How to Play To a Metronome? Do it Wrong!

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How To Use a Metronome to Practice GuitarNo joke. Try it:

    • Set the metronome to a slow, comfortable pace.
    • Play just one note on each beat.
    • Then speed up just a tiny bit WITHOUT CHANGING THE METRONOME…. Feel that tense, rushing feeling.
    • Slow back down to the beat… Feel that smoothness.
    • Now slow down just a tiny bit… Feel that sluggish pull.
    Speed up just enough to get synchronized again… Feel that smoothness again.

Playing in time is a matter of constantly feeling for this anxious or dopey energy and then adjusting until you feel that sense of relaxing into the beat. It’s not a thinking thing. It’s a feel thing.

Bryan Wade Guitar Signature - Queens Guitar Lessons in Long Island City and Clinton Hill Brooklyn NYC
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How to Play To a Metronome? Do it Wrong!
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How to Play To a Metronome? Do it Wrong!
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Playing to a metronome is difficult if you try too hard. Instead of trying to always match it, try these tips that help you feel your way into making it easy.
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