How to count the BPM of all types of music

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This method applies to cd mixers, pc programs(but only if they do not already show you the bpm) too!!, how to count the bpm, Beats per minuet

[@JB-mp9nb]

Me watching this 14 years later 😂

[@danielheinrich3971]

Im 15 years later hahahahaha

[@izukumidoriya2922]

The new champ is here!

[@trialnr4437]

@@izukumidoriya2922 and the newer champ is here

[@Eyeballpaul84]

@@trialnr4437 1st 😉

[@DuCkyLAT]

17 years, let's go!!

[@adrianwhittaker9011]

Really well explained. Ex raver from 00s, just spent a shed load on records that i used to drop to, was going a little stir crazy but this totally made sense! Cheers from a brummie exile in Sydney!

[@Eyeballpaul84]

Expensive now arnt they

[@trublgrl]

You have a pretty unique way of understanding and explaining this stuff, but it's much more understandable than the "You just gotta feel it" explanation I usually hear from turntablists. Great vids, thanks for posting!

[@ElvisTranscriber2]

1:25 you don't need 30 seconds you just need a stopwatch and you press start and stop in your stopwatch with the beat. Here are the details: The way I calculate it without any metronome (software or hardware) is, admittedly, a bit nerdy. Using a stopwatch app, most mobiles come with one already, just go to settings>apps>stopwatch open the stopwatch app then 1) listen to the song, tap the beat, get into it, until you're tapping it accurately most likely, the song will be in four beats to a bar (4/4) and then 2) with while you sing out the beat or tap it, quickly go to the stopwatch app an pres the start/stop button on the beat twice to start and stop the stopwatch 3) Look at the time elapsed between the two beats 4) Open a calculator divide the number 6000 (i.e. the number of hundreds of a second contained in a minute) by the two digits on the right of your stopwatch after the seconds in this case my stopwatch gave me the reading 00:00.53 which is 00 minutes 00 seconds and 53 hundreds of a second so I divide 6000 (i.e. the amount of hundreds of a second in one minute) by 53 hundreds of a second (i.e. duration of beat in this song is 53 hundreds of a second) and this division equals 113.207.... beats in a minute with 53 hundreds of a second of duration) ..... and you round this off to the nearest integer 113 bpm! aaaaaaaaahhhh (sigh) 😍😍😍 maths 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@DerHater91]

I wonder if this dude is still alive

[@NightTrooper360]

Mr. White i think yes 😀

[@yenix9654]

he is, but are *you* ?

[@raywill]

Anytime I see a video 8+ years old, I wonder the same thing 😂

[@DerHater91]

@@yenix9654 I am brother

[@ontop2324]

@@DerHater91 nice

[@ellaskins]

Yes, after a few weeks, months it becomes natural.But for a total first timer it is good to count to get used to the format.

[@robertoangel1970]

My dude that was the fastest leason straight foward and message received thanks for the knowledge

[@ryer8477]

Crazy this tutorial is useful today and will be for decades!! Thanks

[@Apocalyptoo1]

2019? Anyone?

[@ProbablyNotLapisFox]

no

[@camargabsdotcom]

Omg this was posted in 2006!!! Lol

[@djlke69]

lol!!!! I was thinking the same thing...lol! Thank God for digital analyzers.

[@ziasadrudin]

this video is now 10 years old. thank god for analyzers, but thank got for thinking djs still fam.

[@KatsarovDesign]

OMG this comment is 5 years ago

[@Chris_978]

Now this comment is 7 years holy shit.

[@alxnumsayn]

you're great help.. thanks for taking some of your time to show us newbies how to get down!

[@ellaskins]

I think this is for a direct feed enabeling the record being played to be recorded to mp3? Let me know if i am wrong!

[@TheBonkening]

the counting was a song on its own :->

[@dsk5619]

Thank you! this was very simplified and easy to understand

[@virtual4desires]

This is the way i have done it since 1980, i watch these new dj's slap a record on the turntable and they don't even know how many BPM the song is, they just wild guess that it will be close. That shit would drive me bats. I got my records divided by beats. It starts from low and goes up, this way i can pull any record out of that specific pile area and i know they will be in close proximity.

[@jamesetheridge1009]

EXACTLY!!!

[@Eyeballpaul84]

Song?

[@T1B3R1An]

Brill advice, ive only just started and bought myself some plx 500's at nearly 50 mid life crisis. Haha. Been on them nearly a year and whilst they require a lot of tweaking i love them Hopefully when i upgrade ill be carl cox. Hehe. Love youre channel mate cdj is not my cup of tea but i understand tech has to move on. Hope you do a few more vinyl lessons. Best channel ❤

[@Arctandem]

@djhenleys Electronic music is generally always 4/4 time, and it is really easy to count out a 4/4 beat to dubstep. You probably naturally tap your foot to the 4/4 rhythm. You just have to count out those beats instead of the kicks, which maybe all over the place in a good dubstep tune.

