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75 beats in 60 seconds · 800 ms per beat

75 BPM metronome, slow-jam groove and genres

75 beats per minute is a slow, unhurried pulse: R&B slow jams, reggae, dub, lo-fi and ballads all sit around here, and 150 BPM trap feels like 75 in half-time. Start the metronome, tap along with a song, download a 75 BPM click track, or make an original track at 75.

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  • Free 75 BPM metronome
  • Tap tempo
  • WAV click track download
  • Original tracks at 75

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What does 75 BPM mean?

75 BPM means 75 beats in 60 seconds, or one beat every 800 ms (0.8 s). It's a slow, relaxed tempo inside the andante range, and common in R&B slow jams, reggae, dub, lo-fi hip-hop and ballads; a 150 BPM track played in half-time feels like 75 too. Start the metronome above, tap along with a song to check it, or make a 75 BPM track with Ken Music in Kenerate AI's Music Studio.

Key facts

Beats in 60 s
75
Beats per second
1.25
Time per beat
800 ms (0.8 s)
One 4/4 bar
3.2 s (18.75 bars a minute)
Tempo marking
Andante (walking pace)
Common genres
R&B, reggae, dub, lo-fi, ballads
Half-time of
150 BPM
vs 120 BPM
120 is 1.6× faster

Listen first

Tracks around 75 BPM

Real AI generations asked for tempos near 75. The first was made for this page. A tempo in a prompt is a direction, not a locked click, so check any track with the BPM & key finder.

R&B slow jamInstrumental75 BPM

After Hours

Made with Ken Music 1.5 · Made for this page · 2:48

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PromptSlow R&B slow jam instrumental at 75 bpm, warm Rhodes chords, soft 808 bass, crisp snare on 2 and 4, gentle finger snaps, late-night mood

Lo-fi jazzInstrumental76 BPM

Rain on Shibuya

Made with Ken Music 1.5 · Just above 75

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PromptA rainy night in Tokyo: soft neon-lit lo-fi jazz, muted trumpet, gentle rain, warm piano, 76 bpm

Rainy lo-fiInstrumental72 BPM

Window Seat

Made with ElevenLabs Music v2.5 · Just below 75

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PromptRainy day lo-fi, gentle rain ambience, mellow piano, soft boom-bap drums, warm tape saturation, 72 bpm

Compare: 80 BPMInstrumental80 BPM

Stoop Session

Made with Ken Music 1.5 · 5 BPM faster

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PromptLaid-back boom-bap hip-hop instrumental at 80 bpm, dusty drums, deep bass, mellow Rhodes chords, head-nod groove

How to

How to use the 75 BPM metronome

Time needed
Steps
4 steps
  1. Step 1

    Press Start

    The metronome starts at 75 BPM.

  2. Step 2

    Pick a time signature

    4/4 for most R&B, reggae and hip-hop. At 75 the gaps are long, so turn on 8th-note clicks to keep time.

  3. Step 3

    Tap along with a song

    Press Tap tempo on each beat and the metronome moves to the tempo you tapped. A reading near 150 means you tapped the hi-hats, not the beat.

  4. Step 4

    Download a click track

    A WAV of 30 seconds to 3 minutes.

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Chapters

Checked 12 November 2026

Genres that sit near 75 BPM

Typical ranges from published tempo guides. Sources differ at the edges, and any single song can sit outside its genre's range.

Genres that sit near 75 BPM — checked 12 November 2026
Typical rangeHow 75 feels here
R&B60–80 BPM (Musical U, Mubert), 60–90 (Digital DJ Pool)The upper half: a slow jam that still moves
Reggae60–90 BPM (Musical U)Near the middle, steady and unhurried
Dub60–90 BPM (Ableton, Digital DJ Pool)Room for echoes between the hits
Lo-fi hip-hop70–90 BPM (Mubert)The slow, sleepy end
Hip-hop60–100 BPM (Ableton), 80–100 (Mubert)Slow: below where Mubert's range starts
Ambient60–90 BPM (Mubert)A gentle pulse, if there is one
Down-tempo70–100 BPM (Musical U)Near the bottom of the range
Trap130–170 BPM (Mubert), often felt at half-timeA 150 BPM beat feels like 75

Engines

Engines for tracks at a set tempo

Facts from the app's engine list.

  • Ken Music 1.5 title card — a dreamy album-cover-like scene where a photograph dissolves into flowing musical waveforms and notes around a vocalist's microphone

    Kenerate

    Ken Music 1.5

    Length
    Up to ~3 min
    Modes
    Song · Lyrics · Instrumental

    Best for

    Default engine: full songs with vocals in any language; can take an image as inspiration

    Open Ken Music 1.5
  • MiniMax Music 3.0 title card — a song structure shown as glowing coloured blocks of verses and choruses arranged like a city skyline

    MiniMax

    MiniMax Music 3.0

    Length
    Up to 4 min
    Modes
    Song · Lyrics · Instrumental

    Best for

    Follows [Verse]/[Chorus] section tags closely

    Open MiniMax Music 3.0
  • ElevenLabs Music v2.5 title card — a pristine modern recording studio at night

    ElevenLabs

    ElevenLabs Music v2.5

    Length
    Exact length, 10 s–10 min
    Modes
    Song · Lyrics · Instrumental

    Best for

    Set the exact duration; clean studio mix

    Open ElevenLabs Music v2.5
  • Mureka V9.5 title card — an open notebook with completely blank pages

    Mureka

    Mureka V9.5

    Length
    Up to 4 min
    Modes
    Song · Lyrics · Instrumental

    Best for

    Writes its own lyrics from a prompt; style chips; MP3/WAV/FLAC

    Open Mureka V9.5

Prompt recipe

Make a 75 BPM track

Each opens the Music Studio with the tempo in the prompt.

