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Change the pulse

The number changes. The space between beats changes with it. Change the BPM and listen to the distance between pulses in an original pattern.

120BPM

approximately 500 ms between pulses

60 BPM150 BPM

The same pulse. A different space.

BPM describes the rate of a reference pulse. Increasing BPM brings pulses closer together; decreasing BPM increases the space between them.

60 BPM
approximately 1000 ms between pulses
90 BPM
approximately 667 ms between pulses
120 BPM
approximately 500 ms between pulses
150 BPM
approximately 400 ms between pulses

C03

BPM counts the pulse. Your ears decide how that speed feels.

Listening continues in C04: what happens inside that space?