Larghetto Metronome
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This Larghetto metronome is set to 60–66 BPM — a broad, song-like slow tempo just faster than Largo. Press play and each beat lands about once a second, close to an easy heartbeat. Follow the waveform to keep long notes from sagging, or tap the tempo in to match a slow aria you are learning. The Larghetto tempo is built for lyrical practice: lock the pulse first, feel the subdivisions between clicks, and only then let the melody breathe with a little rubato on top.
Larghetto is the Italian tempo marking meaning "a little broad," and it sits at 60–66 BPM — just faster than Largo and just slower than Adagio. The name is the diminutive of largo ("broad, wide"), so Larghetto keeps the spacious, dignified character of Largo while moving with a touch more flow. In practice it feels close to a slow, steady heartbeat: unhurried, song-like, and never static. It is one of the less common markings, which is exactly why it is worth knowing — when a composer writes Larghetto instead of Largo or Adagio, they want a specific shade of slowness that the neighboring markings do not capture.
The most famous example is hiding in plain sight: Handel's celebrated "Largo" from the opera Serse (the aria Ombra mai fù) is actually marked Larghetto in the original score — the popular nickname dropped the diminutive over the centuries. Chopin chose Larghetto for the Romanze second movement of his Piano Concerto No. 1, where the broad tempo lets the singing right-hand melody breathe over a quiet orchestral accompaniment. Beethoven marked the second movement of his Symphony No. 2 Larghetto, and Mozart marked the central Larghetto of his Clarinet Quintet (K. 581) the same way, where the clarinet sings over muted strings. The thread running through all of these is lyricism: Larghetto is the tempo of the slow aria and the songful slow movement.
At 60–66 BPM each beat lasts roughly a full second, and that space is the challenge. Slow tempos expose every uneven note and every rushed transition, so Larghetto is excellent for control work. Feeling the subdivisions between beats — mentally splitting each click into two or four — keeps long notes from sagging and stops you from drifting ahead. If you are using Larghetto to build the feel of a slow movement, start the metronome here, lock in the pulse, and only then add expressive rubato. For the broader method behind slow practice, see how to practice with a metronome, and the full Italian tempo markings chart shows exactly where Larghetto sits among its neighbors.
Larghetto means "a little broad" in Italian and indicates a tempo of about 60–66 BPM. It is the diminutive of Largo, so it is slightly faster than Largo but still a slow, broad, song-like tempo.
Larghetto is conventionally 60–66 BPM. Ranges vary slightly between sources, but it always falls between Largo (40–60 BPM) and Adagio (66–76 BPM).
Both are broad, slow tempos, but Larghetto is a little faster and lighter than Largo. Largo (40–60 BPM) is the more solemn and expansive of the two; Larghetto (60–66 BPM) keeps the breadth while flowing a bit more freely.
No — Handel's famous "Largo" (the aria Ombra mai fù from Serse) is marked Larghetto in the original score. The Largo nickname stuck over time, but the composer's marking is Larghetto.