Originally Posted by: hunter1801Whats the easiest way to think of tempo, and know how fast you should be playing? I'm just learning about it so right now all I really know is: 60 bpm = 1 second beats (because there are 60 seconds in a minute) and obviously 120 is double, ect. But for anything else, I wouldn't really know how to calculate that and play it accurately. Like for 260 bpm, I know that it would be 260 beats in 60s, so that would be 4.3 bps (thanks to my calculator hehe). I don't see how you would be able to figure that out in your head though.

Try dividing things into quarters, or by half and by half again to get the numbers within reach.
260~2 = 130
130~2 = 65

60~2 = 30
30~2 = 15

15 goes into 65 = 4 times

15x4 = 60

remainder 5

5~15= .33333

Answer 4.33333