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72 BPM 833.3 ms

Quarter note 833.33 ms. Dotted eighth 625.00 ms. Marked Adagio. Typical of a slow ballad or a half-time chorus.

  • Adagio
  • Quarter = 833.3 ms
  • Bar = 3.33 s

72 BPM

Delay times at this tempo

At 72 BPM a quarter note is 833.33 ms and a 4/4 bar lasts 3.33 seconds. The dotted eighth, the usual vocal throw, is 625.00 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 4/43333.33 ms0.30 Hz
Half note1666.67 ms0.60 Hz
Quarter note833.33 ms1.20 Hz
Dotted eighth625.00 ms1.60 Hz
Eighth note416.67 ms2.40 Hz
Eighth-note triplet277.78 ms3.60 Hz
Sixteenth note208.33 ms4.80 Hz
Sixteenth-note triplet138.89 ms7.20 Hz
32nd note104.17 ms9.60 Hz
64th / short pre-delay52.08 ms19.20 Hz

Any other tempo belongs in the BPM to milliseconds calculator. Neighboring published tables: 66 BPM and 76 BPM.

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FAQ

72 BPM questions

How many milliseconds is a quarter note at 72 BPM?

833.33 ms. That is 60,000 divided by 72.

What is the dotted eighth delay at 72 BPM?

625.00 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 The rest stay unpublished until these are indexed.