Just Friends BPM
Just Friends, a jazz standard, is usually played at 160 BPM, in 4/4 time, played in triplets. That is Allegrissimo.
BPM · 4/4 · Triplets
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Tempo and time signature
- Tempo
- 160 BPM · Allegrissimo
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Triplets
- One beat
- 375 ms
- One click
- 125 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 trip let 2 trip let 3 trip let 4 trip let: 4 quarter-note beats to the bar, with the click on every triplet, 125 ms apart. The first beat of each bar is accented. That gives it a shuffle or 12/8 feel: four beats, each split in three.
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 .