Comments on: Using a metronome http://classicalguitarblogger.com/blog3/2008/10/01/using-a-metronome/ Free step by step video lessons Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:07:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: AU http://classicalguitarblogger.com/blog3/2008/10/01/using-a-metronome/comment-page-1/#comment-1846 AU Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:39:21 +0000 http://classicalguitarblogger.com/blog3/2008/10/01/using-a-metronome/#comment-1846 I just dicovered this blog, this is an amazing website. I hope you have not abandoned it! I haven't seen many comments, which is weird because the pieces and all the info are really fantastic. Please keep up the good work! I just dicovered this blog, this is an amazing website. I hope you have not abandoned it! I haven’t seen many comments, which is weird because the pieces and all the info are really fantastic.

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]]> By: Stephan Wighting http://classicalguitarblogger.com/blog3/2008/10/01/using-a-metronome/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 Stephan Wighting Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:55:55 +0000 http://classicalguitarblogger.com/blog3/2008/10/01/using-a-metronome/#comment-1005 A metronome is the worst way of practicing music. Music is not something that stems from a regular mechanical machine-beat, but from expressiveness and emotion. Emotion is obviously not mechanical. A metronome destroys the expressive phrasing capabilities that can make music emotional: the accelerando, rallentando, tenuto, rubato There is a big difference between stupid drill-exercises (metronome etc.), stupid metronome use; and actual musical interpretation, with a focus on expression. A metronome is the worst way of practicing music.

Music is not something that stems from a regular mechanical machine-beat, but from expressiveness and emotion.

Emotion is obviously not mechanical.

A metronome destroys the expressive phrasing capabilities that can make music emotional: the accelerando, rallentando, tenuto, rubato

There is a big difference between stupid drill-exercises (metronome etc.), stupid metronome use; and actual musical interpretation, with a focus on expression.

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