How to Determine Beats Per Minute for iTunes
In the past five to eight years, the popularity of iPods has risen dramatically. Ipods have become synonymous with music, and have vastly overtaken outdated forms of playing music, such as CD players and even other MP3 players. Ipods have grown popular based on their cool, futuristic feel, ease of use and large storage space for songs. In addition, Apple has constantly adapted its iPods to be faster and carry out an array of activities in addition to simply playing music. Not surprisingly, iTunes has become the main program for music on a computer, as it directly accompanies iPods. Like iPods themselves, iTunes is very easy to use, and tasks like finding the beats per minute (BPM) of a song is quick and easy.
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Instructions
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Find the song you wish to know the beats per minute for in your iTunes library, and select the song by right-clicking on it. A long menu box should appear directly under the song.
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Click the button that says "Get Info". This will take you to a larger pop up box where you can locate various information about the specific song.
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Click the tab on the top of the box that says "Info", and look under the box that says BPM. If the box is blank, it means you will have to manually enter the beats per minute of the song. If you know the tempo of the song, you can type in the BPM yourself.
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Tips & Warnings
Software is available for purchase that will determine the BPM of every song in your library and enter it into the info category for you. This is helpful is you have a large library and do not want to manually put in the BPM for every song. Programs vary, but the average price is around $25.
