How to Train Your Metronome Exercise 1

Metronomes must be trained like a puppy, so that they will follow you perfectly. This video teaches you the first steps of training your metronome. If you like the information given here, come get more at: www.RedDesertVi...
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[@britneywendel3305]

As a piano teacher, I find this GENIUS! I love the way you personified the metronome and hope to be this accessible, engaging, creative, and FUN teaching my own students. :)

[@RedDesertViolin]

I'm sure you will find your style of teaching, with your own unique personality! Best of luck helping your students train the wild beasts!

[@IsaiahVP]

Thanks i finally get it damn i been learning violin for like 2 Years and i still hadn't gotten how to use a metronome 😅

[@tigerprincess816]

This was so needed for me right now. Thank you!

[@RedDesertViolin]

Hooray! Metronome skills are overlooked by violin teachers (myself included)....and students need to be taught how to train their metronomes! ;-)

[@luvkayakn]

I've played piano since childhood and learning violin for about 10 years, and have always struggled with an unruly metronome.

[@RedDesertViolin]

They are wily creatures. Let me know how exercise 1 goes. THe problem is that most people try to get their metronome to do "advanced agility" before they teach the metronome basic obedience. That's what Exercise 1 will help with! ;-)

[@malcolmzaid2443]

i guess Im kind of off topic but do anyone know a good website to stream new series online?

[@elisage5132]

@Malcolm Zaid I use flixzone. Just google for it :)

[@emilianomaddox2786]

@Malcolm Zaid try flixzone. Just search on google for it :)

[@Theo-tc2pl]

Excellent ludic and really clear

[@RedDesertViolin]

Thank you. I hope it helps!

[@specular6049]

Thank you very much you're amazing 💞🌺💞🌺💞😘

[@chafikaalbaghdadi4884]

Great thanks for your effort ❤

[@RedDesertViolin]

You bet. Thanks for watching.

[@normul5984]

Training the metronome. I like it!!! (so...tossing it across the room won't help??? ;). Thanks, Lora, I needed this! I hate the metronome...but this makes sense to me. I like the idea of practicing with it before jumping in and using it along with a song. Great video, as always!!

[@RedDesertViolin]

Throwing your metronome across the room only makes it more rebellious. I wish we could pay extra for FACTORY TRAINED metronomes that stayed with us no matter what! ;-)

[@normul5984]

Yes, I see what you mean....thanks for the warning! ;) If you get a heads up on the pre-trained version, please let me know. Meanwhile, I'll begin training it and see how it goes. Thanks again, Lora!!!

[@young_aclement4134]

Thank you so much for your teaching. It is easy to understand how you explain To do. will try to practice soon.and thank you so much again

[@RedDesertViolin]

You are very welcome. Keep up your good work!

[@bwagilo]

excellent exercise

[@RedDesertViolin]

Thank you! I'm planning a bigger, more in-depth course on this topic. Stay tuned!

[@kyrandell3290]

Wonderful lesson concept and beautifully delivered. Excellent throughout. Thank you. K

[@shahinkarami7618]

Thank you for very simplified explanation🙏you areca great violin instructor👌👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@RedDesertViolin]

Thank you! 😃

[@andresisaac5557]

Como sempre amo seus vídeos ❤ tão linda , Eu agradeço muito

[@RedDesertViolin]

Thank you, Andres!

[@laurayale369]

Amazing training video! Brilliant. I have a very troublesome metronome. Simply will not follow my lead. Your training hints are greatly appreciated.

[@RedDesertViolin]

Sometimes the metronomes that are hardest to train make the best darned practice companions once you finally tame them. Good luck on your unruly little fella! Be patient with him! ;-)

[@patriciasampson9317]

Been practicing just with a one bow per click, still using a KZbin metronome but a have a real one on the way. Get the timing, mess up the bowing, learning as an adult is hard. :)

[@RedDesertViolin]

Yes, and I respect ANY adult who has the perseverance and committment and PASSION to learn a new instrument! Keep it up! I have seen dozens of VERY successful adults learning violin for the first time! Go you!

