What tempo is this piece?
Play the music and tap along to the beat.
Exercise
On a keyboard, the space bar taps too.
How to use the tempo tool
Start the recording and tap the button on every beat you would count in class. After four taps the tool shows the tempo in beats per minute (BPM). It uses your last eight taps, so keep going for a steadier number. If you stop for more than two and a half seconds, it starts counting again.
Pick the exercise first to see its meter. In 3/4, tap on each of the three beats in a bar; in 2/4 and 4/4, tap on each beat you would count out loud.
When the piece is too fast
If the number is higher than your class can dance to, you don’t need a different recording. Pliéback slows songs from your own library down without changing the pitch, and keeps each one at the tempo you chose. See music by exercise for what works at each part of the barre.