| Note Type | Duration (ms) |
|---|---|
| Whole Note | 2000 |
| Half Note | 1000 |
| Triplet Quarter Note | 333 |
| Quarter Note | 500 |
| Triplet Eighth Note | 167 |
| Eighth Note | 250 |
| Triplet Sixteenth Note | 83 |
| Sixteenth Note | 125 |
To convert Beats Per Minute (BPM) to milliseconds per beat, you can follow these simple steps:
Understand BPM: BPM tells you how many beats occur in one minute.
Find beats per second: Since there are 60 seconds in a minute, divide the BPM by 60. This will give you the number of beats per second.
Formula:
Beats per second = BPM / 60
Find seconds per beat: Now, you want to know how many seconds each beat takes. So, take the reciprocal of the beats per second.
Formula:
Seconds per beat = 1 / (Beats per second)Or, simplified:
Seconds per beat = 60 / BPM
Convert to milliseconds: There are 1000 milliseconds in one second. So, multiply the seconds per beat by 1000.
Formula:
Milliseconds per beat = (Seconds per beat) * 1000
Putting it all together in one formula:
Milliseconds per beat = (60 / BPM) * 1000
Or even more simply:
Milliseconds per beat = 60000 / BPM
Example:
Let's say you have a song at 120 BPM.
Milliseconds per beat = 60000 / 120Milliseconds per beat = 500
So, at 120 BPM, each beat lasts for 500 milliseconds (or half a second).