tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312148157426334788.post8042456528193068041..comments2024-03-23T14:44:00.595-04:00Comments on FOUR ON THE FLOOR: The MetronomeJon McCaslinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147797180444746300noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312148157426334788.post-12379827666187695862010-08-12T17:03:19.054-04:002010-08-12T17:03:19.054-04:00hey man, cool blog. I stumbled over here doing so...hey man, cool blog. I stumbled over here doing some homework on Frankie Dunlop, and found your post about him.<br /><br />I'm a drummer. I practice with a metronome (actually a drum machine) almost 100% of the time. It makes my personal time better.<br /><br />How so? Because it gives me constant feedback about the accuracy of my own, internal sense of time.<br /><br />In short, it helps me learn to **hear** the time.<br /><br />To me, playing in time is like playing in tune. You can bend notes, play flat or sharp on purpose, but it's only cool *if it's on purpose*, and not because you're not hearing that you're flat or sharp.<br /><br />You can speed up, slow down, be on top or behind the time, but you have to understand that that is what you're doing, and it has to be in the service of the music.<br /><br />Not just because you don't happen to notice or hear that you're on top, or behind, or speeding up, or slowing down.russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545870152085789929noreply@blogger.com