House BPM Chart
Quick answer
What is the House BPM range?
A visual BPM chart for House and its 31 sub-genres: compare tempo bands side by side, spot where ranges overlap, and pick mixing partners before planning transitions.
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- Methodology included
House BPM Reference
House: 115-132 BPM, typical 125 BPM.
| Genre | BPM Range | Typical BPM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | 115-132 | 125 | The foundation of electronic dance music, born in Chicago in the early 1980s. Characterized by a steady four-on-the-floor kick drum pattern, synthesized basslines, and soulful vocals. |
| Tropical House | 100-118 | 110 | Slow, sun-soaked house with marimba/steel-drum leads, panflutes, and tropical instrumentation. Popularized by Kygo, Thomas Jack, and Matoma in 2014-2016. |
| Slap House | 110-125 | 120 | Plucked, slap-bass-driven house with downtempo trap-influenced energy. Brazilian Bass evolution: Imanbek, VIZE, Alok. Massive in 2019-2021. |
| Outsider House | 115-128 | 120 | Raw, lo-fi, outsider-art house from labels like L.I.E.S., Mood Hut, and 1080p. DJ Sotofett, Huerco S., Anthony Naples. Tape hiss and DIY production aesthetics. |
| Lo-Fi House | 115-125 | 120 | Raw, tape-saturated house with intentionally degraded sound quality. Vintage samples, dusty drums, and DIY aesthetic. Ross From Friends, DJ Boring, Mall Grab. |
| Chicago House | 118-128 | 122 | The original house sound from clubs like The Warehouse and Music Box. Drum machine patterns (TR-707, TR-909), Roland bass, and disco DNA. Pioneered by Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson, and Larry Heard. |
| Deep House | 118-125 | 122 | A smoother, more atmospheric take on house. Warm pads, jazzy chords, and subdued vocals create a hypnotic, late-night feel. |
| Disco House | 118-126 | 122 | House built on disco loops and live instrumentation feel. Strings, horns, slap bass, and four-on-the-floor uplift. Overlaps with French and funky house. |
| Italo House | 118-128 | 122 | Late-80s Italian house with piano stabs, female diva vocals, and synth strings. Black Box's 'Ride on Time' and 49ers epitomize the sound. |
| Organic House | 115-124 | 122 | Layered, percussive, melody-soft house championed by labels like All Day I Dream and Crosstown Rebels. Bedouin, Sébastien Léger, Tinlicker, Bona Fide. Subtle, warm, organic textures over deep grooves. |
| Melodic House | 118-126 | 122 | Anjunadeep-adjacent, emotional, melody-led house. Innellea, Massano, Cassian, Anyma, Argy. Distinct from melodic-techno: groovier, slightly slower, more song-like. |
| French House | 118-128 | 124 | Filter-driven house pioneered by Daft Punk, Cassius, Stardust, and the Ed Banger crew. Heavily filtered disco and funk samples, sidechain pumping, and phaser sweeps. |
| Soulful House | 120-128 | 124 | House with gospel-rooted vocals, jazzy keys, and live-feel arrangements. Defined by labels like Defected, Soulfuric, and artists like Louie Vega and Kerri Chandler. |
| Brazilian Bass | 120-128 | 124 | São Paulo-born deep house variant with prominent slappy bass and minimal arrangement. Alok, Bhaskar, and Vintage Culture defined the sound that birthed slap house globally. |
| Microhouse | 120-128 | 124 | Glitchy, micro-sampled minimal house pioneered by Akufen, Ricardo Villalobos, and the Perlon/Kompakt circle. Granular textures and click-house grooves. |
| Afro House | 120-128 | 124 | Fuses house music with African rhythms, percussion, and melodic elements. Rich in polyrhythmic patterns and organic instrumentation. Black Coffee, Keinemusik. |
| Acid House | 120-130 | 125 | Defined by the squelchy, resonant sound of the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer. A pivotal genre in rave culture. |
| Funky House | 122-128 | 125 | Infuses house with funk and disco elements. Groovy basslines, filtered samples, and uplifting energy. |
| Garage House | 122-128 | 125 | The New York/New Jersey vocal house sound from Paradise Garage and Tony Humphries era. Soulful, gospel-tinged vocals over swung drums. Direct ancestor of UK garage. |
