Practice guides
How to use a metronome so it actually helps, how rhythm perception works, and what to practise in what order for guitar, piano and drums.
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Click tracks for recording
A click makes editing possible, and used carelessly it drains the life out of a take.
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Is rhythm innate?
Hearing a beat is not passive reception; it is continuous prediction.
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Seven common metronome practice mistakes
Most plateaus are habits rather than talent ceilings.
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A 30-minute drum metronome routine
When the snare sits exactly on the click, the click seems to vanish underneath it.
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A 30-minute piano metronome routine
The tempo where evenness collapses is today's ceiling, and that is useful information.
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A 30-minute guitar metronome routine
Deciding in advance what to practise saves roughly half of the practice time.
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Building speed
Speed is not the product of repetition; it is the product of accurate repetition.
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Practising with subdivisions
If the space between beats is empty, nothing that happens in there is being checked.
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BPM by genre
The number is only a starting point, but a starting point saves a great deal of time.
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Reading time signatures
The top number says how many, the bottom says of what. Most confusion dissolves right there.
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How tap tempo is calculated
Measure the gap and divide sixty by it — except human hands need one more layer.
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How to practise with a metronome
Turning practice from chasing the click into finding where you and the click disagree.
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