Klarinet Archive - Posting 000307.txt from 2005/06

From: Wayne Thompson <wthompson222@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Bouncing Babies, More specifically Metronomes.
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:13:42 -0400

In the recent discussion on learning rhythm, Tony Pay
mentioned an idea for a metronome that produced a
'larger' beat, a beat with some kind of prelude before
the actual down stroke. He said, ".....and ordinary
metronomes are so insistent. How about including a
sound that could go, schooh,
schooh,...etc, or sschoohh, sschoohh,... etc, or
ssschoohhh, ssschoohhh... etc, in various settings?"

If there was any comment to this, I missed it. I
think this is a great idea. As a beginning teacher of
beginner clarinetists, when I introduce the metronome,
I explain that it may take a while to learn how to use
a metronome, and then they will become invaluable. I
believe that they are hard to learn to use because
they are so unnatural, i.e. the beat happens with no
warning. In real life, in a band, in a duet, in a
drum circle, in circle of 5 year olds clapping their
hands to a song, there are numerous cues that the beat
is about to happen.

Any metronome manufacturers out there? This would be
pretty simple technically.

Wayne Thompson

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