[@lachu1047]

Thankyou so much mam... GOD Bless you....

[@RedDesertViolin]

Most welcome 😊

[@Xanadu128]

Thank you!!!

[@RedDesertViolin]

Welcome! :-)

[@mohamedabdelaziz4786]

It's really helpful thank you ❣️ Is there an advanced video ?

[@RedDesertViolin]

Mohamed, there are about 3 or 4 exercises total...if you search "How to Train Your Metronome" you will find them. As far as more advanced than that, no, I have not created more (yet).

[@augustinechinnappanmuthria7042]

Super ❤️

[@RedDesertViolin]

Thanks!

[@mrmote-xt6oy]

love u teacher

[@marcoflorestello]

Thank you so much, rythm is my mortal enemy but specially from half notes up.

[@RedDesertViolin]

Hey Marco, Good that you have pinpointed your weakness. So I would start on half notes, get comfy with them....then add quarter notes. And so on. If you are patient, you will find that you can eventually master 16th notes and even faster. Good luck!

[@yourbeautywithshosho7886]

Hello ..iam from egypt..i have 37years ..i try teaching me ..i in suzuki 1in minute 2..in my country no body teach very well..so i dependent on my self ..but sometimes i feel give up ..i want specific chart cause i learning faster ..i want clearly vision to sucsses..so can you help me please?

[@davecurtis1468]

I am having trouble with an unruly metronome, I will give the a try. Thank you

[@RedDesertViolin]

Hi Dave, once you get good at Exercise 1, 2, and 3....try playing some of your easy songs with metronome at various speeds. Good luck!

[@TheCoffree]

brilliant! :)

[@RedDesertViolin]

Thanks!

[@cfrost87]

Did you ever do a part 2 to this?

[@RedDesertViolin]

YES! I did....but I do not see them here! Hmmmm....I'll see if I can find part 2 and 3...

[@cfrost87]

@@RedDesertViolin I was looking for further videos and couldn't find them.

[@mohamadbarca7225]

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[@fritso6208]

Don't understand the title of this video. In what way is the metronome trained?

[@wucuttas3165]

if you don't have a metronome download the app tunerlite it comes with one

[@RedDesertViolin]

Thanks for the tip! There are lots of tuner and metronome apps. Hard to know which ones are best!

[@banjiddle]

Any suggestions on what new metronome to buy?

[@loralynstaples5483]

Hi Terry, man, every time I recommend a product, it gets discontinued....it has happened to 2 different metronomes, and 1 chinrest. (plus my favorite perfume (Rive Gauche) and my favorite deodorant (No Sweat). So, I have a curse. I am currently researching good metronomes that are AVAILABLE since my 2 faves got discontinued. But what I would recommend is that you get an ALL IN ONE (metro, tuner, pitch generator), with SPEAKER ON FRONT, 3 octaves of pitch generators, and if possible, a nice wood-block tone....but that's optional). I have been using a KORG TM-40, which I did a review on back in 2011. It is still going strong. My only complaint is it is not very loud (but it's loud enough, and you can plug it into computer speakers), and it has an electronic beep instead of a woodblock tone. But this thing only cost $25....and it's DURABLE. So, check that out. Meanwhile, I have some good research started for the ULTIMATE METRONOME.....more to come on that....

[@loralynstaples5483]

AND my next favorite perfume "Grass" was discontinued.....thanks alot, GAP. (if anyone has "Grass" by The Gap, contact me!) I feel a little picked on.

