In NetEase Cloud, bpm is the metronome. The number of the metronome actually represents the speed, which is the number of beats of playing (singing) per minute. The 4/4 beat you mentioned means four minutes. A note is one beat, and each measure has four beats.

The report found that BPM65-75 is the most frequently used melody speed, accounting for about 28%. Lyric pop songs such as "Lonely Warrior" and "11" in NetEase Cloud are all in this "golden speed range" ".

Many rap, pop rock, and indie pop songs will choose the 85-105 speed range, such as "Goodbye Monica", "Give You a Magic Potion", "Account Has Been Cancelled" wait.

The speed goes up further, to the range of 105-125, which is basically dominated by rap and electronic music, such as the hit rap singles "Longli Electric Silk", "Waiting for Winter", and the electronic music hit "RAVE" 》 and so on are all in this range.

The relationship between beats and BPM and time signatures

The clock speed described by BPM corresponds to how many beats should be at a specific time. A beat is a solid notation of music score. It is generally considered that a quarter note is a beat, and all other notes are divided strictly according to a beat. Therefore, the beat is actually the link between the notes of the score and time, and does not have the attributes of time and speed itself.

The time signature is a standard mark for writing music scores. It describes how many beats of notes can be written in one measure, rather than time or speed. With a certain knowledge of music theory, this can also be understood as a special Scaling relationships provide a higher degree of freedom in composition and richer performance needs.