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    | Author: Ken Shaw ★2017 Date:   2009-09-22 21:31
 
 Would you use a metronome that's louder than field drums?  Forget about the electric guitar.  The loudest instrument is now the amplified metronome.  http://www.artsjournal.com/pianomorphosis/2009/09/beat-it.html
 
 Also, how many  non-jazzers practice with the metronome ticking on the offbeats, as Schnabel did?  Kal Opperman frequently claps on the offbeat during lessons, but I think he gets it from having played sax on many Broadway shows.
 
 Ken Shaw
 
 
 
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    | Author: bcl1dso Date:   2009-09-22 21:59
 
 I find that it can be very beneficial to practice with the metronome beating on the off beats especially if you are practicing an exercise that has a significant amount of intervals that are located on the downbeats.  With the metronome beating on the offbeats it is easier to hear the connection of the interval.
 
 
 
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    | Author: cigleris Date:   2009-09-22 22:58
 
 I always practice with the metronome doing the off-beats. Makes for good rhythm.
 
 Peter Cigleris
 
 
 
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    | Author: Lelia Loban ★2017 Date:   2009-09-23 12:19
 
 If I'm practicing jazz improv I nearly always set the metronome on the offbeat.  Sometimes I borrow my husband's electronic "Dr. Beat" because I can set a loud-soft alternating click on both beats, with the louder one on the offbeat.  I don't stick with a metronone forever, though -- once I think I'm feeling the beat on my own, I shut the click off.
 
 Lelia
 http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
 To hear the audio, click on the "Scorch Plug-In" box above the score.
 
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