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Tempo

Author: mmatisoff
Date: 2016-10-25 19:07

I play in a band and an ensemble (new at it). The two problems I keep having are 1) finding where I am in the music when I get lost, and 2) keeping the tempo as the other musicians play. I use a metronome at home whenever I practice. It's easy when I play alone. 1/8th, 16th, triplets, etc. Put me in a band situation, though, and I get lost within 8 to 10 measures, usually when you have long rests (multiple measures, between 8 and 60 [we play one piece in the community band where I don't come in until 60 beats later). I use play alongs to practice jazz and blues. It helps. But the is particularly problematic. In the ensemble, we only play atonal music, which is entire new and confusing to me.

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