I Heard It Through the Grapevine BPM
I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye has a tempo of 117 BPM (117.3 to be exact), in 4/4 time, played in sixteenths. That is Allegro.
BPM · 4/4 · Sixteenths
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Tempo and time signature
- Tempo
- 117 BPM (117.3) · Allegro
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Sixteenths
- One beat
- 512 ms
- One click
- 128 ms
- One bar
- 2.05 s
- Half time / double time
- 59 BPM / 235 BPM
- Tempo range
- 100 – 120 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, 128 ms apart. The first beat of each bar is accented.
Practise it up to speed
Start at 88 BPM and let the tempo trainer raise it 2 BPM every 4 bars until it reaches 117.
Start the tempo trainer at 88 BPM
Or open the full metronome at a slower tempo:
About this tempo
This is the tempo the ENYO Metronome app uses for this song. Live versions and remasters can differ, so trust your ears over the number.
Tempo list updated .