Holy moly. Great exercises! If anyone else is here 7 years later, I made some notes and an overview for myself. Exercise 1: Swing 2 & 4 -- 0:40 -- Set metronome to half speed, and use clicks as 2nd & 4th beat. -- Also use on pracicing new tunes. Exercise 2: Slow Jam (Torture) -- 2:55 -- Set metronome to 20 bpm. One note in a scale per click. Exercise 3: 4 On 4 Off -- 4:35 -- Set Time Guru to play 4 beats, then pause for 4 beats. Exercise 4: One, One and Done -- [Next video] -- Set up to hear first beat of the first bar, the first beat of the second, and silence for 2 bars. Exercise 5: Syncopation Nation [Next video] -- Set Time Guru to play the (2e&)a and the (4e)&. (see the video) Exercise 6: The disorienter -- [Next video] -- Variation of exercise 1. Set Time Guru to click beat 2, and try to keep time with this. Exercise 7: Song form exercise -- [Next video] -- Just the downbeats in a 12 bar blues. Set to click first beat in bar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 9. First 3 blog post: somuchsound.blogspot.com/2012/10/improve-your-groove-7-metronome-tricks.html Last 4 blog post: somuchsound.blogspot.com/2013/02/improve-your-groove-part-2-7-metronome.html
@kiriguitarmusic62834 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this !
@quanghungpham2694 жыл бұрын
dude, thanks, I think this is pretty hard, even though I play guitar for years
@matr47244 жыл бұрын
I get the metronome exercice at a slower pace, but when you practised on your tune at 2.30 i don't see how you / can t hear if beats 2 and 4 fall in the right notes. My ear cannot process both sounds at that speed.
@andydug3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@castrogarcia974 жыл бұрын
“Don’t practice what you know, practice what you don’t know”
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound4 жыл бұрын
"If you sound good when you're practicing, you're not getting any better."
@thedragonofthewest57893 жыл бұрын
@@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound i sound like shit when I'm practicing so thats a good thing I guess
@AspergerL Жыл бұрын
But i would also say it is very important to incorporate what you don't know into what you know, blend it in, so it feels natural. He does that in this lesson. Great player.
@autocrow8 жыл бұрын
Timing. Something that sounds extremely easy but is far from it.
@MyHari198910 жыл бұрын
Great lesson from Charles PuyoL :p
@brownpunk17942 жыл бұрын
RIP to this great teacher..he passed away last week..🙏🏿
@Phaseish5 ай бұрын
oh no
@dimensionstomorrow5 ай бұрын
So sad. Just discovered him.
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound5 ай бұрын
Turns out I’m not dead, never was. Though I did have a headache yesterday and that sucked.
@brownpunk17945 ай бұрын
@@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound great to hear...stay alive..youre a great teacher
@Phaseish4 ай бұрын
@@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound bruh what was theat toxic comment, man I have been dying toget someone to explain to me why the fuck guitarists call modes positions, and then positions #'s for the fret. its so fucking confusing, from a piano playter. Glad you're alive! this was a killer lesson. for scale sequencing.
@brunorecagno86396 жыл бұрын
It's important to say this works for EVERY instrument, and I'm saying this as a drummer. Great exercises, thank you for this.
@djcoolcliff3 жыл бұрын
Listening to my uncle Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson! His timing was unreal on countless hit records!!! RIP Wah Wah!!!!!!!!
@synthdude76646 жыл бұрын
Probably some of the best timing exercises for building a strong foundation in timing and rhythm I’ve seen on KZbin
@savanamoore85268 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic! I am a pianist, but highly applicable to improvisation on the piano as well. Thanks for the ideas.
@knotwilg35964 жыл бұрын
Every so often you stumble on a video that's not part of a weekly "x things to do" that's part of a revenue driving youtube channel but a piece of advice that is meant to last.
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound4 жыл бұрын
That's super kind of you to say Dieter, I appreciate it!
@peacefulruler16 жыл бұрын
Feeling the subdivisions is really key to sight reading tricky rhythms, too. Being an amateur drummer also helps time feel
@Lanearndt9 жыл бұрын
metronomics is the greatest metronome app ever!! can sequence and layer the most improbable rhythms, kind of like a Jim Black in a box!
