anyone here jam with a metronome? when you first start you realize how poor your timing is, haha... if you don't use one, then start...theyre the most useful practice tool I can think of...

Black Core said:But as you play longer and better, you'll no longer need it
If they begin a new song perhaps.sumairetsu said:Bullshit! Even the pros practice with them.
Black Core said:If they begin a new song perhaps.
When you know when to strike wich drum you don't need it, or am I wrong?sumairetsu said:No, sometimes it's just for practice.
Black Core said:When you know when to strike wich drum you don't need it, or am I wrong?
I seesumairetsu said:It's so you know if you're playing in time and on the beat, not which drum you're striking or which note you're playing.
For instance: if you're playing bass guitar, you should not hear the finger or pick plucking the string when playing with a metronome. The only thing you should be hearing is the metronome.
I play sax too. For about 9 years now. I don't really use a metronome anymore. Except for a rythmical tough piece. haven't even tried CP yet, don't think I can handle that. I have to play the sax-solo from pink panther now. Fucking nice. you can play your own speed.TylerTheNuke said:It usually works the opposite for me. When I am on, I don't even hear the metronome. I've played sax for 8 years and I still use it all the time, much more then when I was a beginner. When you play, you can really speed up or slow down without even noticing. It also helps for speed training. Just speed it up one notch (4-6 bpm) every time. I learned a charlie parked song that way, and was just as fast as he was on the recording. (CP is a really fast and crazy saxophonist, for all of you metal-only sorts. He revolutionized jazz, partly because of his heroin addiction making him play crazy ass shit.) I basically use a metronome whenever I have to play rythmecilly complex shit or realize that I am dragging/rushing. A good way for your band to pratice with a metronome is for the drummer to put on headphones with the metronome, that way even if the rest of the band tends to rush, the drummer can ignore it and fight their tempo (which is really hard w/o a metronome).
TylerTheNuke said:Good stuff. I've been playing for 8 years, I like jazz more, but I am better at classical. I've never heard of ennion morricane, is it a belgian song?
yep, that's him, I just spelled it wrong.Majesty said:Ennio Morricone is the guy who did the soundtrack to those old spaghetti-westerns (Fistful of Dollars,The Good,The Bad and The Ugly)