Keeping Tempo

[wolvie56]

So what happened? Were you off, or were the....gasp!.....awesome guitar players off?

[Drumbledore]

Here's a link that may help

http://bestdrumtrainer.com/tt/

It's pretty good to be able to check yours, or Mr "walking 'nome", time

Was a humbling experience when I first used it.

That's also the same trick that a great Sydney session drummer, Andrew Gander, had shown a class of us when I was doing lessons at Billy Hydes years back. I've been using the same idea for some of my students when I know they have a tendency to rush. It's something I still practice as much as I can today so that I can keep my time as solid as possible.....I program 3 bars of click or percussion on my Roland drum machine and leave the fourth bar silent. Especially when you practice three bars of rhythm with the click and one bar of drum fill without it....you can then tell straightaway whether or not you have a tendency to rush fills.

[rickthedrummer]

I wonder how I survived without ever playing with a 'nome or a click for 45 years.

[Northern Redneck]

I wonder how I survived without ever playing with a 'nome or a click for 45 years.

Thats what I was thinking. I only ever used one in a studio.

[itchie]

dam your band mates are just not nice ....

i would have walked

[LagerHead]

Thanks Mark, I really don't know what to do here. I have plugged my metronome into the PA so that the whole band gets in sync but we could barely hear it once the guitars started. So I placed it on the bass drum and just made it flash and the 2 guitar players told me the swore they saw it speed up. I don't want to get to the point where I am trying to prove them wrong, I just want to get to where I know 100% I am right.

Timing on computers pretty darn accurate. The best in the business couldn't hope to compete with even your smart phone. And a dedicated metronome has only one function in life: keep time. I seriously, seriously doubt that any person is going to be better than either of them.

That means their timing is off.

I'd bet lunch on this.

Here's a link that may help

http://bestdrumtrainer.com/tt/

It's pretty good to be able to check yours, or Mr "walking 'nome", time

Was a humbling experience when I first used it.

That's awesome. I'd say that's way better than a standard metronome. Now to see if they have a smartphone app. TO THE APP STORE!

[kay-gee]

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I wonder how I survived without ever playing with a 'nome or a click for 45 years.[/QUOT

I think way too big of a deal is made about tempo. The most important thing in band playing is playing together. With tight beginnings and endings and grooving throughout...Who cares if a song started at 120 bpm and ended at 123 bpm?

all the best...

[LagerHead]

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I think way too big of a deal is made about tempo. The most important thing in band playing is playing together. With tight beginnings and endings and grooving throughout...Who cares if a song started at 120 bpm and ended at 123 bpm?

all the best...

99% of drummers wouldn't notice a change from the beginning of a song to the end of a song of 3bpm. But I have seen bands that have started at 120 and ended at 140 or better. Even non-musicians notice that kind of change.

[Northern Redneck]

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99% of drummers wouldn't notice a change from the beginning of a song to the end of a song of 3bpm. But I have seen bands that have started at 120 and ended at 140 or better. Even non-musicians notice that kind of change.

Im sorry but then he/she is a crap drummer.

[longgun]

I wonder how I survived without ever playing with a 'nome or a click for 45 years.

Thats what I was thinking. I only ever used one in a studio.

Personally, I don't like using them either, but if the "band" is having timing issues.....................it'd be a good tool to check

[Markis441]

Be at the point where you manipulate the click. For example pretend that the click is the off beat 8th note or even a certain 16th note division. This video really helped me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiXE87DWaAg