| Latin House | 122-128 | 125 | House laced with congas, timbales, and Latin/salsa percussion. DJ Disciple, Erick Morillo, Roger Sanchez crossover sound. |
| Afro-Tech | 122-128 | 125 | Tech house variant with African percussion layers, log drums, and organic textures. Sits between Afro House and tech house: Themba, Black Motion sound. |
| Tech House | 124-128 | 126 | Blends house groove with techno's minimalism. Punchy percussion, rolling basslines, and stripped-back arrangements dominate the dancefloor. |
| Future House | 124-128 | 126 | Bouncy, metallic-bass house pioneered by Tchami, Oliver Heldens, and Don Diablo. Mid-2010s Spinnin'/Mixmash sound bridging UK garage swing and big-room drops. |
| G-House | 124-128 | 126 | Gangsta-house: tech house with West Coast hip-hop samples and gangsta rap acapellas. Pioneered by AC Slater, Amine Edge & DANCE, and the Night Bass label. |
| Jackin' House | 124-128 | 126 | Cut-up disco-loop house with chopped vocal stabs and bouncy swung drums. Strictly Rhythm/Defected territory. The 'jacking' references original Chicago house dance. |
| Tribal House | 124-130 | 126 | Percussion-heavy house with congas, djembes, bongos, and chant vocals. Pier Bucci, DJ Chus, Stephan Hinz territory. Different from Afro House: tribal is more global drum focused. |
| Progressive House | 126-132 | 128 | Long, evolving builds and breakdowns with layered melodies. Tracks develop gradually over 7-10 minutes with emotional peaks. |
| Electro House | 126-132 | 128 | Big, distorted basslines and aggressive synth leads. High-energy festival sound with dramatic drops. Distinct from classic 'electro' (electrofunk). |
| Bass House | 124-130 | 128 | Aggressive, bass-forward house drawing from UK bassline and dubstep. AC Slater, Joyryde, Habstrakt territory. Heavy mid-range growls over four-on-the-floor. |
| Big Room House | 126-132 | 128 | Stripped-down festival house built around massive kick-driven drops. Hardwell, Martin Garrix, W&W era of Mainstage EDM at Tomorrowland and Ultra. |
| Ghetto House | 130-150 | 135 | Raw, sexually explicit Chicago house with stripped 808/909 patterns. Dance Mania label sound: DJ Funk, DJ Deeon. Direct precursor to juke and footwork. |
| Hard House | 140-150 | 145 | UK rave-era hard house with pumping kicks, hoover synths, and crowd-rallying energy. Tidy Trax, Trade nightclub heritage. Tony De Vit, BK, Lisa Lashes. |
vibesdj.io/dj-tools - BPM ranges are practical DJ references, not strict genre boundaries.
House
The foundation of electronic dance music, born in Chicago in the early 1980s. Characterized by a steady four-on-the-floor kick drum pattern, synthesized basslines, and soulful vocals.
Sub-genre tempo spectrum
31 styles- Core DJ range
- 115–132 BPM
- Practical target
- 125 BPM
- Track spread
- 112–130 BPM
- Track evidence
- View 59 reference tracks
Chart ranges are DJ planning references. Check the grid and phrase markers on the exact track edit before mixing.
Next stepVibes tags a house library by mood and energy, beyond genre, then helps design the set on a visual canvas. Vibes for house DJs
About House BPM
The foundation of electronic dance music, born in Chicago in the early 1980s. Characterized by a steady four-on-the-floor kick drum pattern, synthesized basslines, and soulful vocals. The core DJ range spans 115-132, with 125 BPM as a practical target. Sub-genres split the parent genre into narrower tempo bands, which is why this chart is more useful than one number alone.
Working the other way round? Drop a file into the song key and BPM finder to find the BPM of a song, then place it against the House ranges above.
House Subgenre BPM Table
House splits into faster and slower styles once you leave the core range. UK garage sits just above house and is included here as the closest neighboring tempo.
| Style | BPM Range | Typical BPM |
|---|---|---|
| Deep House | 118-125 | 122 |
| Tech House | 124-128 | 126 |
| Progressive House | 126-132 | 128 |
| Bass House | 124-130 | 128 |
| Tropical House | 100-118 | 110 |
| UK Garage (neighbor genre) | 128-135 | 130 |
Browse house tracks by key and BPM in the house directory.
