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Tempo

60 BPM 1000.0 ms

Quarter note 1000.00 ms. Dotted eighth 750.00 ms. Marked Adagio. Typical of a slow ballad or a half-time chorus.

  • Adagio
  • Quarter = 1000.0 ms
  • Bar = 4.00 s

60 BPM

Delay times at this tempo

At 60 BPM a quarter note is 1000.00 ms and a 4/4 bar lasts 4.00 seconds. The dotted eighth, the usual vocal throw, is 750.00 ms. This tempo is typical of a slow ballad or a half-time chorus.

Open in the metronome
Note valueMillisecondsIf used as an LFO
Whole note / 1 bar of 4/44000.00 ms0.25 Hz
Half note2000.00 ms0.50 Hz
Quarter note1000.00 ms1.00 Hz
Dotted eighth750.00 ms1.33 Hz
Eighth note500.00 ms2.00 Hz
Eighth-note triplet333.33 ms3.00 Hz
Sixteenth note250.00 ms4.00 Hz
Sixteenth-note triplet166.67 ms6.00 Hz
32nd note125.00 ms8.00 Hz
64th / short pre-delay62.50 ms16.00 Hz

Any other tempo belongs in the BPM to milliseconds calculator. Neighboring published tables: 200 BPM and 66 BPM.

Published tempos

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FAQ

60 BPM questions

How many milliseconds is a quarter note at 60 BPM?

1000.00 ms. That is 60,000 divided by 60.

What is the dotted eighth delay at 60 BPM?

750.00 ms, three quarters of one beat.

Why isn't every tempo published?

The calculator already converts any BPM. These pages are the tempos people set a session or a delay to. The rest stay unpublished until these are indexed.