Moonlight Sonata, III BPM
Moonlight Sonata, III by Beethoven (composer) is usually played at 160 BPM, in 4/4 time, played in sixteenths. That is Allegrissimo.
BPM · 4/4 · Sixteenths
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Tempo and time signature
- Tempo
- 160 BPM · Allegrissimo
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Sixteenths
- One beat
- 375 ms
- One click
- 94 ms
- One bar
- 1.50 s
- Half time / double time
- 80 BPM / 320 BPM
- Tempo range
- Over 150 BPM
How to count it
Count 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a: 4 quarter-note beats to the bar, with the click on every sixteenth note, 94 ms apart. The first beat of each bar is accented.
Practise it up to speed
Start at 120 BPM and let the tempo trainer raise it 2 BPM every 4 bars until it reaches 160.
Start the tempo trainer at 120 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 .