Metronome Help!

[Joey C]

What’s up guys?
Okay, so I feel dumb as hell for saying this, but I need to swallow my ego and ask.
How do you use a metronome? Lol
Like I have sat down to try and use one but it makes me feel absolutely stupid. I dont understand how many notes im trying to fit in between each click. I know I can hit a note per click but that’s generally not how you’re supposed to use when trying to build a sense of speed and rhythm. If someone can give me a run down of how many notes per click and all that good stuff, it would be greatly appreciated. I have watched videos on it but I don’t know if I’m just stupid or what but I just can’t get it down. God I feel dumb asking it but that’s what this forum is for I suppose.
So, thank you all!

 

[idssdi]

The amount of notes per click depends on the duration of the note:
-A whole note is 1 note per 4 clicks
-a half note is 1 note per 2 clicks
-A quarter note is 1 note per click
-an eight note is 2 notes per click
-a sixteenth note is 4 notes per click
– a 32nd note is 8 notes per click
I’m not gonna go into triplets now. First start with the basics. If you’re having trouble with it you can also put an accent on 2 and 4 in the metronome because that’s usually where a drummer would put accents too.

 

[Jak Angelescu]

Don’t feel stupid!! I’ll make a quick little lesson for you today and upload it here because there’s a lot to describe. I’ll post it here when it’s finished

 

[Ian Stuart]

@jak I’d love that too! You are the gift that keeps on giving

 

[Jak Angelescu]

this was just done really quick after I got out of the shower. I go into what metronome I use, HOW to navigate it, and more. Hopefully I answered your guys’ questions. Let me know if there’s something else I can help with.

 

[Ian Stuart]

@jak that’s amazing thank you so much!

 

[Joey C]

Oh hell yea!!
That helped pretty well!
Imma have to keep coming back to it and keep watching it but I think I’m going to have to sit down with someone eventually to really grasp it so that I can get corrections and all that good stuff. But your video really helped !
Thanks!

 

[Jak Angelescu]

@joey let me know if you ever wanna go live on instagram or Skype

 

[Joey C]

Yea totally, I would be down. I’ll let ya know ! I just dropped you a follow on instagram.

 

[Calvin Phillips]

a metronome just counts your beats. If you want a certain beats per minute just think about the math for a second and set the metronome up. Id’s basically set it up pretty basic. The idea is you get your muscles used to the beat.. and eventually when you are higher up in beats you’ll be counting 4 beats as 1. or 3.. etc. THat’s how you’ll learn to play the triplets and whatnot. I usually stick around 180bpm. You can count some pretty simple rhythms to that beat. Obviously when learning licks and songs you wanna slow it down to train yourself but thats my usual jam pace.