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound12 жыл бұрын
Thanks man. I do have an Adam Rogers transcription in the can. That will probably be out in a couple weeks after I figure out the best way to teach what it is he's doing.
@proverbalizer7 жыл бұрын
as a serious student of percussion I must say he killed that 20 bpm exercise, every note was right on point! It's not that easy (especially to lock in right away without letting such a slow tempo sink in to the mind / body for a while)
@MrFree-vj8qj2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic yes, altough I wouldnt try to play scales, I would use the scale as the framework and play music inside it.
@mrfred2412 жыл бұрын
Ben Monder is such a great reference, seen him many times and he's just unreal!
@mececanu4 жыл бұрын
8 years tutorials, tips & tricks and so on videos on youtube were so much useful, meaningful.Like you could really learn to do things and think for yourself and develp.
@angelolivares8754 Жыл бұрын
Now the drum and bass players will love to play with me. Thanks dude!!!
@jodi1835 жыл бұрын
These are all great exercises. Thanks for the post. I'm always looking for & trying to come up with my own "metronome games." To add a twist to metronome on 2 & 4: try to put (hear) the clicks on the "& of 1" and the "& of 3." This is an extremely difficult exercise I got from a drummer. It's hard enough to just hear it, it's a whole other difficulty level to actually play something along to the click like this. You can also do something similar in time feel 3/4. I learned this from a guitarist: place click on 1 and the "& of 2" (you should be feeling the dotted quarter note pulse). And another twist on that exercise, place the click on the offbeat of anyone of those 3 beats--I'm currently working on "& of 1." Metronome needs to be set at a slow pulse. It's extremely difficult, but it will definitely improve your time-feel & groove.
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound5 жыл бұрын
This is great stuff. Thanks for putting these out there too!
@101xaplax1019 жыл бұрын
wow.... ..really cool harmonies when u were improvising
@jethrone758 жыл бұрын
men, i been searching this info for like forever.thanks
@wyldeyouth9 жыл бұрын
I've always considered myself to be a good rythm/groove player, but this will surely make me even better at it. Thanks Sean!
@jessesmit290710 жыл бұрын
Groove makes even the simpelest of melodies amazing, liking all the lessons.
@johnland828 жыл бұрын
Ooooh Moose the Mooche, I had to play that for a final in Jazz Improv... what a beast of a tune.
@napukapu8 жыл бұрын
Like your lessons and tips. No blabbering and bullshit, straight to the point so players can hop in and get busy.
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound8 жыл бұрын
+napukapu Thank you! One of the best compliments I could get, I appreciate it.
@torontonian778 жыл бұрын
"4 on 4 off" is a good start, but 4 on 8 off or even 4 on 16 off is even better!
@bradford_shaun_murray7 жыл бұрын
...or even 32 off, or even something where you've gone the whole day off musical meditation style then just come back on time - you could quit metronome practise after that for good.
@alvarociprianoflores16763 жыл бұрын
4 on day off is the way to go
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound11 жыл бұрын
Hey Josh-- for the first 2 & 4 exercise I'm using a metronome on my computer called Metronome which you can download for free. The other two metronomes I use are on my iPhone, one called TimeGuru for the last exercise and one called Tempo. Links to all of them are on my somuchsound.blogspot site.
@Djezzbus8 жыл бұрын
Great exercises, I've also trained to put the metronome on the second or third sixteenth note of each beat, really hard!
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound8 жыл бұрын
+Djezzbus That is really, really hard. I haven't shedded that hard, just practiced it a bit and it's a killer.
@kristanbenson8032 жыл бұрын
Nice Gibby!
@ElBrooklyn13 жыл бұрын
Both vids are solid. Simple ways to make metronome training more engaging, more challenging. Thanks.
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking them out!
@AspergerL Жыл бұрын
Guy has great left hand technique!
@LesterMitchell3 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. I love the second example. I'll be using this soon.
@factsNcomments-imho2 жыл бұрын
Learning how to feel time. Best explanation so far.
@DJZensei3 жыл бұрын
This really helped me to stay on time and drop records on the one beat! Thank you so much!
