104 BPM metronome
Press Play to hear a steady click at 104 BPM, or open one of the drum grooves below at exactly this tempo. One beat lasts 577 ms, so 104 beats fill one minute. 104 BPM sits where Andante (at a walking pace, roughly 76–108 BPM) and Andantino (a little faster than walking, roughly 80–108 BPM) meet.
How long is one beat at 104 BPM?
Divide 60,000 by the tempo: 60,000 ÷ 104 = 577 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) | 2,308 ms |
| Half note | 1,154 ms |
| Quarter note (1 beat) | 577 ms |
| Dotted eighth | 433 ms |
| Eighth note | 288 ms |
| Eighth-note triplet | 192 ms |
| Sixteenth note | 144 ms |
104 BPM in bars and phrases
A bar of 4/4 at 104 BPM lasts 2.31 seconds. Eight bars take 18.5 seconds, and a 32-bar form takes 73.8 seconds. One minute holds 104 beats, or 26 bars of 4/4.
How fast are subdivisions at 104 BPM?
Eighth notes at 104 BPM run at 3.47 notes per second, triplets at 5.2 and sixteenth notes at 6.93. 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 104 BPM?
104 BPM sits where Andante (at a walking pace, roughly 76–108 BPM) and Andantino (a little faster than walking, roughly 80–108 BPM) meet. 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, 104 BPM feels like 52 BPM; counted in double time it feels like 208 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 104 BPM
This is a comfortable range for learning new material. Play the whole passage at 104 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 104 BPM
These built-in grooves have default tempos close to 104 BPM: Bo Diddley Beat (104), Son Clave 3-2 (104), Stubblefield-Style Ghosts (104) and Al Jackson-Style Backbeat (104). Each link below opens the metronome with that groove at exactly 104 BPM, so you practise the tempo with a real drum part rather than a click.