Discussion on the holy metronome! I use the metronome all the time, its just... the tool you use to build up your chops. Start slow, and gradually increase as you master a scale at a certain speed.

Here is the online metronome I use, because it just kills my portable one.

http://www.metronomeonline.com/

task for every one:

300bpm
32nd notes
3:00min nonstop

GO GO GO

Metronome...I use it about 2 years every day,and it really helps.I started very slow,at 60bpm.I practice alot,without mistakes and slow.If you want to play fast,you need to play slow.

i have a metronome but i get bored :P

i need to find exercise to do with the metronome :P

i used to use it but i realized that it's the same for me :S

... but i don't know

i'm a little confused about what is the objetive of the metronome :S

increase speed?

Cheers

what i do is the 1 2 3 4 exercise starting with quarter notes increasing speed, then eighth notes increasing speed, then if i can do 16th notes.

Mercano CFH, check out the lesson I did a while ago on this exact subject, it may help you out. I think I may get around to putting it in its own thread and possibly pinning/stickying it.

http://neoclassicalmetal.org/index.php?showtopic=160

300bpm
32nd notes
3:00min nonstop

Wow..that's like impossible to attain lol...

32 Notes X 300 BPM = 9500 notes per minute divided by 60 seconds per minute is still 160 notes per second lol....

Jake E Lee's Bark at the Moon in the first solo he playes sextuplets at about 150 BPM's so that is about 6 X 150 divided by 60 = about 15 notes per second and that's flying lol....

You know ,

Thinkin " Ladies Night in Buffalo " ( DLR ) , Vai and Sheehan are really " hung out " on that recording. I'll bet these guys know the importance of a metronome for the simple things in music ( or dollars per hour not wasted on rythem tracks ).

can anybody help me out with some advice?

I'm having trouble with my timing and the metronome. I would really like to use it the metronome more for building speed the right way, but every time a try I just get frustrated.

I turn on the metronome at lets say, 70bpm.
obviously, I know for 1 note per beat I just pick every time I hear a click.
then for double notes it's 2 per beat, right?

and then I get lost in the whole 8th notes, 16th, 32, triplets...

HELP!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signature

70 bpm , what's the rush , lol. The click is only a reference point for cosistancy of whatever beat your looking to mark. Begining , middle , last note of a measure , there is no set rule on this , however this bit of information is interesting ..