60 BPM Metronome
A free, precise online metronome locked to 60 BPM (Larghetto). Slow ballads, meditation, sustained practice. Hit play below to start, or open the full metronome to add subdivisions, time signatures, and tap tempo.
What does 60 BPM feel like?
Many slow blues tracks live around 60 BPM. A useful baseline for technical exercises played in time. Larghetto is the traditional Italian tempo marking that covers this range — it tells classical performers roughly how fast to play before any specific BPM is given.
How to use a 60 BPM metronome for practice
The most common use is locking your playing to a steady reference. Start by playing along with the click at 60 BPM until your timing feels solid. If a passage is giving you trouble, drop the metronome to about 75% of the target tempo (around 45 BPM), nail it cleanly, then bring it back up in small increments.
For singers and instrumentalists working on phrasing, set the metronome to 60 BPM and clap or count out the beats while singing or playing the melody freely on top — this trains your sense of where the beat sits without forcing every note onto a click.
FAQs
What music is at 60 BPM?
Many slow blues tracks live around 60 BPM. A useful baseline for technical exercises played in time.
Is 60 BPM fast or slow?
60 BPM corresponds to the Italian tempo marking Larghetto. Slow ballads, meditation, sustained practice.
How accurate is this metronome?
The click is scheduled using the Web Audio API's sample-accurate clock with a 25 ms lookahead — the same approach used by professional digital audio workstations. Drift is typically under 1 ms per minute.