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound12 жыл бұрын
Lot's more coming!
@Bob486 жыл бұрын
Love the 4 on/ 4 off..never thought of that one. Nice job.
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound12 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sonny. I'm a big fan of Sweden, I've been 4 times and love it there.
@einemailadressenbesitzerei88166 жыл бұрын
a long time ago i practiced like that and helped me a lot to develop groove, but i should go back there and make it to a habit
@einemailadressenbesitzerei88166 жыл бұрын
i saw pat metheny practicing on upbeat this is also hart
@Sandemose7 жыл бұрын
Haha, Ben Monder, or Mind Bender as he sometimes is called. Played on David Bowies last album. Monster player. Crazy rhythic indipendence.
@vanya0072 жыл бұрын
Best lesson!
@adamgharmonica4659 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely great wise video - should be in every student consciousness! Many thanks
@Dang...2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@r.mccloud54136 жыл бұрын
You're an exceptional guitarist and teacher rare thing.
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound6 жыл бұрын
That's really kind of you to say, thank you!
@anthonyz91975 жыл бұрын
This lesson is gold. Thank you so much.
@robbwilson627610 ай бұрын
This is fantastic! thank you
@gavinvonmeyer3746 Жыл бұрын
Fabulous stuff.
@nonoseriously16 жыл бұрын
Wow great tricks! Thank you so much! I will practice these with my metronome.
@davebowman84078 жыл бұрын
Sean, deeply thxs !
@johnmclaughlin98238 ай бұрын
Sean this is a great lesson to improve rhythm. Thanks
@marcoenot66773 жыл бұрын
Thank's for tips,You looks like a scott Henderson!
@Larrymh076 жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson, great playing, plus you make all the cool faces a guitar player should make!
@joeydabramo9 жыл бұрын
I study with this method From several years, in this video there are only basical notions. (I play double bass. When i try to Say about this with musicians of My country, they look me like an alien!!
@thomasbalas57747 жыл бұрын
I wish you the best of luck, you are a true musician!
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound11 жыл бұрын
It's the 1.00 Steve Clayton acetal rounded triangle pick. I endorse Steve Clayton picks -- full disclosure.
@alexanderfitzgerald24359 жыл бұрын
Beautiful lp
@bcjaliu6 жыл бұрын
excellent metronome exercises, thank you for posting
@SERGY112 жыл бұрын
Great exercises, thank you!
@DiegoNavaja10 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I was just looking for something like this since rhythm an groove are one of my weak sides.
@pipotherium11 ай бұрын
Fantastic course. Thanks
@microsorciere8 жыл бұрын
This is good , i play violin and your last excercise, woww , i want this, . Thank you for your video, it will help me a lot 👍🤗
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound8 жыл бұрын
+Sofie Lachapelle Thank you!
@williamtomlinson43223 жыл бұрын
Extremely helpful thx
@lex37298 жыл бұрын
Ornette On Tenor!
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound8 жыл бұрын
+LEX TAYLOR Good eye.
@outoworkdreamer8 жыл бұрын
Dude I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful top on a Les Paul. Thanks for the lesson, btw.
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound8 жыл бұрын
+mike Braxus Thanks! I have to agree. I won't put the pickguard on it because I don't want to cover any of it up...
@ramoncrisostomo44779 жыл бұрын
Thanks for tour tips, mate. They are really good. Thanks a lot !!!!
@thevilllllllllllllll5 жыл бұрын
this is so good, hope you're still making videos!
@yyekcim5 жыл бұрын
Nice, I'm gonna work on this today!
@chavacaba87548 жыл бұрын
very good way to práctice differents styles
@leowright80165 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing 🎶🎶🎷
@stephengoh54563 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Love it. Thank you.
@elsupernico6 жыл бұрын
I grabbed the guitar and thought "Easy shit!". 2 minutes later I'm still trying to find out the scale he played at the beginning
@lanechange27955 жыл бұрын
Melodic minor scale. Play any major scale but flat the 3rd step. Technically, you're only supposed to play it this way ascending and then natural minor descending (3rd, 6th, 7th are flatted) but everybody breaks this textbook rule.
