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Author: Don S
Date: 2000-02-02 01:22
Just starting to learn.
Have got a second hand Metronome.
I know how to set it at quater notes.
But what about half notes say half note=c.70
And eighth notes etc. or am I being a bit slow here.
Its a wind up one , also how con i tell if its working at the right speed it is old.
Lessons dont start till March
Thanks ,Don Shaw
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Author: Kim
Date: 2000-02-02 02:25
How much did you pay for this metronome? I'd go out and buy a Seiko DM-20 metronome which is around $30 dollars and is much higher quality. It is probably a lot louder than what you have too.
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Author: Wyatt
Date: 2000-02-02 04:56
If you want 70 half notes/minute then set the m'nome to 70 beats/min, and each click is a half note... or set it for 140 beats/min, and a half note is two clicks, with quarter notes on each click. Generally, the m'nome is set for quarternote time and you count multiples and subdivisions from that: eg. 1/4=140...1/8= 1&2&3&4& at a 140 beat/min rate. I'm a duffer, but one of my more skilled friends says that if you can count 1/8 notes, you can play most anything.
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Author: Eoin
Date: 2000-02-02 08:34
Wind up metronomes are nice to have, as they give a very satisfactory loud click with each beat. Some of them even have a bell which can be set to ring every third beat for three four time. They are not as portable as electronic ones.
To check how accurate your metronome is, set it to sixty, then time it against a watch. It should do exactly 60 clicks in a minute. Now set it to 120. It should do 120 beats in a minute.
Make sure it is the top of the sliding part that you set to correspond to the number. One of the problems in interpreting Beethoven's music is that he could never remember whether you used the top or the bottom of the sliding part to show the speed. In his Beethoven's 9th Symphony, the conductor Charles Mackerras has concluded that many of the time markings are based on this wrong impression.
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Author: John Scorgie
Date: 2000-02-02 16:58
Don S --
As Kim stated in a previous post, the new electronic metronomes are much better. If you insist on using an old wind up metronome, like the one I have, make sure that the mechanism is "plumb" both side to side and front to back. If the mechanism is tilted even slightly, the ticks will be uneven and trying to play scales, thirds etc. in time with the ticks will drive you nuts.
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Author: Meredith H
Date: 2000-02-02 22:17
You should be able to tell if it is uneven, in which case it is no good to you. If the beats are even it will be a fine metronome. The wind up ones are often louder than the electronic ones, I find my electronic one quite easy to ignore as it is not very loud. I like the idea of the bell ringing for the first beat in a bar, maybe I should find one of these to really drive my students crazy.
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Author: Kim
Date: 2000-02-04 02:51
If you want a metronome to drive yourself and students crazy then get Dr. Beat. That is the most annoying metronome out there. My high school band director had one and showed it to us, and man was it annoying!
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Author: Tim
Date: 2000-02-07 22:04
An important point most people forget about mechanical metronomes is that it is both aural and visual. The click is fine but the swinging pendulum makes following much easier, especially at slow tempos. A flashing light on an electronic metronome is no substitute for a continuous swinging bar.
Imagine trying to follow a band director who instead of beating out a pattern with a baton, instead flicked a flashlight off and on while saying "click, click, click...".
Until they got too expensive, I always insisted my students purchase mechanical metronomes simply because they where easier to follow.
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