Members cobberdig Posted November 16, 2007 Members Share Posted November 16, 2007 how many people use em & why? also want to know how well you can manipulate them to get different beats? and apart from keeping time are they useful in otherways? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members radioclash Posted November 16, 2007 Members Share Posted November 16, 2007 Keeping in time, maintaining rhythm. Good to know where your upstrokes/downstrokes are. METRONOME ONLINE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members samuraiBSD Posted November 16, 2007 Members Share Posted November 16, 2007 i prefer the human version, also known as a drummer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trill Posted November 16, 2007 Members Share Posted November 16, 2007 Most musicians use metronomes at some point during practice, at the very least. They don't exactly provide "beats," per se. Just even clicks, and you can set them as fast or slow as you want. There's a free one available online (I can't remember the website, so just google it), but they're cheap and worth purchasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rlarino Posted November 16, 2007 Members Share Posted November 16, 2007 if you want to shred then practicing with a metronome is a huge help... set the metronome to a pretty slow click and play the exercise until you completely nail it cleanly at that speed, then bump the speed up, keep doing this until you can play the part blazingly fast (or the speed you wish to play it at)... sometimes if you're having trouble playing it well at some particular speed it may actually help to bump the speed up even higher and keep playing... then when you back it down it will be easier than before ...this will help you build your chops but don't forget that speed is only a small portion of a good guitar player's toolbox... if you want to start doing odd meter stuff i would recommend playing with a midi sequencer and program custom click tracks or drum beats... etc... i rarely ever play with a metronome anymore except when recording (metronome in the mix with drums, and whatever else i've programmed)... it is also helpful to play along to other music (but for different reasons than just building speed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoJo68 Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 Absolutely % 100 necc. I made the mistake as a young lad of just shredding without them, and when you join a real band you realize, playing 3 chords in TIME is more importnant than ANY scale you'll ever use.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackbelt1 Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 I use the built-in metronome on the Guitar Port all the time. It lets you create different beats so you can sync up your ideas on the fly. Pretty handy. ~Blackbelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phil051300 Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 I hear so many guitarists that work on the chops, but timing is just off. Its very important. Strumming, soloing, anything. I have one, but then got an alesis drum machine off ebay. Very inexpensive, and i have a blast with it, just setting up cool beats and playing along with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoJo68 Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 I hear so many guitarists that work on the chops, but timing is just off. Its very important. Strumming, soloing, anything.I have one, but then got an alesis drum machine off ebay. Very inexpensive, and i have a blast with it, just setting up cool beats and playing along with it. word.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ID_Ghost Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 Never used one.. I keep it in my head..no adjusting a machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nuke_diver Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 I use the built-in metronome on the Guitar Port all the time. It lets you create different beats so you can sync up your ideas on the fly. Pretty handy.~Blackbelt Same here, it's a bit more like a drum machine in you can create kick, snare, high hat as your clicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members walfordr Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 http://sourceforge.net/projects/ordrumbox/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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