HOW TO USE THE METRONOME! | Piano Practice Tips

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[@bunnyhollowcrafts]

Have been playing since I was 7. Poorly taught but I can read music but not timing. Now 64 and passionate about filling the holes. I have been daily practicing for hours daily for the last 5 years. I try to use a metronome, but the pieces I play now, the beat gets lost. I find myself copying youtube videos and playing along side them to keep time. Any advice on how I could change this? Currently playing Enrique Lazaro pieces. Love his arrangements. Thank you so much for your videos!!

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Hmm, without hearing you play, I'm not really sure how to guide you. I do have some rhythm tutorials here on KZbin, as well as several courses that go in-depth on rhythm. You can always book a short zoom lesson with me so I can give you specific direction on how to overcome this hurdle.

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[@R.Williams]

Hello Marina! Thanks for another video that is much more useful than I'd imagined from a cursory glance at the title. I actually never thought of the metronome as something to be viewed in various ways. Rather, in my somewhat muddled thought process, I would set the beat to whatever the time signature indicated and just go with it. However, when looking at the metronome markings without starting the metronome, I was often wrong as to how fast or slow a piece was. Just having you explain it in a logical manner really brought clarity to my (supposed) understanding. I still feel a certain amount of pressure when playing with a metronome which means I'm not using it often enough or correctly. Hmm... At an rate, thanks! 😊

[@ThePianoKeys]

Thank you, R! The pressure you feel (which is totally normal) is exactly why you should be practicing with the metronome. If you feel like you can't keep up with it, or you're making a lot of mistakes, either the speed you chose is too fast, or you're still in the preliminary stages of just learning the notes that you're playing, in which case, you should turn off the metronome and practice in small sections just to get familiar with the notes and movements you need to make.

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[@Sinthangamba]

what isn't one click supposed to be a quarter note

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I answer that question in the video.

[@assasin101011]

I watched 15 videos about metronome labels for beginners, and they pull like a Mozart music sheet, then blast the keyboard with their insane RH and LH coordination, then talk like how good this is what they are doing, then proceed to play another piece of highly complex music🤦🏼‍♂️

[@steveo78681]

Yeah but each song is different and unique in itself....fitting a metronome to a song doesn’t work always. Scales yes, songs no you gotta feel it out and listen to it over and over. So tell me how would you use a metronome to any random song? Example Piano Man vs The Entertainer? Especially songs with groove like blues or boogie woogie.

[@ThePianoKeys]

You are confusing practice with performance. You can absolutely use the metronome to practice any piece or song, then turn it off and feel the music.

[@steveo78681]

@@ThePianoKeys right now I’m using the metronome to practice slow on La Campanella since it’s challenging and I want to eradicate any mistakes at the beginning. I think I’m using it right but I don’t know. So I believe one has to learn to use the metronome for all the songs. (Scales and arpeggios are easy with metronome.)