100 BPM metronome
Press Play to hear a steady click at 100 BPM, or open one of the drum grooves below at exactly this tempo. One beat lasts 600 ms, so 100 beats fill one minute. 100 BPM falls within Andante (at a walking pace, roughly 76–108 BPM).
How long is one beat at 100 BPM?
Divide 60,000 by the tempo: 60,000 ÷ 100 = 600 ms per beat. Every other note value follows from that. Producers often set a delay to the dotted eighth or eighth note to keep echoes in time with the track.
| Note value | Length |
|---|---|
| Whole note (4 beats) | 2,400 ms |
| Half note | 1,200 ms |
| Quarter note (1 beat) | 600 ms |
| Dotted eighth | 450 ms |
| Eighth note | 300 ms |
| Eighth-note triplet | 200 ms |
| Sixteenth note | 150 ms |
100 BPM in bars and phrases
A bar of 4/4 at 100 BPM lasts 2.4 seconds. Eight bars take 19.2 seconds, and a 32-bar form takes 76.8 seconds. One minute holds 100 beats, or 25 bars of 4/4.
How fast are subdivisions at 100 BPM?
Eighth notes at 100 BPM run at 3.33 notes per second, triplets at 5 and sixteenth notes at 6.67. Switch on the subdivision you are practising so the click marks every note, then return to quarter notes to check that you keep the spacing on your own.
What tempo marking is 100 BPM?
100 BPM falls within Andante (at a walking pace, roughly 76–108 BPM). Treat these ranges as conventions rather than rules: editions and metronome makers print slightly different numbers, and an Italian marking describes character as well as speed.
Half time and double time
Counted in half time, 100 BPM feels like 50 BPM; counted in double time it feels like 200 BPM. When you tap along with a recording and get either number, both describe the same music; choose the pulse that gives you sensible bars and accents.
Practising at 100 BPM
This is a comfortable range for learning new material. Play the whole passage at 100 BPM without stopping before you raise the tempo, and loop any bar that breaks the pulse rather than slowing everything down. Build speed can then add a few BPM every few bars once the passage is controlled.
Drum grooves near 100 BPM
These built-in grooves have default tempos close to 100 BPM: Basic Rock (100), Funky Drummer (99), Superstition Pocket (101) and Funky Syncopation (96). Each link below opens the metronome with that groove at exactly 100 BPM, so you practise the tempo with a real drum part rather than a click.