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Author: beejay
Date: 2000-01-19 07:46
I got such good advice on my last question about keeping time (I'm using the Ta Ti Tiritiri method) that I'd like to follow it up. I'm using an electronic model with an annoying beep, which I use basically to establish the speed, and then I switch it off and continue by tapping the rhythm with my foot. I'm wondering if any of you find it more useful to follow the sweep of a pendulum out of the corner of your eyes -- in other words, does it give you a better idea of half beat divisions?.
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Author: Brent
Date: 2000-01-19 12:57
There's also a model out there (Quick Time, i think) which has a blinking red light. That also catches your attention and will fit on your stand as well. It also clicks rather than beeps. It does not subdivide the beat, though.
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Author: steve
Date: 2000-01-19 16:28
perhaps I'm an old fogey, but I think all you need is a wind-up taktell piccolo that clicks...don't watch the swing arm....subdivide the beats mentally....always have part of your practice session keyed to a metronome..a good study to use with metronome is pasquale bona's rhythmic articulation published by, I think, schirmer...
s.
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Author: Ginger Martin
Date: 2000-01-19 21:39
The old fashioned, swing-arm metronomes bend easily. Mine got bent and now it plays jazz!
Ginger
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Author: Lelia
Date: 2000-01-20 12:28
For my husband's birthday, I got him a Dr. Beat. This is an incredible gadget, for people who like gadgets, though I've heard that it eats a lot of batteries. (It uses one 9-volt battery.) It will give you a variety of ticks and tocks, with a subdivided beat if you want one. It will give a louder tock on the downbeat. You can tell it where you want the downbeat (nice if you want to get comfortable with 5/4, 7/8, etc.). It has a pair of flashing lights in case you need silence while you practice or just work better with a visual signal. It also has an option of a stern *voice* that will call out, "ONE, two three four." Fair warning, though, she sounds like a Borg!
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Author: Laurie
Date: 2000-01-21 00:33
Oh no ! Not Dr. Beat .. hehe. For our hs. Marching Band, our director used that to improve our 5/4 marching skills. That thing is scary ! lol ..
I personally use the old swing hand metronome when I have the time. But if i'm in a rush, and need to get a tempo fast, i just use my quik time one. Both works equally well and serves purpose.
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Author: paul
Date: 2000-01-26 18:56
I have the Quik Time and a Seiko metronome. The Seiko does double, triple, and 16th note subdivisions and can count up to seven beats per measure from 40 bpm to 250 bpm. Both have an A=440 tuning tone.
The Seiko easily gets the "on" button pressed and then drives me nuts with the constant 440 Hz hum and then a very dead battery. Use the plastic sleeve with this slimline metronome to keep from getting the "on" button pressed accidentally.
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