@martycli92994 жыл бұрын
Great advice, Thanks!
@desmo9996 жыл бұрын
Wonderfull played and great exercises, thank you!
@mentalcompassno17 жыл бұрын
that was good. I wish i.learned the right way. can't seem to go one song with effing up rhythm a few times
@dman81748 жыл бұрын
God I love that les Paul my friend it's so beautiful
@leojacobson16622 жыл бұрын
great exercises, phenomenal playing mate
@vishyoutubevideos4 жыл бұрын
cool video! You should make more!
@jean-pierremarin-alonzo85606 жыл бұрын
Slow jam is my ex. .Thank yoo. kiss from France.
@user-qm7nw7vd5s Жыл бұрын
QUESTION: Can you show some examples for how to use a metronome to improve tremolo technique on classical or flamenco guitar? This channel great. Just liked and subscribed and even shared!
@DavidePepi10 жыл бұрын
great lesson! very very useful! thanks...tasty playing too
@neocolors6 жыл бұрын
Great Lesson! Thank you!
@tond324410 жыл бұрын
Hey Sean, do you subdivide even when you're improvising? Or do you kind of just feel the time? Thanks and there's some wonderful tips in this video!
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound10 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ellis. I don't have a straight answer as it's kind of yes and no. I'm not constantly subdividing, I think mostly my attention is on the specific tempo or maybe the beat pattern of a song. If it's a very slow tempo, maybe something under 60bpm, then I'd say yes I'm probably feeling at least 8th note subdivisions.
@osifomrygonen8 жыл бұрын
HI, im realy trying to make time guru to make the click on the one difrrent than the other three clicks do you have any idea?
@bulzah10 жыл бұрын
It is good lesson and I think that only and the best way to become groovy is to listen to groovy music
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound10 жыл бұрын
I don't think it's the "only" way but there's now way you're going to develop good groove if you don't listen to players who have it, that is for sure. It's a part of the puzzle.
@guugeli1699 жыл бұрын
Even if you can hear the groove, if you don't practice you wont able to play it, especially with more complex grooves. You'll hear it, but your hands wont do it.
@motoputz32015 жыл бұрын
cool man, thanks
@beng.34599 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Thank you so much.
@troylow62298 жыл бұрын
I cant believe you can play on the beat at 20 BPM thats pretty crazy! Gonna practice that HAHAHHAHA
@Fishies12510 жыл бұрын
These are fantastic ideas, and what a great player!
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound10 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jonathan, I appreciate that.
@Fishies12510 жыл бұрын
Sean Driscoll Totally!
@anasamin82276 жыл бұрын
your playing is impressive, I hope you are/get as successful as you can play.
@rysriffs8 жыл бұрын
I love your playing!
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound8 жыл бұрын
+Ryan Mitchell (Music) Very kind of you, thank you.
@italianguy60710 жыл бұрын
loved it, GREAT information! Much thanks for taking the time to share! You are also a great player!
@SeanDriscollSoMuchSound10 жыл бұрын
Thank you Patrick.
@rickkostelijk10 жыл бұрын
Excellent material!
@GaryMcNeill2 жыл бұрын
Great feel :D
@ColeSonMusic6 жыл бұрын
Incredible.
@Raggo123457 жыл бұрын
GREAT playing! (Even your scales sound so musical!) :)
@VeronicaGorositoMusic8 жыл бұрын
Very useful, thanks Sean! I might add the use of Presto Metronome, it's free and you can program it to accelerate from any bpm to any bpm, let's say you start from 60 and it progressively increases the BPM's up to 200, but in steps of 1, 2, 5 or even 20 BPM if you like :) you can program the training settings as you need, it's amazing.
@railcar1236 жыл бұрын
Great lesson!
@LucasLucasMusic5 жыл бұрын
Sean, thanks a lot for this. You are my hero for this!
@richard219956 жыл бұрын
Great lesson, thanks
@ricardoostos24066 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the amazing, ingenious and insightful video Sean! Just ‘liked and subscribed’, now I have to get my guitar and practice!
@digikaininja52 жыл бұрын
can u please do a basic meshuggah type riff using metronome....please