30 BPM: Tempo Information

Everything about a song at 30 beats per minute.

30
BPM
Grave

2000 ms per beat · 0.50 beats per second

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What does 30 BPM mean?

A song at 30 BPM has 30 beats every minute. Each beat lasts approximately 2000.00 milliseconds (0.50 beats per second). On the Italian tempo marking scale this falls under Grave (below 40 BPM).

30 BPM in different formats

BPM (beats per minute)30
BPS (beats per second)0.50
Milliseconds per beat (quarter note)2000.00 ms
Milliseconds per half note4000 ms
Milliseconds per 8th note1000.00 ms
Milliseconds per 16th note500.00 ms
Hertz (1/4 note rate)0.500 Hz
Tempo markingGrave

Need delay, reverb, dotted-note, or triplet timings? Use the BPM to milliseconds calculator.

Related tempos

  • Double-time feel: 60 BPM, useful for genre crossovers and remixes.
  • Faster neighbour: 40 BPM

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