[@ShermerIllinois]

Thanks. Yes, that's pretty much how I've been trying to get it turned around in my mind. I play by ear, so sometimes I have a tendency to sort of ignore the terminology, etc and develop my own distorted view of an instrument :-) Thanks for the clarification. I appreciate it. -Steve

[@ShermerIllinois]

Hi Johnathan, I'm not a DJ, but I've been hooked on your videos for a week now because it's always something I've always wanted to experiment with. Anyway, I have a bit of a n0ob question... Is there any particular reason why, on turntables, the speed slider is 'up to decrease speed' and 'down to increase speed'? I just found that a little odd and counter intuitive. Maybe I'm missing something? (I had assumed that it was the opposite) -Thanks

[@MrCheeseman831]

Life before DJ controllers

[@gentlegiant127]

wow, that was alot easier than i thought it would be! thank you very much, you were a big help!

[@rabunishrembenhirsch3772]

In 1978 we tapped our foot for 60 seconds to the beat = beat per minute

[@christianpiwowar]

man, thnaks for all the information you give us and for your time. (if you count the bass kicks in ten seconds then you just have to multiply it by 6 and there you have your bmp, you spare 20 seconds haha)

[@sasha88ize]

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[@Antdemo]

thanks so much elle, I just did a quick one now, I played with the picth like a racing car and it did it, I made a tad mistake and the bass kinda caught back but I don't care, I am happy I no what I have to do now, I kinda did it, just maybe faster would of done it, but am well happy thanks alot man Remember guys, count the bpm and as soon as they both are spot on, bring it in then play with the pitch like a racing car and smooth it back in on the right picth and then boom, your done sick

[@ellaskins]

Agree , jungletekno, but it is a help to a few new dj's out there. johnathan

[@BigRidMan]

u are well and truely da man when it comes to explainin things and dj-ing....thanks alot pal

[@flanj1]

I think your explanations are brilliant, keep helping us.

[@djshailender]

your videos are very easy to understand n helpful.. u rock!!!! INDIA

[@NotAsOtherz]

Thanks a lot. The lack of knowing how to do this has been holding me back for a long time. My only complaint is that the record you played was ONLY kicks so im not sure how to transfer that information to my records which are beats with kicks and snares.

[@jedenzniewielu]

@nixi16 you can also count for 5seconds and multply by 12

[@Tommy13578]

thanks.i now understand bpm.easy but ive never been shown before.great work.

[@Xp1n0yX]

hip hop beats are pretty difficult considering it usually doesn't have a straight forward combo of bass drums. what i do (which is pretty accurate) is find the the rhythm of the beat (including bass drum and snares) count it for 30 seconds. divide by 2. multiply by 2. then multiply by 2 again.

[@nishatdana]

which is same as multiplying it by 2 only once. Who taught you math?

[@ellaskins]

to rreino1, ok at 33 and 45 the pitch needs to be in the middle to be at 33rpm and 45 rpm. hope this is what you wanted ! j

[@MeiDouthitt]

This assumes that the bass drum is a 1,2,3,4 beat.... but what if the song is using a bass drum line much more complicated? Lots of chill and jazz have that.

[@ShadowsDML]

Why dont you count 6 sec and add a zero to the result?

[@88DjOle88]

Mate, try counting manually the bpm in The Quick Brown Fox - The Big Black. Good luck mate

[@whophead007]

I love my Hardcore music. How would you calculate the BPM to a "Metal"" song that has constant changing double bass patterns and blast beats?

[@ellaskins]

Will do soon!

[@NovxST]

Thanks for sharing.

[@TheAdrenalineJunky]

Thanks a bunch, just got some new turntables and looking for some good tuts. Ill be watching the rest =)

[@dlf-ls2pu]

Sweet stuff man.

[@Xp1n0yX]

for hip hop n r&b: count the bass kick and snares for 15 seconds and multiply by 4. theres a lot of ways to do this.

[@PopcornSticker]

so you dont count snare or high hats when you count the bpm ratio?

[@juanroberts5974]

You just count the Beats. BPM- Beats Per Minute.

[@seanSHRED87]

Man your so awesome I've learned so much from every one of your videos. DAMN I LOVE KZbin.....if you know whats up you can learn anything!

[@Ozmastero]

Now i understand more too, Ill make another video to show my improvement Keep it up man!

[@andrathalas]

You totally could do that, but the more time you spend counting ahead of time, the more accurate your final BPM will be. It may not seem obvious or a big concern but if your "true" BPM is a weird number or fraction, your counted BPM might be off by 1 or 2 or 5, which could make a difference if you've counted 2 tracks, you totally think both your grooves are locked but halfway through a 40 second mix, they start flamming and you're boned.

[@Niftyfiftystang]

im really having trouble counting bpm's like do I count the snare or count it in a 4 by 4 loop can someone please help me out

[@lepuremelcoche]

agree with you be play as one along with your tune!

[@pabloboyd]

thanx mate for postin these very helpfull vids.

[@MRkamz2]

Your videos are really useful!! :D do you know where you can buy cheapish but also equipment That is good for a beginner??

[@bradstewart1996]

Very useful !!!!!

