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Topic: Use metronome?? |
Jack Ritter
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Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 6:22 am |
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Any one use a metronome for practice? How do you like it??---Jack
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 6:30 am
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Depends on what kind of practice you are doing. If you are doing stuff like scales then the metronome is just fine. If you are practicing songs or licks or chords etc then a drum machine is better or even more better is a BIAB program so you can have everything.
Default for me would be a drum machine as you can set up a simple metronome single click or a drum loop or if you have a good drum machine, it will have a bass line you can add after you enter the chord patterns. |
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Steve Hitsman
From:
Waterloo, IL
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 6:33 am
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My opinion? Indispensible.
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 8:01 am
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| Those old mechanical things are not as accurate as an electronic unit. |
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Steve Hitsman
From:
Waterloo, IL
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 8:11 am
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| What can I say? I'm a traditionalist. Besides, it was a gift from my children. Accuracy be damned! |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 8:13 am
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Bryan Daste
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 9:43 am
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| I start every practice session with some scale and pick-blocking exercises to the metronome. Love it. |
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 9:57 am
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| I'm with Bill on thr BIAB tracks. I'll use the metronome to determine the tempo I wan't the track to be, then program that into BIAB. I don't practice scales that much, so I use the tracks to rehearse songs I'll play on a show. |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 10:17 am
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metronomes are good medicine  |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 10:39 am
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Metronomes and drum machines are good but a cheap casino key board is a great tool to make practice tapes,all kinds of tempos at any speed,don't have to be a keyboard player,can play all the chords with one finger plus a bass line,play any song record it and play along.It's nice to play along with the correct chords,bass line and tempo. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.
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Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 10:40 am
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| At least on the amateur front, I can tell those who have practiced with a metronome and those that haven't. It is a vital piece of practice equipment. |
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Brett Lanier
From:
Hermitage, TN
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 12:46 pm
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| I could never get used to the sound of the electronic click. Since I got an older one like in the picture above I've been playing to it a lot more. |
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Jack Ritter
From:
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 2:58 pm
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You can always get great help from the members of this fine forum!! Thanks to all for the responses---
Regards,,, Jack
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Walter Bowden
From:
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 3:47 pm
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I have an old, French "Maelzel Paquet" wooden (except for the mechanics) metronome I inherited from my spinster aunt. She played organ at church and taught at Ouachita Baptist College in Arkadelphia AR and is well broken in. I'm talking about the metronome, not my aunt. It has a great woody but sharp "click" and you have to wind it up a lot, but it sure helped me learn the Myrick/Rugg Speed Pickin Course and I use it all the time for scales and other practice things. The wood looks like a rosewood laminate and polishes up very well. I see them on ebay and in stores for around $50. They're not for everyone but they do the job and it almost matches my rosewood mica.
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 10 Feb 2010 11:12 pm
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| I use an old Franz metronome every day in practice. I use it more than any other accessory or gadget. |
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Don Hinkle
From:
Springfield Illinois, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2010 4:59 am
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I practice with a metronome constantly.
I have played Telecaster guitar for a few decades and have always felt I was a good (enough) player.
About 4 years ago a the ripe age of 42, I decided to work on my timing with a metronome. My playing has honestly improved 300%. Its amazing. A slower accurate, in time run sounds faster than a faster, sloppy, out of time run will. Not sure how to say it, but now I feel like I "got it". I have the ability to hear things better and play them in time.
My .02
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Steve Hitsman
From:
Waterloo, IL
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Posted 11 Feb 2010 5:04 am
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| I could never get used to the sound of the electronic click |
Neither could I. That "plink, plink, plink" was annoying. I gave mine away to a drummer... he needed it. |
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Bryan Daste
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2010 6:14 am
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In response to Don:
I work at a recording studio, and I can easily tell which players practice with a metronome and which don't. Essential tool! |
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robert kramer
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 5:43 am
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| I have a cheap plastic "Wittner Prazision." The numbers are worn off it. Wish I still had my father's old wooden metronome. |
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