![]() If a chord has a misplaced note, move the finger or fingers in question while playing. If you get behind or ahead of the click, try to catch up. Next, try three minutes – about the length of a typical pop song. Play a full sixty seconds without breaking stride or starting over. You will not sound perfect as you play with the metronome at first, but if you keep at it and play past your mistakes, those mistakes will become fewer and fewer.Īs with increasing the tempo, gradually increase the amount of time you play without a break. Whenever you stop because of a mistake, it kills all momentum. Try to correct it before you change chords, or wait until you come back around to the C and try to play it better the next time. If you make a mistake or a chord sounds a little sloppy, play through it.ĭon’t stop while you are practicing with a metronome to try to correct something.ĭid your C chord have a couple of muted strings or buzzing frets? When I say don’t stop, I mean play for several minutes without pause or interruption. Out of the three steps, this is actually the one I see students often disregard. This can take some trial and error, but it is so worth it. Then either increase your threshold to 5-10 times in a row at 71 beats, or increase to 73 beats per minute instead. If you can play something at 71 beats per minute without making mistakes 3 times in a row, but find yourself consistently failing at 74 beats. Whatever goal you have, when you feel ready to make the jump, then do it. If you want to be able to play a chord progression successfully without error three times in a row, that’s fine. I push the envelope and say 11! Because why not go one more, right? Others will say 10 consecutive flawless passes. Some say to play a given passage of music correctly, with zero mistakes, 5 times in a row. ![]() It may seem like a small incremental change, but all of these speeds feel different.Īre you wondering when is it time to increase the speed?Įverybody seems to have different rules about when you are ready to increase the tempo on the metronome. Making the jump from 60 beats per minute to 80 can not only be a shock to the system, but you miss out on what it feels like to play at 65, 70, or 72 beats per minute.
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