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Online Metronome and Drum Machines
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Everyone has heard the famous "Your metronome is your best friend" saying here at the studio. But much like your dentist telling you to "Floss every time you brush", it (being using your metronome or flossing) doesn't happen as consistently as you or your teacher would like.
(actually, I don't care about your flossing habits - but it is a good thing to do!!)
If you don't have a metronome, the link below will take you to a Google search that provides several links to online metronomes, online drum machines/patterns and free metronome downloads.
Make it a goal to start using a metronome or drum machine today. Your chops will thank you for it!!!
Online Metronomes
Online Drum Machines
A few tips on using your metronome or drum machine...
1 - Start at a slow tempo to make sure you lock in with the click or beat. Once you hear what playing in tempo sounds like, you can then speed up.
2 - make small increases in tempo. Do not lock in at a slow tempo and think you've "got it". If you start at 80 beats per minute (bpm), rather than going up to 120 bpm, check it out at 85 bpm first. If that is good, try 90 bpm, then 100 bpm, etc., until you reach your struggle point (where you start playing the exercise poorly) or you reach the desired tempo.
3 - if your metronome offers different beat divisions (i.e. eighth notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, etc) practice using those subdivisions. If you are only comfortable playing quarter notes, you will have trouble when you play songs/solos built on eighth/sixteenth notes.
4 - try to make the click disappear. If you're playing rock solid, you should hear your notes only and not the metronome. If you can still hear the metronome slightly before or after your note, you haven't locked in the tempo yet.
metronome drum machine tempo rhythm
Everyone has heard the famous "Your metronome is your best friend" saying here at the studio. But much like your dentist telling you to "Floss every time you brush", it (being using your metronome or flossing) doesn't happen as consistently as you or your teacher would like.
(actually, I don't care about your flossing habits - but it is a good thing to do!!)
If you don't have a metronome, the link below will take you to a Google search that provides several links to online metronomes, online drum machines/patterns and free metronome downloads.
Make it a goal to start using a metronome or drum machine today. Your chops will thank you for it!!!
Online Metronomes
Online Drum Machines
A few tips on using your metronome or drum machine...
1 - Start at a slow tempo to make sure you lock in with the click or beat. Once you hear what playing in tempo sounds like, you can then speed up.
2 - make small increases in tempo. Do not lock in at a slow tempo and think you've "got it". If you start at 80 beats per minute (bpm), rather than going up to 120 bpm, check it out at 85 bpm first. If that is good, try 90 bpm, then 100 bpm, etc., until you reach your struggle point (where you start playing the exercise poorly) or you reach the desired tempo.
3 - if your metronome offers different beat divisions (i.e. eighth notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, etc) practice using those subdivisions. If you are only comfortable playing quarter notes, you will have trouble when you play songs/solos built on eighth/sixteenth notes.
4 - try to make the click disappear. If you're playing rock solid, you should hear your notes only and not the metronome. If you can still hear the metronome slightly before or after your note, you haven't locked in the tempo yet.
metronome drum machine tempo rhythm
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