getting use to the metronome

[animalchin]

i bought a metronome becuase so many people have said i should and it helps a lot with getting everything perfectly timed. i dont have a problem with reading music and tapping my foot. i have been trying to use it with having licks in time, but i cant get use to following a beep. i guess i should keep trying, any ideas?

[popmusic_sux]

man i dont like using metronomes, i keep my guitar so loud i cant hear the damn thing. but anywho, i think it does take some getting used to, i used one when i played the piano and its a pain in the arse to get used to it but once u do it really does help u get better, u keep better time, and since you're not the one keepin the neat, u gotta listen to it, so u get a better ear too (i think)

anyways man, just keep at it, thats really all i could tell you

[animalchin]

ive been trying for an hour i guess while i talk on the computer. ive gotten better, just have to concentrate harder.

[popmusic_sux]

dude take it from me, it is a real pain when you're starting. especially if youve been playing for a while. i started usin a metronome when i first started playin the piano so i didnt really have a problem. but ive been playing guitar for like a year and a half i guess (not really too long but u get the idea), i just tried usin my old metronome a couple weeks ago and i couldnt play a damn thing, it just blew my mind, i couldnt do something as simple as playing with a metronome.

but i guess i too should really start usin a metronome when i play my own stuff. if im practicin covers ill usually play wit the cd, especially if im in the process of learning it, but if im playin my own stuff i guess it would help me more. so ill probably try it tomorrow and see how it goes.

[eische]

aaaahhh, metronome usage....

...I use to look at it, because mine blinks with every beep. But then I stop looking on the sheet for the notes I have to play and - bang - out again... - I always hide my metronome now, so I can just hear it. The other thing that makes me hate the damn thing is that you can't make a mistake, stop a split second and then start right in the same rhythm again, you always have to wait for the next beep - and most of the times I'm quicker...

...anyway, I still think it's usefull, not just to stay in tune, but to have a »playing mate« at your side that's just doing »his« own thing. You have to relate as you would on other players...

[animalchin]

yea, ive gotten better with it. i just have to concentrate, playing 8th notes though is so much harder.

[jimmy smith]

hey where can i get one that works i had thousands of them and they all slow down or speed up what's going on i think it,s a scam:p

[popmusic_sux]

u should be able to download one, or you could buy one at pretty much any music store

[eische]

Originally posted by jimmy smith
hey where can i get one that works i had thousands of them and they all slow down or speed up what's going on i think it,s a scam:p

hehe, don't get a mechanical one, those are never fully relieable, electric or digital ones are much better - they only slow down, when the batterie is empty... (at least my and a friends experiences)...