[@Niftyfiftystang]

Thank you, supernatural007 this really helped me out a lot it was question that was confusing me a lot when I am counting bpm's

[@ZeR024dog]

hey whats up ellsakins..i have a problem why does my "bpm"jump around when i beatmatch after a few seconds its starts skipping it goes up and down a bit.hapoends wt my decks. ex/ lets say one track is on 127.0 after it goes to 126.9 then back.weird its no estable,had this problem wt the decks,not wt the hercules,only thing i could think of is that maybe is the bass from speakers that make my needles jump,but i all ready put them as far as possible and it still happends..weird..

[@sk8ajoe89]

i.e.: To know the BPM of a loop that lasts 6 seconds long and is playing in 3:4 time signature; BPM = [(60/6) * (3*4)] BPM = 120 beats per minute From a practical perspective, you're not going to tap/clap hands/dance to something that is 7:8 but from a technical stand-point - it can prove quite useful. :D Cheers.

[@mfoti92]

so the point s to have both turntables with the same bpm , so they mix correctly

[@blazebanks9012]

Dang seeing some of these comments, almost as old as the stuff in my history books !

[@MegaSoccerkid7]

awsome videos im learning all ot from u

[@kwidg87]

I gota get my technics before they're all gone! Great video.

[@aznzakum1699]

what records did you use ont he right side? and the record u used for the left side?

[@leoprisma]

you made my day bro!!! big hug!!!!!!

[@bigsha1]

Nice vids.. Great tips.

[@silford89]

and i have struggled and struggled to get this shit rite when it was so easy :) thanks a ton !

[@virtual4desires]

Once you get the BPM then you shall learn to count by bars.

[@arvinbehshad]

Thank you! This really helped!

[@JulzJo]

thanks mate! great video.

[@nicoariu]

great lesson man

[@aom9010]

you are awesome man.

[@b0nch]

very good

[@TheJOlion]

2018

[@peterparker0999]

2019

[@PunchyEireann]

great videos man

[@Loki_poke]

Thanx man...that explains a lot

[@ellaskins]

toShermerlllinois, depends how you look at it, i always took it as away is slow and towards is fast, buy from a dj's point of view you do get used to it like this j

[@SkylonRow]

slower the record plays, the lower the pitch. The faster it plays, the higher the pitch.

[@matbostock8650]

Delmol Wow Dude👍

[@Age19]

This was VERY helpful, but I was wondering: Does anyone know the equation to determine the BMP compaired to RPM? What I mean by that is: "Satisfaction" plays at 130bpm, how would I figure out what RPM I need to play the second record at the bring it down from 136 to 130?

[@FuNoK83]

hmmm in house you have a constant bass.... its not that hard to count the beats 30 seconds, but what about drum and bass... you have a snear on second and fourth beat... what do i have to do??? Cheers And thx in adcance

[@sk8ajoe89]

What if you want to count something that IS NOT 4:4? Like, Tububular Bells is in 7:8, what's the BPM of that? Or something that is in 5:4?

[@ns1extreme]

@nixi16 Or count to 1 and multiply with 60 ^^

[@Tinsletooth]

@nixi16 Yes that works but 30 seconds is more accurate.

[@lepuremelcoche]

What is mix by keys? Thanks in advance.

[@JayMacTìre]

would it slow down the vocals in tune when moving up and down

[@ehousephantom]

Which track is it?? Thanks

[@meinardsvieglais5395]

i lake the pre historic camera cqality

[@jfloatin_2]

I love your rapping

[@HazelTheHare]

1:44 Rap Still better than Macklemore

[@uoytem]

I tried it but I can't do it. Everytime I'm going about 4 BPM more than the song is. =/. And how do you count trance music?! Because some of them starts without beats (there will be a singer singing solo) Thankx

[@kyuujuuwang]

How does the pitch control work?

[@clumpft]

So what do you advise folks who wanna learn how to beat match old skool funk?? Do we still need to be able to count BPM?

[@vibewhen]

yes and no, you can usually find a short part in an old school funk track to mix almost any bpm in, it sounds nice if you've teased a little bit of the new song a couple times before you play it. Oh haha your comment is 2 years old, you figure it out?.

[@icecold2oo6]

Very useful vid, cheers! :D

[@dmgsoultogetherness6667]

if you know your records just match them by ear/ memory

[@Ozmastero]

you know if a turntable has an MP3 line in, what does that mean? oz

[@TheParag101]

sir i just wanna ask 30 sec is always accurate? some times its comes in point 129.50 like this so how to count this?

[@PlataNoDC]

Someone needs to do a remix of this dude and that Vietnamese guy that went viral count singing, counting together 😂

[@bender2o]

congrats, want a medal?

[@SuperGreedyboi]

nice vids im a dj im goin have to post some vids of my work

[@UrLocalHazbinAddict]

@figgia2K9 An example of why would be........

[@isaacjackson451]

Can anyone mix makina I’ve tryed for a while and still can’t mix it

[@vstaritz]

Or you can just count for ten or 20 seconds, i think 30 is very long in that kind of situation...

[@hannieclarel]

so this was 15 years ago

[@Mja1997]

What are u useing in this video?

[@Warrenely]

defo helped me