DJ Tool
Genre BPM Guide
Which genre runs at which tempo?
The tool — try it now
A visual spectrum of all the common genres from 60 to 180 BPM. Enter a BPM to see which genres you're in — or click a genre for the full details.
What you learn with it
Knowing genre boundaries and transitions. DJs who know genre BPM ranges by heart make better playlist decisions and mix more fluidly.
How to use the tool
Type a BPM into the search field — matching genres appear immediately
Click a genre bar for its characteristics, typical artists and exact BPM boundaries
The spectrum runs from 60 (R&B/soul) to 180 BPM (drum & bass)
Overlapping bars show genres that exist in the same BPM range
Tech house (126–132 BPM) overlaps with house (120–130 BPM) — which makes genre transitions in that range especially smooth.
Common mistakes
Treating the middle of a range as the normal case. A track at the edge of its range is just as typical — and better for transitions.
Sorting by genre rather than by tempo. In a set the number decides, not the label in the filename.
Pulling the tempo a long way to join two favourite tracks. It shows in the vocals first — and there it shows to the audience before it shows to you.
15–30 minutes
Take the time in one go — hearing and timing develop through repetition, not through reading.
You have it when you can name the ranges of your two main genres and know the tempo window in which they overlap.
Questions about this tool
Why do the ranges overlap?
Because genres have habits rather than tempo borders. Between any two neighbours there is always a strip where both occur — and that is exactly where transitions are easiest, because you need not touch the tempo at all. The edges of a range are therefore more interesting to you than its middle.
Can I change genre mid-set?
Yes, if you prepare it through tempo. Coming from a slower genre, you work upwards across several tracks rather than jumping in one transition. An audience barely registers a genre change when the tempo is right — and registers every tempo jump instantly, even inside one genre.
How far can I pull a track from its original tempo?
As a rule of thumb, up to about three per cent without it showing. Beyond that you hear it in the vocals first, then in the drums — they sound rushed or dragging. If you need more, the fader is not the problem, your selection is: a track in between is missing.
Do I have to memorise the numbers?
Not as a list. Something else is useful: knowing YOUR own window — the two or three genres you actually play, and where they touch. That is four or five numbers, and they stick after one evening of preparation.
Tool tried — what’s next?
“Understanding genres and BPM ranges” is the matching lesson from phase 1: Preparation & Mindset (7 lessons). The learning path builds on it: step by step, with comprehension checks and progress that is saved.
- —Progress, XP and streak are saved
- —12 phases from your first track to a club set
- —Free — no download, no payment details
The tools stay free to use without an account.
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