Doublereed Archive - Posting 000003.txt from 2003/01

From: " Robert Losinno"<roblos@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: Maintaining a steady tempo- hooked on the ticker
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 17:35:46 -0500

This is truly sad. A music education rhythm master.

On Thu, 02 Jan 2003 14:04:17 -0800 Angela Wells <oneflute1oboe@-----.com>
wrote:

> Lately I've noticed that I still cannot
> maintain a steady tempo by
> myself when playing scales, exercises, etudes,
> solos, etc.
>
> When practicing I have my metronome on
> almost all the time, eating
> through batteries on a monthly basis. I feel at
> one with it, and I can stay
> perfectly with it at all times.
>
> However, when I turn the metronome off,
> I'll be halfway through
> whatever I'm playing and realize that I'm not
> anywhere near the tempo that I
> started at. It's not a matter of not being
> perfectly on time in order to do
> more with musical phrases- usually it's
> speeding up easier parts in order to
> get through them faster, and then having to
> slow down again when I get to
> technically challenging parts.
>
> How do I solve this? There are no
> metronomes allowed at semester juries
> and senior recitals, and I'm a bit worried
> about my conducting too.
>
> :-)Angela:-)
> Music education major with Metronome Dependency
> Syndrome
>
> months FREE*
>
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