Blue Bossa BPM
Blue Bossa by Kenny Dorham is usually played at 150 BPM, in 4/4 time, played in eighths. That is Allegrissimo.
BPM · 4/4 · Eighths
Nothing plays until you press Start.
Tempo and time signature
- Tempo
- 150 BPM · Allegrissimo
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Eighths
- One beat
- 400 ms
- One click
- 200 ms
- One bar
- 1.60 s
- Half time / double time
- 75 BPM / 300 BPM
- Tempo range
- Over 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, 200 ms apart. The first beat of each bar is accented.
Practise it up to speed
Start at 113 BPM and let the tempo trainer raise it 2 BPM every 4 bars until it reaches 150.
Start the tempo trainer at 113 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 .