240 BPM: Tempo Information

Everything about a song at 240 beats per minute.

240

BPM

Prestissimo

250 ms per beat · 4.00 beats per second

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What does 240 BPM mean?

A song at 240 BPM has 240 beats every minute. Each beat lasts approximately 250.00 milliseconds (4.00 beats per second). On the Italian tempo marking scale this falls under Prestissimo (above 200 BPM).

240 BPM in different formats

BPM (beats per minute)	240
BPS (beats per second)	4.00
Milliseconds per beat (quarter note)	250.00 ms
Milliseconds per half note	500 ms
Milliseconds per 8th note	125.00 ms
Milliseconds per 16th note	62.50 ms
Hertz (1/4 note rate)	4.000 Hz
Tempo marking	Prestissimo

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Related tempos

Half-time feel: 120 BPM, common in trap, dubstep, and modern hip-hop production.
Slower neighbour: 200 BPM

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