Tempo marking
LargoThe traditional Italian marking for 40–60 BPM: broad and slow.Pulse · tempo · time
50 BPM Metronome
This page opens a working metronome at 50 BPM. Each click arrives every 1200 milliseconds (1.2 seconds), which the Italian tempo scale calls Largo. Press start, then change the tempo or the time signature whenever you want — nothing here is locked.
Beats per minute
BPM
1234
Ready at 50 BPM in 4/4.
Tempo facts
How fast is 50 BPM?
A metronome set to 50 BPM plays 50 evenly spaced clicks every minute. Here is what that works out to.
Beat interval
1200 ms60000 ÷ 50 = 1200 milliseconds between clicks, or 1.2 seconds.Bar length
4.8 sFour beats of 4/4 at 50 BPM fill 4.8 seconds.Half and double time
25 / 100One beat per two clicks gives 25 BPM; splitting each beat in two gives 100 BPM.How 50 BPM feels
One click every 1.2 seconds is slower than a calm resting heartbeat. At 50 BPM the pulse is unmistakably slow, and any unevenness in your playing is exposed because there is nothing to hide behind.
What to practise at 50 BPM
50 makes a good first tempo on any instrument. Play a scale at one note per click, listen to each note all the way through, and only raise the tempo once every note begins exactly with the click rather than just after it.
Where you meet 50 BPM
Searches for a 50 BPM metronome come from slow-practice routines and from breathing work, where a beat every 1.2 seconds is used to pace an inhale and an exhale evenly.
Half time and double time
50 BPM in half time is 25 BPM: the same music, counted with one beat for every two clicks. Double time is 100 BPM, where every beat splits into two even eighth notes. Half time falls below this metronome's 30 BPM floor, so count one beat for every two clicks rather than changing the setting.
This relationship is the reason a written tempo and a felt tempo often disagree. Drummers and producers move between the two constantly. Half time is below the range this metronome offers, so to work at it here, leave the click at 50 BPM and count one beat for every two clicks instead of changing the setting.