What BPM is Melodic house?
Melodic house has a median tempo of 124 BPM. Half of all melodic house sits between 122 and 126 BPM, measured across 1,197 analysed tracks. The genre's editorial range is 118–126 BPM; our catalog measures slightly tighter.
House · 2010s — present
Measured 13 August 2026 from 1,197 melodic house tracks in our catalog. 62 tempo outliers removed by a Tukey IQR fence. No track needed a half-time correction. 20 tracks (1.7%) carry a tempo our detectors flagged for review; they are included in these figures.
Method: how we correct half-time BPM detection — why fast genres get stored at half speed, and the rule we apply before publishing a median.
Median BPM
124
Middle half
122–126
9 in 10
120–128
Mean
124
Tracks measured
1,197
BPM distribution
1,197 tracks · median 124 BPM · most of the catalog sits between 122 and 126 BPM · 62 outliers removed by IQR filter.
How tightly does melodic house hold its tempo?
Half of all melodic house sits inside a 4 BPM window, 122 to 126. Widen to nine tracks in ten and the band runs 120–128 BPM. No house genre charted below spreads wider — Progressive house holds to 2 BPM.
10th percentile 120 · lower quartile 122 · median 124 · upper quartile 126 · 90th percentile 128 BPM
Why this tempo?
Melodic house settled at 118–126 BPM because it inherited the four-on-the-floor pocket of classic house (120 BPM) while absorbing the restraint of deep house and the uplifted energy of progressive house. This tempo range allows kick patterns to sit cleanly on quantized 16th-note hi-hat rolls and sidechain compression without forcing the groove into the frenetic territory of tech house (128+). The 2010s festival circuit demanded a tempo that could sustain emotional builds across 8 and 16-bar phrase boundaries—slower than peak-time techno, fast enough to maintain dancefloor momentum through cinematic breakdowns. At 122–124 BPM, reverb-heavy synth pads and filtered basslines have room to breathe without losing propulsion.
Where your track fits
Three reference points along the BPM axis for melodic house, with what the position implies about the track.
Groovy side
Lower quartile — patient builds, deeper grooves, long blends.
Genre centre
Median — what most tracks in the catalog actually sound like.
Peak-time edge
Upper quartile — pushes the floor, bridges into faster neighbours.
Where melodic house sits on the tempo axis
Median BPM of melodic house compared to neighbouring genres in the same family. Closer medians mean easier cross-genre transitions.
Popular melodic house tracks at the median BPM
Catalog tracks within ±2 BPM of 124, sorted by popularity.
Top melodic house artists in the catalog
Names you’ll meet often when building melodic house sets.
- Emanuel Satie12
- Amancay11
- Nikita Berdnik10
- Dj Judi8
- Joris Voorn8
- Space Motion7
- Bedouin6
- Fahlberg6
Producing melodic house — tempo notes
- ›Set your main kick at 124 BPM and use 16th-note sidechain on strings and pads to create the restrained pulse; avoid sidechain on the bass itself to preserve low-end weight.
- ›Build breakdowns over 16 bars at 122 BPM, cutting the kick entirely while maintaining a filtered, swung hi-hat pattern to signal the groove's return without losing tension.
- ›Layer cinematic synths with 200–400 ms pre-delay on reverb; at 124 BPM, this delay time aligns with 16th-note triplet phrasing and prevents wash-out during the kick's return.
Mixing melodic house sets — tempo notes
- ›Blend tracks over 32 bars at 124 BPM by riding the incoming track's reverb send up before the kick hits; this masks tempo micro-variations across records.
- ›EQ incoming tracks' low-mids (250–500 Hz) down by 2–3 dB during the overlap to prevent kick clash; melodic house's restrained groove leaves little headroom for frequency collision.
- ›Use a 4-bar loop of the outgoing track's breakdown (kick removed, pads only) as a transition bed; at 124 BPM, this gives you clean 16-bar phrase alignment with the incoming track's build.
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