metronome, necessary for a beginner?
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CapoFirstFret
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Re: metronome, necessary for a beginner?
I think it's best to start with a metronome. Because it's harder to start using one later if you didn't start with one. I didn't start with one and my timing was abyssmal.....yes, get one!
I think it's best to start with a metronome. Because it's harder to start using one later if you didn't start with one. I didn't start with one and my timing was abyssmal.....yes, get one!
ratherdashing
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Re: metronome, necessary for a beginner?
It's not necessary, as in you're going to suck if you don't, but it is definitely a very good idea.
It's not necessary, as in you're going to suck if you don't, but it is definitely a very good idea.
Hot _Grits
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Re: metronome, necessary for a beginner?
Not necessary, but a brilliant idea. Your sense of time will develop much faster using one than not using one. And if there's one thing beginning players often suffer from, it's timing issues.
Not necessary, but a brilliant idea. Your sense of time will develop much faster using one than not using one. And if there's one thing beginning players often suffer from, it's timing issues.
MikeRocker
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Re: metronome, necessary for a beginner?
Necessary, no, but HIGHLY recommended. It'll make an enormous difference in your playing. Plus, as you are trying to learn, when you come across anything too fast for you to play, slow it down to the point where you can execute it comfortably, then go one click faster, do it again. Soon, you'll nail it at tempo. Maybe most importantly, if you ever record and have to play to a click track, metronome experience will be invaluable. It's a lot harder to play to a click than you might think! I have been playing for 17 years, and (at the advice of a friend who is an unbelievably good guitar player) have recently busted out the 'nome again, and it's making a huge difference in my playing. GET ONE and (more importantly) USE IT!!!
Necessary, no, but HIGHLY recommended. It'll make an enormous difference in your playing. Plus, as you are trying to learn, when you come across anything too fast for you to play, slow it down to the point where you can execute it comfortably, then go one click faster, do it again. Soon, you'll nail it at tempo. Maybe most importantly, if you ever record and have to play to a click track, metronome experience will be invaluable. It's a lot harder to play to a click than you might think! I have been playing for 17 years, and (at the advice of a friend who is an unbelievably good guitar player) have recently busted out the 'nome again, and it's making a huge difference in my playing. GET ONE and (more importantly) USE IT!!!
Re: metronome, necessary for a beginner?
It is important to keep your timimg if you are playing with a band. The drummer may be keeping the band together, but you still have to keep up. Practicing with a metronome will definitely help you improve in a much faster pace. Unless you wnat to play all by youself, a metronome is highly remommended.
It is important to keep your timimg if you are playing with a band. The drummer may be keeping the band together, but you still have to keep up. Practicing with a metronome will definitely help you improve in a much faster pace. Unless you wnat to play all by youself, a metronome is highly remommended.
Jesus_plays_Epiphone
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Re: metronome, necessary for a beginner?
Its also an invaluable tool for annoyance at school, work, or church.
Its also an invaluable tool for annoyance at school, work, or church.
Johtosotku
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Re: metronome, necessary for a beginner?
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
MikeRocker
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Re: metronome, necessary for a beginner?
I would recommend getting one with a volume control, and possibly an earbud jack. And one with a tempo knob - I had one with arrows for tempo, and it was a huge pain to go from, say, 92 bmp to 156 bpm.
I would recommend getting one with a volume control, and possibly an earbud jack. And one with a tempo knob - I had one with arrows for tempo, and it was a huge pain to go from, say, 92 bmp to 156 bpm.
Sune
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Re: metronome, necessary for a beginner?
Do you think this would be good enough for me:
http://www.korg.co.uk/products/tuners/ma_30/tu_ma_30.asp
It looks good, plus it's pretty cheap here in Denmark.
Do you think this would be good enough for me:
http://www.korg.co.uk/products/tuners/ma_30/tu_ma_30.asp
It looks good, plus it's pretty cheap here in Denmark.
Johtosotku
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Re: metronome, necessary for a beginner?
Looks nice to me. How much is it there?
Sune said:
Looks nice to me. How much is it there?
MikeRocker
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Re: metronome, necessary for a beginner?
That one looks good, but I still say it's easier to use one with a knob than those arrow buttons you have to mash on to change tempo. But it's a personal preference. I guess with that one you can tap a tempo, then probably adjust it as needed.Sune said:
JB_From_Hell
Jomo's Nimions
Re: metronome, necessary for a beginner?
Hey, here's another recommendation... look into a cheap drum machine, or a cheap effects procesor (digiteck rp 50 or 100) with drum loops built in.
Hey, here's another recommendation... look into a cheap drum machine, or a cheap effects procesor (digiteck rp 50 or 100) with drum loops built in.
