Tempo marking
LargoThe traditional Italian marking for 40–60 BPM: broad and slow.Pulse · tempo · time
55 BPM Metronome
This page opens a working metronome at 55 BPM. Each click arrives every 1090.9 milliseconds (1.091 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 55 BPM in 4/4.
Tempo facts
How fast is 55 BPM?
A metronome set to 55 BPM plays 55 evenly spaced clicks every minute. Here is what that works out to.
Beat interval
1090.9 ms60000 ÷ 55 = 1090.9 milliseconds between clicks, or 1.091 seconds.Bar length
4.36 sFour beats of 4/4 at 55 BPM fill 4.36 seconds.Half and double time
27.5 / 110One beat per two clicks gives 27.5 BPM; splitting each beat in two gives 110 BPM.How 55 BPM feels
At 55 BPM each beat lasts just under 1.1 seconds. This is where a slow tempo begins to feel like music rather than a countdown: you can shape a phrase across several clicks without losing the thread.
What to practise at 55 BPM
Use 55 as a bridge. Small five-beat increments work better than jumping to performance tempo, because your hands keep the same movement pattern and any error that reappears is easy to trace back one step.
Where you meet 55 BPM
55 BPM sits near the top of Largo. Funeral marches, many hymn tempi and the slowest ballads live between 50 and 65 beats per minute.
Half time and double time
55 BPM in half time is 27.5 BPM: the same music, counted with one beat for every two clicks. Double time is 110 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 55 BPM and count one beat for every two clicks instead of changing the setting.