178 BPM metronome

178BPM

178 BPM in numbers

One beat (quarter note)337.1 ms
Eighth note168.5 ms
Dotted eighth252.8 ms
Sixteenth note84.27 ms
One bar of 4/41.35 s
Beats per second2.97
Bars of 4/4 in one minute44.5

The classical tempo marking for 178 BPM is Presto (see the tempo markings chart). 178 BPM isn't the home tempo of any one big genre, which makes it a good practice tempo with no style attached. Felt in half-time it's 89 BPM, the pace of boom bap hip hop.

As a heart rate, 178 BPM is typical during exercise, but above the normal adult resting range of 60 to 100. A resting pulse this high is worth checking with a doctor. To measure your own, use the heart rate counter.

Every delay length at 178 BPM, including triplets, is in the BPM to ms calculator. Not sure your song is really at 178? Tap along to check.

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