How many BPM should a metronome be set to if playing a song that's allegro?

Question

About how many BPM should I set a quarter note to equal on the metronome.

Answer 1

I agree with another answerer, put it on 120.  If you go up to 144, it would be considered Presto.  Good Luck.

Answer 2

Allegro varies... slowest being 120bpm. High range of Allegro is 168bpm.  This is not conjuncture.. its music theory fact.

Here are some others for future reference.

Larghissimo:   Very very slow.......           20 bpm and slower

Largemento Largo: "broadly" very slow..40 bpm and slower

Largo:.....................Very slow....................40-60 bpm

Adaigo..................slow and "at ease"      66-76 bpm

Andante.................Walking Pace.............76-108bpm

Moderato...............Moderately........

Allegro.................Fast, A March tempo....120-168bpm

Vivace:..............Lively and Fast, Quickly   140bpm

Presto...............Very Fast..........................168-200bpm

Prestissimo..........extremely fast...............200-208bpm

This list is also incomplete. These are just the common names for the tempos likely to be found.  Some names fall inbetween what I have listed, and that gets to be a real mess when trying to decipher all that!

Hope this has helped.

EDIT: For some reason, the tempo for moderato does not want to show.  It should be.....108-120bpm

Answer 3

120