable default to start from, then adjust up or down based on how the piece actually sits in that walking-pace feel.
Frequently asked questions
What tempo marking is 80 BPM?
80 BPM is Andante, meaning "at a walking pace". It is one of the most common reference tempos in classical and popular music practice.
What genres commonly use around 80 BPM?
Slower hip-hop and boom-bap beats, downtempo grooves and many ballads often sit near 80 BPM, though the exact tempo always depends on the specific track.
Is 80 BPM good for a warm-up?
Yes, it is slow enough to focus on clean technique while still moving at a comfortable, musical pace, which makes it a common warm-up tempo before practicing faster material.
Which tempo marking is 80 BPM?
80 BPM falls inside the range commonly given for Andante, 76 to 108 BPM. Andante translates as walking. 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: .