Clair de Lune BPM
Clair de Lune by Debussy (composer) is usually played at 66 BPM, in 9/8 time, played in quarter notes. That is Adagietto.
BPM · 9/8 · Quarter
Nothing plays until you press Start.
Tempo and time signature
- Tempo
- 66 BPM · Adagietto
- Time signature
- 9/8
- Feel
- Quarter
- One beat
- 909 ms
- One bar
- 8.18 s
- Half time / double time
- 33 BPM / 132 BPM
- Tempo range
- Under 80 BPM
How to count it
Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9: 9 eighth-note beats to the bar, with the click on every beat, 909 ms apart. The first beat of each bar is accented. The click counts every eighth note; the bar is felt in 3, one beat for each group of three.
Practise it up to speed
Start at 50 BPM and let the tempo trainer raise it 2 BPM every 4 bars until it reaches 66.
Start the tempo trainer at 50 BPM
Or open the full metronome at a slower tempo:
About this tempo
There is no single recording of this piece, so this is a tempo it is commonly played at. Performances vary widely — treat it as a place to start.
Tempo list updated .