BPM Tap Counter
Tap the big button (or your spacebar) in time with any song and read off its tempo in beats per minute.
Pause for a couple of seconds and the next tap starts a fresh count.
What BPM actually means
Beats per minute counts the steady pulse under the music — the thing your foot taps. 60 BPM is one beat per second; 120 BPM is two. Most songs keep one tempo from start to finish, which is why tapping along for a few bars is enough to name it.
Why guitarists care
Practicing to a click at a known tempo is the fastest way to clean up your playing: find the song's BPM here, then set the metronome 20–30 BPM slower and work back up. The Finger Gym drills use the same idea with an animated tab.
Found the tempo? Set it on the free online metronome — time signatures, per-beat accents and a visual pendulum — and practice at exactly that speed.
Open the metronomeFrequently asked
How do I find the BPM of a song?
Tap along with the beat — the pulse you'd nod your head to — for at least 8 taps. The counter measures the time between taps and converts it to beats per minute. More taps = steadier reading.
What BPM is considered slow, medium or fast?
Roughly: ballads sit at 60–80 BPM, mid-tempo pop and rock at 90–120, dance music at 120–130, punk and metal at 160+. The classical names run Largo (slow) → Andante (walking) → Moderato → Allegro (fast) → Presto (very fast).
Why does my reading jump around?
Two-tap readings are noisy — a 20 ms wobble changes the number a lot. Keep tapping: the counter averages your recent taps, so by 8–12 taps it settles onto the real tempo.
What if the song changes tempo?
Stop for two seconds and start tapping again — the counter starts a fresh measurement automatically. It also uses a rolling window of your last 12 taps, so it follows gradual tempo drift.