Why House Is Mixed at 124 to 126 BPM
Most club house lands in a tight 124 to 126 BPM pocket, a notch above the middle of house's wider 115 to 132 BPM range and squarely where a four-on-the-floor kick feels driving without rushing the room. DJs pitch toward that pocket because the largest share of house and tech house records already sit there, so nudging a track up or down a beat keeps a whole set inside one comfortable zone instead of chasing the edges of the range. Most DJ hardware and software default to a +/-6% pitch fader, and 124 to 126 BPM sits close enough to the center of typical house recordings that a small nudge, not a drastic pitch bend, is enough to lock two tracks together. Push a track's pitch past that +/-6% window and its bass frequencies shift enough to clash with the next record's low end, which is the real reason DJs treat 124 to 126 BPM as the safe operating zone rather than a strict rule.
Reading the grid
How to Read House BPM in DJ Software
House is usually mixed around 115-132 BPM, with 125 BPM as a practical DJ target. The reference tracks on this page span 112-130 BPM, so use the grid that makes loops and phrase markers line up cleanly.
| Reading | Meaning | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 115-132 BPM | Core House DJ range | Beatmatch normally, then check phrasing around intros, breaks, and drops. |
| 58-66 BPM | Halftime interpretation of the core range | Double the grid if 8-bar loops or cue points feel too slow. |
| 125 BPM | Practical target for crate filtering | Use as a starting point, then sort by energy, key, and arrangement. |
| < 115 BPM | Slower adjacent or bridge records | Treat as tempo bridges unless the grid doubles cleanly into the core range. |
Track Evidence
This rail separates the core DJ range from the tracks shown here, so the page can be useful without hiding bridge records or outliers.
- Tracks shown
- 16
- Track spread
- 112-130 BPM
- Below core range
- 1 track
- Inside core range
- 15 tracks
- Above core range
- 0 tracks
- Mean of shown tracks
- 123 BPM
- Median of shown tracks
- 123 BPM
- Evidence level
- 16 tracks, 15 core examples
Counts describe the reference tracks resolved on this page, not every record in the genre.
DJ Overview for House
Use this as a mixing and library-prep description, not an encyclopedia entry.
| Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
| Sound palette | Four-on-the-floor kick, Synth basslines, Soulful vocals, Offbeat hi-hats |
| Drum feel | 115-132 BPM core range; check whether slower readings work better doubled or as halftime. |
| Arrangement and phrasing | Confirm intro, build, drop, breakdown, and outro cue points before trusting the analyzer value. |
| Energy use in a set | club flow, long blends, and steady energy |
| Often compared with | Acid House, Funky House, Garage House |
Tracks in House, by Sub-Genre
Real tracks in our reference set, grouped by sub-genre:
Deep House(118-125 BPM)
Tech House(124-128 BPM)
Progressive House(126-132 BPM)
Afro House(120-128 BPM)
Organic House(115-124 BPM)
Melodic House(118-126 BPM)
Related Charts
Mix Into House
Tempo overlap is only one part of the decision. These suggestions separate BPM fit from style fit so same-tempo but unrelated genres do not look like natural transitions.
| Genre | BPM fit | Style fit | Transition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago House118-128 BPM · typical 122 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| Deep House118-125 BPM · typical 122 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| Tech House124-128 BPM · typical 126 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| Progressive House126-132 BPM · typical 128 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| Acid House120-130 BPM · typical 125 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| Electro House126-132 BPM · typical 128 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| Funky House122-128 BPM · typical 125 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| French House118-128 BPM · typical 124 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
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I've been DJing and producing music as "so I so," focusing on downtempo, minimal, dub house, tech house, and techno. My background in digital marketing, web development, and UX design over the past 6 years helps me create DJ tutorials that are clear, practical, and easy to follow.
Methodology
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Author and Methodology
Maintained by Ben Modigell, founder of Vibes. Ben builds DJ library, preparation, BPM, and harmonic-mixing tools for working DJs.
- Data used
- 31 mapped sub-genres and 59 reference tracks
- Source
- Audio features sourced from ReccoBeats (https://reccobeats.com); track metadata via Spotify Search API. Spotify deprecated audio-features for new apps in Nov 2024. Manual label reference tracks use Beatport BPM/key metadata where available.
- Evidence
- 31 House sub-genres and 59 reference tracks from a 391-track reference dataset.
- How this page is made
- This chart is generated from the Vibes genre taxonomy and reference track metadata where available. AI-assisted research helped draft taxonomy notes; chart ranges and tables are rendered from structured data.
Chart ranges are designed for DJ set planning. Producers can release tracks outside these ranges, especially remixes, VIP edits, live versions, and halftime arrangements.
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