Beat length
800 ms; a 4/4 bar lasts 3.2 seconds.
8th notes
400 ms; 16th notes 200 ms.
Delay time
Quarter 800 ms, dotted 8th 600 ms.
Half-time
150 BPM in half-time feels like 75.
Loop length
4 bars 12.8 s, 8 bars 25.6 s.
  • Drum beat

    Drum beat at 75 bpm, kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4, steady 8th-note hi-hats, no melody

  • R&B slow jam

    R&B slow jam at 75 bpm, warm Rhodes, soft 808s, finger snaps, late-night mood

  • Lo-fi

    Lo-fi hip-hop beat at 75 bpm, dusty drums, mellow piano, vinyl crackle, rain ambience

  • Reggae

    Roots reggae at 75 bpm, one-drop drums, offbeat skank guitar, deep warm bass

More prompts (2)
  • Dub

    Dub instrumental at 75 bpm, heavy bass, spring reverb, tape echo on the snare

  • Ballad

    Piano ballad at 75 bpm, soft strings, heartfelt vocals

Tempo

Tempo markings near 75

The classical terms, as listed on Wikipedia. It calls these very rough approximations, so treat them as guides.

Tips

Playing at 75

Small tips.

  • Slow tempos expose timing, so turn on 8th-note clicks and count the 'ands'.

  • Let notes ring: at 800 ms a beat, sustain fills the space.

  • For an R&B feel, sit slightly behind the click rather than on top of it.

  • If a trap beat feels like 75, it's probably 150 in half-time.

  • Press Tap tempo along with a song to confirm it's really 75.

FAQ

75 BPM questions

What does 75 BPM mean?

75 beats in 60 seconds. Each beat lasts exactly 800 ms (0.8 seconds), which is 1.25 beats per second, and a bar of 4/4 lasts 3.2 seconds.

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Is 75 BPM slow?

Yes, fairly. It falls inside the andante range of 56–108 BPM, a walking pace, and below the 100–130 BPM that Mubert and Musical U list for pop. It's the tempo of slow jams and ballads rather than dance music.

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Where can I get a 75 BPM metronome?

On this page. Press Start above for a free 75 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.

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How do you play a 75 BPM drum beat?

A basic 4/4 groove puts the kick on beats 1 and 3, the snare on 2 and 4, and hi-hats on 8th notes, 400 ms apart. For reggae's one-drop, drop the kick from beat 1 and hit kick and snare together on beat 3. Count along with the metronome above, or ask the Music Studio for a drum beat at 75 bpm.

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What genres are 75 BPM?

R&B, reggae, dub, lo-fi hip-hop, ambient and down-tempo all have typical ranges that include 75, and it's the slow end of hip-hop. Trap at 150 BPM feels like 75 in half-time.

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What songs are 75 BPM?

Plenty of R&B slow jams, reggae tracks and ballads sit near 75, but published tempos for one song often disagree, and the same track can be listed at 75 or 150 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.

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What's the difference between 75 and 80 BPM?

80 BPM is about 7% faster: a beat every 750 ms instead of 800 ms, and a 4/4 bar lasts 3 s instead of 3.2 s. Over a minute that's 5 extra beats. Both are relaxed hip-hop and R&B tempos; 75 feels a touch heavier and slower.

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How do I change a song to 75 BPM?

Load it into the free BPM changer: it detects the original tempo, you set 75, and it time-stretches the track without changing the pitch. It works from 50% to 150% of the original, so it can reach 75 from anything between 50 and 150 BPM. A 90 BPM song goes to 75 at about 83% speed, and a 150 BPM song at 50%.

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Is 75 BPM good for walking or running?

One step per beat at 75 BPM is 75 steps a minute, a slow stroll, below the roughly 100 steps a minute a 2018 study uses as a marker of moderate-intensity walking. Two steps per beat gives 150 steps a minute, a slow jogging cadence.

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Is a heart rate of 75 BPM normal?

For adults at rest, yes: MedlinePlus lists a normal resting heart rate of 60 to 100 beats per minute, and 75 sits inside that range. This page is about musical tempo, so ask a doctor about your own heart rate.

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In depth

75 BPM, explained

What works, what to avoid, and how the pieces fit.

The 75 BPM pocket

At 75 BPM there are 800 ms between beats, long enough for a bass note to bloom and a vocal to bend before the next hit. That's why R&B, reggae, dub and lo-fi guides all put 75 inside their typical range [1][2][3]. Mubert's hip-hop range starts at 80, so 75 is on the slow, heavy side for rap, while Ableton's wider 60–100 range still covers it [1][2].

By Last updated and reviewed

We build and run the Kenerate Music Studio. Every demo on this page is a real output of the engine named on it, made from the prompt shown; engine facts were checked against the app's code.

Sources: Ableton Learning Music — Tempo and genre · Mubert — BPM tapper and genre tempos · Musical U — typical BPM by genre · Digital DJ Pool — DJ BPM guide · Wikipedia — Tempo · MedlinePlus — Pulse (normal resting heart rate) · Tudor-Locke et al. (2018), walking cadence as an estimate of intensity — BJSM · Kenerate Music Studio — engine list and modes

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