# 130 BPM

> 130 BPM means 130 beats in 60 seconds, or one beat about every 462 ms (0.462 s). It's a fast tempo inside the allegro range, at the top of house and in the usual ranges for techno, trance, UK garage and rock. Start the metronome above, tap along with a song to check it, or make a 130 BPM track with Ken Music in Kenerate AI's Music Studio.

URL: https://kenerateai.com/130-bpm
Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com)
Last updated: 12 November 2026

## Key facts
- Beats in 60 s: 130
- Beats per second: 2.17
- Time per beat: 461.5 ms (0.462 s)
- One 4/4 bar: 1.85 s (32.5 bars a minute)
- Tempo marking: Allegro (fast, bright)
- Common genres: Techno, trance, UK garage, house, rock
- Half-time feel: 65 BPM
- vs 120 BPM: 130 is 1.08× faster
- Demo "Night Shift" (Techno, Ken Music 1.5): prompt: Driving peak-time techno instrumental at 130 bpm, punchy four-on-the-floor kick, rolling offbeat bass, open hi-hats, hypnotic synth stabs
- Demo "Warehouse" (Minimal techno, ElevenLabs Music v2.5): prompt: Hypnotic minimal techno instrumental, rumbling kick, metallic percussion, evolving acid line, warehouse vibe, 130 bpm
- Demo "Last Set" (Jazz trio, Ken Music 1.5): prompt: Jazz piano trio, swinging piano solo, upright bass, brushed drums, late-night club, 132 bpm
- Demo "Two a Second" (Compare: 120 BPM, MiniMax Music 3.0): prompt: Groovy house instrumental at exactly 120 bpm, four-on-the-floor kick, warm bassline, piano chords, steady and danceable

## Steps
1. Press Start — The metronome starts at 130 BPM.
2. Pick a time signature — 4/4 for techno, trance and house. 8th-note clicks land 230.8 ms apart, so only turn them on if you need the grid.
3. Tap along with a song — Press Tap tempo on each beat and the metronome moves to the tempo you tapped. A reading near 65 means you tapped every other beat.
4. Download a click track — A WAV of 30 seconds to 3 minutes.
5. Change a song to 130 — Load it into the BPM changer and set 130; the pitch stays the same.
6. Make a track at 130 — Describe it in the Music Studio with '130 bpm' in the prompt.

## In depth

### Where 130 BPM sits in dance music
130 is the hand-off point between house and the faster club styles. House guides end at 128–135 (Mubert 118–128, Ableton 115–130, Digital DJ Pool 120–130, Musical U 118–135), while techno, trance and UK garage ranges all include 130 [1][2][3][4]. Digital DJ Pool's set arc puts 130 in the peak band of 128–140, after a build through 120–128 [4].
Unlike 140, where dubstep and trap feel like 70, most styles at 130 are played at the full speed: a kick on every beat, 461.5 ms apart.

### 130 BPM drum beat basics
Two 4/4 patterns to practise with the click:
- Four-on-the-floor: kick on every beat, clap or snare on 2 and 4, open hi-hat on each off-beat, 230.8 ms after the kick.
- UK garage 2-step: kick on beat 1 and a syncopated kick before beat 3, snare on 2 and 4, shuffled hi-hats.
- 16th notes land 115.4 ms apart, where techno percussion and rolling hats sit.
- One bar lasts 1.85 seconds, so a 16-bar phrase takes about 29.5 seconds and a 32-bar section about 59 seconds.

### 130 BPM vs 120 and 140 BPM
A beat lasts 500 ms at 120, 461.5 ms at 130 and 428.6 ms at 140. In feel, 120 is house, 130 is driving techno or trance, and 140 splits: trance and fast techno at full speed, dubstep and trap at half-time [1][4]. Play the 120 BPM comparison track above, then this page's techno demos, to hear the extra push.

### How to change a song to 130 BPM
Time-stretch it: load the track into the BPM changer, read the detected tempo, set 130 and preview. The pitch stays put, and the file never leaves your browser. The tool works from 50% to 150% of the original tempo, so it can reach 130 from anything between about 87 and 260 BPM, and the closer the song already is to 130, the cleaner the result.

### Make a 130 BPM track with Ken Music
Open the Music Studio, write '130 bpm' in the prompt with a style and instruments, and Ken Music 1.5 returns a track of up to about 3 minutes for 30 credits. The Studio has no tempo dial: the tempo in a prompt is a direction for the engine rather than a locked click, so check the result with the BPM & key finder if you need exactly 130. The first techno demo above was made this way for this page.

### 130 BPM for walking and heart rate
One step per beat at 130 BPM is 130 steps a minute, well above the roughly 100 steps a minute that a 2018 study uses as a marker of moderate-intensity walking [7].
As a heart rate, MedlinePlus gives a target exercise range of 50% to 85% of your maximum, roughly 220 minus your age, with 70% to 85% counting as vigorous [5]. By that estimate, 130 is 65% of maximum at age 20, about 72% at 40 and about 81% at 60. At rest, a normal adult rate is 60 to 100 [6]. Ask a doctor about your own heart.

