38 BPM in numbers
| One beat (quarter note) | 1578.9 ms |
| Eighth note | 789.5 ms |
| Dotted eighth | 1184.2 ms |
| Sixteenth note | 394.7 ms |
| One bar of 4/4 | 6.32 s |
| Beats per second | 0.63 |
| Bars of 4/4 in one minute | 9.5 |
The classical tempo marking for 38 BPM is Grave (see the tempo markings chart). 38 BPM isn't the home tempo of any one big genre, which makes it a good practice tempo with no style attached. Counted in double-time it's 76 BPM, the pace of ballads and slow R&B.
As a heart rate, 38 BPM is very low for anyone awake; it needs a doctor's attention unless a doctor already knows about it. To measure your own, use the heart rate counter.
Every delay length at 38 BPM, including triplets, is in the BPM to ms calculator. Not sure your song is really at 38? Tap along to check.