So Danco Samba BPM
So Danco Samba by Antonio Carlos Jobim is usually played at 140 BPM, in 4/4 time, played in eighths. That is Vivacissimo.
BPM · 4/4 · Eighths
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Tempo and time signature
- Tempo
- 140 BPM · Vivacissimo
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Eighths
- One beat
- 429 ms
- One click
- 214 ms
- One bar
- 1.71 s
- Half time / double time
- 70 BPM / 280 BPM
- Tempo range
- 120 – 150 BPM
How to count it
Count 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &: 4 quarter-note beats to the bar, with the click on every eighth note, 214 ms apart. The first beat of each bar is accented.
Practise it up to speed
Start at 105 BPM and let the tempo trainer raise it 2 BPM every 4 bars until it reaches 140.
Start the tempo trainer at 105 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 .