Put the numbers into practice.
A tap every 500 milliseconds produces 120 BPM. If your result is 60 or 240 BPM, you may be tapping every other beat or subdivisions. Pick the pulse that matches the music you want to practice.
Tap tempo.
Tap along with a song or the rhythm in your head. Find its tempo in BPM and see how consistent your taps are.
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Runs on your deviceTap tempo
Tap along with a song or the rhythm in your head. Find its tempo in BPM and see how consistent your taps are.
20–300 BPM · a 3-second gap starts a new series
LISTEN & FEEL
—BPM
Tap at least twice to begin
Tap consistency—
A few notes before you play
How to use it
- 01
Listen for a steady underlying pulse, then click the large tap pad in time.
- 02
Keep tapping for at least four to eight beats. You can also use the space bar while the tap pad has focus.
- 03
Read the estimated BPM and consistency. Reset for a different song, or wait more than three seconds to start a fresh series.
Behind the numbers
BPM = 60,000 ÷ average interval in milliseconds. We keep up to 13 taps, reject intervals outside 200–3,000 ms, then average intervals within 25% of their median. Consistency measures the variation of those accepted intervals.
Tap tempo estimates a human performance. It does not listen to your microphone, analyze a song file, determine a time signature, or identify a track.
Questions, answered.
How many taps should I use?
Two taps provide an initial estimate. At least four to eight steady taps are more useful; the rolling window uses the most recent twelve intervals.
Why did my estimate restart?
A gap longer than three seconds starts a new series. Accidental taps less than 150 milliseconds apart are ignored. The supported estimate range is 20–300 BPM.
What does consistency mean?
It is 100 × (1 − standard deviation ÷ average interval), capped at 0–100%, after outlier filtering. It describes the current tap sample, not your overall musical ability.