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Rhythm issue (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Motorheadbanger@lemmy.world to c/guitars@lemmy.world
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I cannot play on time. Not in terms of missing beats, or losing the click in the middle of a song, but in that my timing is almost always off. I compared my played notes to the click in the DAW, and I'm usually rushing, sometimes by 30-40ms. I remember Adam Neely said once that 10ms is barely acceptable, so yeah.

I tried dividing the distance between clicks in my head, doubling the metronome tempo, moving with the beat, consciously conpensating for the rush, nothing helped. Therefore, my questions - how's your timing doing? What can I do to improve mine?

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[โ€“] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

This, but then after you can do this solidly start halving the click tempo while still playing at the same speed so you get 1 click per 2 beats, bar, 2 bars, 4 bars etc.

Benny Greb (well regarded German drummer with a lot of instructional content) has a free metronome app for this purpose called Gap click that may be helpful, he argues for this as an essential exercise in developing your internal sense of time.

[โ€“] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oh I'm getting that app