References:
[1] Ableton Learning Music — Tempo and genre: https://learningmusic.ableton.com/make-beats/tempo-and-genre.html
[2] Mubert — BPM tapper and genre tempos: https://mubert.com/blog/bpm-tapper
[3] Musical U — Rhythm tips for identifying music genres by ear: https://www.musical-u.com/learn/rhythm-tips-for-identifying-music-genres-by-ear/
[4] Digital DJ Pool — DJ BPM guide: https://digitaldjpool.com/blog/dj-bpm-guide/
[5] MedlinePlus — Give your heart a workout (target heart rate): https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000763.htm
[6] MedlinePlus — Pulse (normal resting heart rate): https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003399.htm
[7] Tudor-Locke et al. (2018), walking cadence as an estimate of intensity — BJSM: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29858465/

## FAQ
Q: What does 130 BPM mean?
A: 130 beats in 60 seconds. Each beat lasts about 461.5 ms (0.462 seconds), which is about 2.17 beats per second, and a bar of 4/4 lasts about 1.85 seconds.

Q: Is 130 BPM fast?
A: Yes. It falls inside the allegro range of 120–156 BPM, and at the very top of the 100–130 BPM that guides list for pop. For dance music it's mid-to-high energy: faster than most house, slower than drum & bass.

Q: Where can I get a 130 BPM metronome?
A: On this page. Press Start above for a free 130 BPM metronome with accents, 8th-note clicks and Tap tempo, or press WAV to download a click track of 30 seconds to 3 minutes. No account needed. The full metronome covers 40–240 BPM.

Q: How do you play a 130 BPM drum beat?
A: For dance music, put the kick on every beat (461.5 ms apart), a clap or snare on 2 and 4, and open hi-hats on the off-beats. For rock, put the kick on 1 and 3 and the snare on 2 and 4. Count along with the metronome above, or ask the Music Studio for a drum beat at 130 bpm.

Q: What genres are 130 BPM?
A: Techno, trance and UK garage all have typical ranges that include 130, and it's the top of house and pop. Rock reaches it too (Musical U lists 110–140), and trap starts here, though trap is usually felt at half-time.

Q: What songs are 130 BPM?
A: Plenty of techno, trance and rock tracks sit near 130, but published tempos for one song often disagree, and the same track can be listed at 130 or 65 depending on how the beat is counted. To check a song, tap along with Tap tempo above or load the file into the BPM & key finder, which shows half- and double-time options.

Q: Is 130 BPM house or techno?
A: Both guides overlap here. Ableton puts house at 115–130 and techno at 120–140, and Digital DJ Pool ends house at 130, so 130 is the top of house and the middle of techno. Style decides it more than tempo: the sounds, the bass line and the drums.

Q: What's the difference between 120 and 130 BPM?
A: 130 BPM is about 8% faster: a beat every 461.5 ms instead of 500 ms, and a 4/4 bar lasts 1.85 s instead of 2 s. 120 is the steady pulse of house; 130 pushes into techno and trance energy.

Q: How do I change a song to 130 BPM?
A: Load it into the free BPM changer: it detects the original tempo, you set 130, and it time-stretches the track without changing the pitch. It works from 50% to 150% of the original, so it can reach 130 from anything between about 87 and 260 BPM. A 120 BPM song goes to 130 at about 108% speed.

Q: Is a heart rate of 130 BPM normal?
A: During exercise it can be: MedlinePlus puts the target exercise range at 50% to 85% of your maximum, roughly 220 minus your age, so 130 is 65% of maximum at 20, about 72% at 40 and about 81% at 60. At rest it's above the normal adult range of 60 to 100, so speak to a doctor. This page is about musical tempo, not medical advice.

## Related pages
- 120 BPM: https://kenerateai.com/120-bpm
- 140 BPM: https://kenerateai.com/140-bpm
- 110 BPM: https://kenerateai.com/110-bpm
- Free metronome: https://kenerateai.com/metronome
- Tap tempo: https://kenerateai.com/tap-tempo
- BPM changer: https://kenerateai.com/bpm-changer
- BPM & key finder: https://kenerateai.com/bpm-key-finder
- EDM music maker: https://kenerateai.com/edm-music-maker

## Sources
- Ableton Learning Music — Tempo and genre: https://learningmusic.ableton.com/make-beats/tempo-and-genre.html
- Mubert — BPM tapper and genre tempos: https://mubert.com/blog/bpm-tapper
- Musical U — typical BPM by genre: https://www.musical-u.com/learn/rhythm-tips-for-identifying-music-genres-by-ear/
- Digital DJ Pool — DJ BPM guide: https://digitaldjpool.com/blog/dj-bpm-guide/
- Wikipedia — Tempo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo
- MedlinePlus — Give your heart a workout (target heart rate): https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000763.htm
- MedlinePlus — Pulse (normal resting heart rate): https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003399.htm
- Tudor-Locke et al. (2018), walking cadence as an estimate of intensity — BJSM: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29858465/
- Kenerate Music Studio — engine list and modes: https://kenerateai.com/app/music