My Marvellous Metronome - The Love Hate Relationship - And How To Become More Rhythmically Precise
Friday, May 16, 2014 - 16:50
in Mathematics & Economics
The metronome seems such a simple thing, just a machine that goes tick tick, and you then play in time with it. So, why is it that beginner musicians often have so much difficulty keeping in time with it? And why is it that humans find it hard to play like a metronome, why doesn't that come natural to us?Many musicians and entire musical cultures with a wonderful sense of rhythm don't use a metronome at all. And many musicians also hate it, some say you should never use the device, some really like it, and some both hate and love the metronome at the same time.Here is Tim Vine poking gentle fun at the musician's love hate relationship with a metronome read more