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 Re: Timing
Author: RobinDesHautbois 
Date:   2010-07-01 19:36

I DEFINITELY agree with Jaysne!

Every single teacher I had from high-school to Conservatoire de Montreal to McGill University has stressed the usefulness of the metronome - and it didn't matter if it was the contemporary crowd or the ancient music purists either!

You don't get addicted to it: you learn to relax and build autonmic reflexes thanks to it. With timing, the more you think about it, the harder you try, the worse it gets. It has to become an instinct. You have to determine if your trouble is constancy of the tempo (speeding and/or slowing), if it's rhythm (the math between the beats) or togetherness.

I've always had a bit of a problem with togetherness: this was useful as a conductor, but murder as a performer. I'm always a hair before the beat. I've found that both physical stress and eagerness get in the way. In my case - it might be very different for you - its all about getting to feel comfortable socially with my group and fully relaxed in the body. That is, a good routine of streatching after aerobic-type exercising reduces tension in the muscles and I "jump the gun" a little less.

But, sheez, use the metronome! In fact, you might want to do some extra simple spoon-tapping with the metronome and figure out for yourself what your reflexes are doing.

Good luck!

Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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