66 BPM metronome
Press Play to hear a steady click at 66 BPM, or open one of the drum grooves below at exactly this tempo. One beat lasts 909 ms, so 66 beats fill one minute. 66 BPM sits where Larghetto (rather broad, roughly 60–66 BPM) and Adagio (slow, at ease, roughly 66–76 BPM) meet.
How long is one beat at 66 BPM?
Divide 60,000 by the tempo: 60,000 ÷ 66 = 909 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) | 3,636 ms |
| Half note | 1,818 ms |
| Quarter note (1 beat) | 909 ms |
| Dotted eighth | 682 ms |
| Eighth note | 455 ms |
| Eighth-note triplet | 303 ms |
| Sixteenth note | 227 ms |
66 BPM in bars and phrases
A bar of 4/4 at 66 BPM lasts 3.64 seconds. Eight bars take 29.1 seconds, and a 32-bar form takes 116.4 seconds. One minute holds 66 beats, or 16.5 bars of 4/4.
How fast are subdivisions at 66 BPM?
Eighth notes at 66 BPM run at 2.2 notes per second, triplets at 3.3 and sixteenth notes at 4.4. 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 66 BPM?
66 BPM sits where Larghetto (rather broad, roughly 60–66 BPM) and Adagio (slow, at ease, roughly 66–76 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, 66 BPM feels like 33 BPM; counted in double time it feels like 132 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 66 BPM
Slow tempos expose timing more than fast ones. With 909 ms between clicks it is easy to rush into the next beat, so count the subdivisions in your head or switch on eighth notes, hold long notes for their full length, and use Drop the click to check that you keep the pulse through a silent bar.
Drum grooves near 66 BPM
These built-in grooves have default tempos close to 66 BPM: Quiet Storm Groove (66), 6/8 Rock Ballad (66), Stoner Doom Crawl (64) and Dub Echo Pocket (70). Each link below opens the metronome with that groove at exactly 66 BPM, so you practise the tempo with a real drum part rather than a click.