Author: xarkon
Date: 2010-08-13 12:58
You HAVE to be able to play accurately with the metronome on. So here is an approach for you to try:
First, dramatically slow the tempo on the metronome. Half-speed, even. So, if performance tempo is 120, set the metronome at 60. If you can't play it accurately with the metronome at that tempo, set it even slower - 54, 48, whatever.
When you can play the bit accurately and repeatedly at that speed, move the metronome speed up, 4-8 beats/second. (So, if you were at 60, try 64 or 66 next.) Work on it at the new speed until you can play it accurately - several times.
At some point, you'll hit a limit where no matter how much you try, you keep missing notes or losing time. Stop and go back to the last speed at which you were accurate - or even one speed below that - and replay it a few times, accurately.
Note the final tempo you reached. Then stop working on thie piece for the day.
When you come back to it the next day, start at 1/2 the final tempo. Play the bit 4-8 times at that tempo, then move up as before. You may find that you can take larger adjustments - say, moving the metronome up 12 beats/second each time, until you get close to your previous tempo, where you may have to return to increments of 4-8 beats/second.
If you're consistenly having problems in a particular spot, isolate it. Do the same exercise for a bar, two bars, or four bars. If the problem is a particular interval, break it down into an exercise to work that interval - slowly at first, then faster.
You'll see progress. Some days will be better than others. It's not uncommon to reach the same tempo - below the target - for several days. Then put the instrument away, come back, and achieve a new record. It's just the way the brain works.
Hope that helps.
Dave
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