[@banjiddle]

Loralyn Staples Thank you for taking time out to answer my question. I will go with the Korg, as my old high school standup black plastic metronome with taped up electric cord will be pitched. It’s been since 1969 that I haven’t kept up with metronomes. You made me laugh about the “grass perfume”. That’s how I feel about Jade East too. Now, I can’t get that when I practice violin. LOL. I don’t wear perfume, farm smells only! LOL. I do appreciate you as a hard working teacher, as I am retired from teaching, and don’t miss all of the bombard me questions that I’ve already discussed! 🤪

[@rochoa7408]

Hi, I have recently picked up the violin as an instrument that I want to learn, I haven’t previously learned any instruments, but I decided that I would like to start learning. I found myself a teacher and I’ve been going to violin lessons for about two weeks now. Now to get to the meat of my question, I have been practicing to play along with a metronome to enhance my rhythm. I use a metronome app on my phone and I don’t have a problem with the app. However, I cannot seem to be able to focus on the metronome clicks when I’m bowing and I would either focus on the clicks or on bowing but can never do both at the same time. Is there a way for me to perhaps focus on the metronome without forsaking my bowing?

[@RedDesertViolin]

HI Ro, in all honesty, I would wait until you have the basics down before trying to play along with a metronome. You can work on your rhythm by clapping to the metronome, and build your coordination that way. It's just that the first basics of violin are SO DEMANDING mentally, that you really need to develop some habits and muscle memory. THEN.....I would try ONLY playing open strings in different rhythms to the metronome. And only after you are good at that, I would introduce the left hand into the mix. But there's NO HURRY....you are a newbie, and if I were your teacher I would say give it 9-12 months to get the basics, and then introduce the skill of following a metronome.

[@werelemur1138]

@@RedDesertViolin Thank you so much, I've only been playing for a month as of today, and was thinking I needed to learn all this AND a metronome. I think I'll just add clapping (which I can do sitting in my car on my lunch break) to work on rhythm that way, and not worry about it during my private violin sessions.

[@Zorbelth]

@@RedDesertViolin Thank you. I've played about 1,5 years and whenever I've tried to play with a metronome, what happens is that I will play whatever I want while doing my best to ignore the metronome that ticks at its own pace. It frustates me so much I end up not doing it at all, but I will try from the easy exercises you outlined here.

[@haydn8583]

I changed "Mississipi" to " WaggaWagga". Being down under and all.

[@RedDesertViolin]

:-P LOL!

[@southernexposure123]

I discipline mine with a switch. ((-:

[@RedDesertViolin]

Yikes! ;-) Metronomes everywhere are quaking in fear!

[@4321Wo]

My metronome pretends to be deaf and has so far resisted any attempt to train it... maybe I shouldn't have taken the cheapest model ;-)

[@loralynstaples5483]

Yes, metronomes love to ignore us. HOnestly, even a cheap metronome is trainable.....as long as it is loud enough, or has lights that you can easily see. The most important feature in my opinion is that it is loud enough. And I am a fan of the "woodblock tone" instead of tiny little electronic beeps. (I find those irritating....but that's probably just the old-school in me) Keep working with the little guy. He'll come around eventually! ;-)

[@4321Wo]

Thank you Loralyn :-) I'll see that my next metronome has a woodblock tone or a similar natural sound. I use this device most often with Sevcik bow technique etudes. Because Sevcik gave a lot of tempo information there, and the metronome prevents me from often tricking myself, or becoming faster after several bars. Have a nice weekend!

[@yusefandersen]

you're ,,,,funny! (in a good way!)

[@RedDesertViolin]

haha I've been called worse! Good luck training your little beast.

[@yusefandersen]

I just love musicians - especially the string people!

[@desireesingleton2615]

It's weird how I played beginner piano with no problem. The violin is a different story.

[@RedDesertViolin]

YES. Beginner violin is WAY harder......there are more ways to sound bad on a violin than on piano! LOL.....just understand that the learning curve is longer. Commit to violin for at least 9 months before making any rash decisions. And get help and lessons, or good videos!

[@raquelpurpleboxes]

I'm confused.... train... my metronome?

[@sarahkendall3313]

It's just a cute way to say "train your self" LOL She is being funny!

[@RedDesertViolin]

;-) :-P

[@raquelpurpleboxes]

Oh hehe 😅

[@syedm.daniyal1965]

Okay Velma

[@RedDesertViolin]

Hmmm… Scooby Doo reference?